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How to Screen if the Cervical Spine is Impacting Shoulder Pain. (Yes it’s in Your Scope!)

We’ve spent the last couple weeks at The Massage Development Center exploring a variety of shoulder diagnoses and treatments. But what happens when shoulder pain isn’t coming from a source in the glenohumeral joint or its structures? Are you able […]

Neuroscience And Skilled Patient-Communication Are Essential When Dealing With Patients Suffering From Complex Pain Conditions

  Patients with complex pain conditions, such as fibromyalgia, are now recognized as living with a chronic disease, according to the WHO (Nicholas M, 2019). While this is a huge step in terms of social recognition of the existence of […]

Everything I Wish I Knew About Rotator Cuff Tears

They came in frustrated, it was a two-year ordeal, I had never seen this patient before, but they clearly needed some help. “Jamie, for the past two years, I haven’t been able to lift my arm past this point”! They […]

Articles Of The Week July 28, 2019

Adverse Childhood Experiences can have a connection to becoming a chronically sick adult. A study showed a link between 10 types of adverse childhood experiences to chronic stress, ill health, and social problems in adulthood. There is also ways to […]

Eccentric Heel Drop Cues For An Achilles Tendinopathy

Eccentric heel drops are a great and evidenced way to treat Achilles tendinopathy. However, many times, there is a mobility issue in ankle dorsiflexion, lateral tibial glide and/or tibial internal rotation. This often causes the heel to move medially thus […]

Articles Of The Week July 21, 2019

We aren’t the only profession where regulaiton is an issue, but we may be the more noticable one. Insurers take this into account, and in some places can deny coverage for our services, and regulation can make a massive difference […]