Minimizing Hip & Groin Injuries

Considerations for minimizing hip and groin injuries in activity and sport

Zygapophyseal Joint Pain Patterns: Part 1B (Cervical Spine)

A study testing the reliability of their pain charts by a clinical trial

Zygapophyseal Joint Pain Patterns: Part 1A (Cervical Spine)

This one’s for the manual therapists out there. A brief little review of 2 landmark papers pertaining to fact joint pain and referral patterns.

Do You See What I See?

Here is a 29 year old female massage therapist. Her goal is to be able to run 21K by next April. She currently runs 3 times per week of varying distances and had reached 11K earlier this week.

A Clinical Assessment Protocol for Distal Biceps Tendon Ruptures

“if the results of the imaging study could potentially change patient management, then the study is necessary. If interventions or outcomes are unlikely to be altered as a result of the imaging results, then the study is not needed.” (Magee et al)

In sports, distal biceps tendon ruptures (DBTR) have been reported in to occur [...]

Assess and Correct: A Review

On Friday, I finally received my DVD copy of Assess and Correct in the mail. I had already read the manual and accompanying material a week and a half prior but patiently waited for the DVD before I formed an objective opinion.
Upon initial glance of the written material, its contents did not seem novel to [...]

“Tendon” Pathology: Do We Really Know What We Think We Know?

Tendinitis? “That’s such an old term…no one uses that anymore!”
Tendinopathy? “Hmm…too vague. Get some diagnostic skills will ya?”
Tendinosis? “Now that’s more like it. Most tendon pathologies pass the inflammation stage and go directly to the degeneration stage…right?”
But do they?
Well maybe not! Franklyn-Miller et al recently published an editorial piece entitles “Fasciitis first before tendinopathy: does [...]