Articles of the Week – January 3, 2021

A story that was making the news last week was the correlation between grip strength and overall health. While it’s important to remind ourselves of the difference between correlation and causation, perhaps we can use this relationship to help and gauge a client’s health during assessments.

Getting a ‘grip’ on better health – Fliders University

The Achilles tendon is the poster-child of tendon injuries. Here, we talk about the predisposing mechanical factors to Achilles pain and preventative exercises to keep them healthy.

Measures to Strengthen and Prevent Achilles Injuries – Tony Gentilcore

Professionals in our field of work are often overachievers who can’t wait to brush up on the next bit of research, read a book about business, and respond to every opportunity and request. However, as awesome of a practitioner as that makes you, it’s important to mind your own self-care.

Self-care for the Overachiever – Yusra Iftikhar

Here’s one to challenge your brain. We often talk about the importance of variation of movement for optimal health and recovery. However, this strength and conditioning coach has some good rationale on why and when you might want to turn back to specificity and repetition with athletes.

Variation Without Change – Eric Cressey

Two groups of people undergoing surgery – one listens to a blank tape while under anesthetic while the other listens to a tape of positive, therapeutic messages. Read on to find out which group required less pain medication upon waking.

Effect of therapeutic suggestions during general anaesthesia on postoperative pain and opioid use: multicentre randomised controlled trial – Nowak et al.

Jon Cain

Jon is an Athletic Therapist and private practice owner in Victoria, BC. He has work experience in numerous contact sports settings but enjoys focusing his clinical work on lifestyle wellbeing. Jon sees the importance of combining mental and physical healthcare together for the benefit of clients and constantly works toward adding new concepts of pain science into practice.

 

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Jon Cain

Jon is an Athletic Therapist and private practice owner in Victoria, BC. He has work experience in numerous contact sports settings but enjoys focusing his clinical work on lifestyle wellbeing. Jon sees the importance of combining mental and physical healthcare together for the benefit of clients and constantly works toward adding new concepts of pain science into practice.

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