Chronic Back Pain
It's a fact that up to 72% of patients who have had lower back pain still experience pain a year later... whose fault is it? Here's the latest news regarding the McKenzie Method ("MDT") for reducing back pain. The McKenzie Method is now widely considered to be the...
Physiotherapy similar to shoulder cortisone injection
Physiotherapy and Steroids Similarly Effective for Shoulder Pain By Amy Orciari Herman For patients with shoulder impingement syndrome, physical therapy and corticosteroid injections offer similar relief, but injections lead to more healthcare utilization, according...
For patients with sciatica ‐ Indications for Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT)
We wanted to share some interesting results as recently reported in the European Spine Journal article, “Centralization in patients with sciatica: are pain responses to repeated movement and positioning associated with outcome types of disc lesions?”1 The study...
Head and neck injuries in sports
McIntosh and McCory 2005 performed a literature review of head and neck injuries in the sports medicine literature. They surveyed rugby, ice hockey, American football, baseball, soccer, boxing, cricket, horse racing, skiing and snowboarding. One of the major factors...
Cryotherapy (using cold to treat injuries)
While watching almost any sporting event, did you ever notice that the moment an injury occurs – the first thing they reach for is ice? There is no difference between your weekend warrior’s sprained ankle and the sprained ankle of any athlete in organized sports. In...