McKenzie Method in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy – Part A

On November 1, 2011, in Continuing Education, Lumbar Spine / Core, by jcubos

Spruce Grove, Alberta – December 2-4, 2011

Case of the Week # 3

On September 2, 2011, in Case of the Week, by jcubos

What’s your diagnosis?

Looking at the Literature: Spine Stability and the Balancing Stick

On September 1, 2011, in Continuing Education, Lumbar Spine / Core, by jcubos

Reeves, NP. et al. (2011). Spine stability: Lessons from a balancing stick. Clinical Biomechanics, vol 26; 325 – 330

Looking at the Literature: Respiratory Evaluation and Training as an Adjunct to Manual Therapy

McLaughlin, L. et al. (2011). Breathing evaluation and retraining as an adjunct to manual therapy. Manual Therapy, 16; 51-52

The Role of Diagnostic Imaging for Low Back Pain

On April 20, 2011, in Clinical Testing, Lumbar Spine / Core, Pain Management, by jcubos

R. Chou, A. Qaseem, DK. Owens et al. (2011). Diagnostic imaging for low back pain: Advice for high-value health care from the american college of physicians. Annals of Internal Medicine, 154; 181-189

The Balloon: Your New Clinical Tool

On March 27, 2011, in Lumbar Spine / Core, Therapeutic Methods, Thoracic Spine, by jcubos

Balloons, the diaphragm and intra-abdominal pressure.

Quadruped RNT

On February 11, 2011, in Exercises, Lumbar Spine / Core, Therapeutic Methods, by jcubos

A “hands-off” strategy for addressing quadratus lumborum hypertonicity

Looking at the Literature: Yoga for Persistent Pain

On February 3, 2011, in Continuing Education, Fitness, Sport Wellness, Therapeutic Methods, by jcubos

Wren AA et al. (2011). Yoga for persistent pain: New findings and directions for an ancient practice. Pain. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.11.017

Looking at the Literature: “Low back pain in young athletes”

On January 2, 2011, in Injury Prevention, Lumbar Spine / Core, Youth Sport, by jcubos

Purcell, L. & Micheli, L. (2009). Low back pain in young athletes. Sports Health. Vol. 1 (3): 212-222

Are you missing something?

On November 27, 2010, in Injury Prevention, Lumbar Spine / Core, by jcubos

Sometimes patient care is more simple than you think.

Suck, Squeeze & Squeeze

On November 15, 2010, in Exercises, Lumbar Spine / Core, Therapeutic Methods, by jcubos

What good is a skydiver without parachute?

Spine Control Symposium: Recap

On November 14, 2010, in Lumbar Spine / Core, by jcubos

In case you missed it.

A diagnostician or a technician?

On November 9, 2010, in Clinical Testing, General, Therapeutic Methods, by jcubos

Being a diagnostician is a privilege and it is this individual who holds the great responsibility of rendering a diagnosis. Unfortunately, many neuromusculoskeletal medical professionals fail to understand the difference between a diagnostician and a technician.

How good is your neurological exam?

On October 30, 2010, in Clinical Testing, Lower Extremity, Lumbar Spine / Core, by jcubos

It’s important to be sharp!

So what do you think about yoga?

On October 18, 2010, in Exercises, Fitness, Injury Prevention, Lumbar Spine / Core, Sport Wellness, by jcubos

Looking into an age-old practice from a clinician’s point of view.

Pain in the Brain

On October 7, 2010, in Head / Neck, Lumbar Spine / Core, by jcubos

A video and an article explaining the neurophysiological basis of pain.