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The case in the video was a severe ankle inversion sprain on the left and moderate on the right. The patient is a high-level gymnast who injured herself tumbling during a floor routine. The video below was taken almost […]
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A question I often get asked is “Why do isometrics work well to isolate pain?” I started adding isometrics to improve pain during motion and pain and end range with active and passive testing. They work great! Forget “muscle […]
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The cervical retraction exercise is a classic and works very well for cervical pain, cervicogenic headaches, and general upper quarter complaints. Yes, posture does not directly predict or relate to pain any more than knee flexion causes knee pain. However, common […]
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As usual, all of your magic hands hocus pocus means nothing if the patient cannot keep the improvements between visits. Here are 5 ways to self-treat the cervical spine. 1) The Good Ole Chin Tuck for central or […]
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If you assess, treat, and educate patients, you should be using repeated motions. If you want the short of it, you can just stop reading there. Here are 5 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Repeated Motions 1) Repeated Motions […]
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I’m sure we have all come across this at some point in our career. You have a patient come in repeatedly with a positive Thomas test and you do what you can to get things moving a bit easier. […]
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