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Date of Newsletter:2008/08/11 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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This article discusses excessive possible treatment options for excess pronation including strengthening exercises, avoiding improper stretching exercises, core strengthening exercises, gait retraining and modification of running form to name just a few. |
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Date of Newsletter:2008/07/07 |
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| Category: Other |
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This article discusses the process of asking a better question in order to obtain better answers to solve repetitive use injury. |
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Date of Newsletter:2008/05/29 |
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| Category: Treatment |
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This article discusses how a common fault in car seats can contribute to the development of hamstring, buttock, back, and neck pain, and a method to correct this fault. |
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Date of Newsletter:2008/04/07 |
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| Category: Treatment |
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This article discusses how to use video technology and Web 2.0 technology to learn to move better by seeing ideal movement and getting feedback as to whether your movement is ideal. |
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Date of Newsletter:2008/03/05 |
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| Category: Treatment |
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This article discusses iatrogenic problems, and If an injury is not getting better ask is the diagnosis correct; is the treatment correct; is the treatment insufficient; is the treatment too extreme; or is the problem not treatable. The article also outlines treatment for faulty running form |
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Date of Newsletter:2008/02/09 |
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| Category: Treatment |
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This are article provides a case study of how using slow motion video can be used to help modify faulty movement to treat an injury (heel pain). |
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Date of Newsletter:2008/01/07 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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This article compares using an ellipitical machine to treadmill, and which injuries using elliptical exercise machine would be harmful, helpful, and indifferent. |
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Date of Newsletter:2007/6/1 |
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| Category: Treatment |
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Discusses concepts regarding effects of exercise on cartilage and osteoarthrtitis |
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Date of Newsletter:2007/12/05 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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Date of Newsletter:2007/11/06 |
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| Category: Injury Prevention |
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A large amount of products and services are proffered on the concept that the product or service will prevent a running injury. This article critically reviews the available evidence on this topic and identifies a simple strategy to help prevent injury. |
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Date of Newsletter:2007/10/03 |
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| Category: Back |
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This scientific article provides evidence that active physical therapy treatments result in better clinical outcomes, at a lower cost when compared to passive physical therapy treatments. |
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Date of Newsletter:2007/10/01 |
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| Category: Treatment |
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Date of Newsletter:2007/07/11 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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This article describes positions and postures which stretch the plantar fasia, and discusses the pros and cons of the positions and postures. |
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Date of Newsletter:2007/07/01 |
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| Category: Treatment |
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This article describes how faulty movement can be a significant contributing factor to the development of injury, and how using slow motion video analysis can be a powerful treatment for an injury. |
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Date of Newsletter:2007/05/10 |
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| Category: Running |
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Date of Newsletter:2007/04/03 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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This article reviews the physiology and changes in material properties which occur in muscle tissue in response to stretching exercises. If you are using stretching exercises to increase your range of motion consider designing your program so that it increases your tolerance to the discomfort that occurs when stretching. |
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Date of Newsletter:2007/02/15 |
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| Category: Repetitive Use Injur |
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This article discusses symmetry of structure and motion, and how this affects repetitive use injuries. A review of research related to asymmetry when running, and treatment strategies to correct asymmetry are presented. |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/11/20 |
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| Category: Running |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/11/03 |
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| Category: Repetitive Use Injur |
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The arthicle is a case study demonstrating a problem solving approach which the degree of use, condition or what is being used, and manner of use are examined to identify the potential causes of recurring hamstring strain. |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/09/09 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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Having different size feet caues problems when purchasing shoes. This article discusses the problems related to having different size feet and guidlines for choosing the right size shoes. |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/08/04 |
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| Category: Hip & Knee |
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Quadriceps muscle strengthening exercises are a common intervention for osteoarthritis of the knee. Recent research questions whether this concept is true. This article discusses knee arthritis and muscles strengthen. |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/07/12 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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This article discusses causes and treatment of shin pain related to walking/running |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/06/10 |
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| Category: Hip & Knee |
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This article discusses the controversey regarding the optimal method of doing stretching exercises for the IT band. |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/05/15 |
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| Category: Injury Prevention |
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There is possiblitiy that training for a road race can be complicated by a repetitive use injury. A potential strategy to decrease this risk of injury is a pre-partcipation examination. This describes what should be included in a pre-partcipation exam, and how it can assist in improving performance. |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/04/26 |
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| Category: Repetitive Use Injur |
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Searching for the reason that repetiive use injuries occur can be difficult and frustrating. This article discusses a system of identifying potential cause and outlines potential intervention strategy |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/04/10 |
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| Category: Injury Prevention |
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This article discusses the evidence and opinions regarding selecting running shoes and occurence of injury. |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/03/01 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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This article discusses conflicting evidence regarding core strength, and concepts regarding testing and training to improve core strength and stability. |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/02/07 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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This article discusses the problems that a relatively high arch stiff foot can suffer,and general strategies to address this problem |
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Date of Newsletter:2006/01/18 |
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| Category: Repetitive Use Injur |
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Once a movement which, consistiently elicits the symptom, can be identified, a better understanding of the source of the problem is achieved. Whether the symptom is pain, weakness, or stiffness, the process of determing what movement or movements elicit the symptoms is the same. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/3/21 |
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| Category: Running |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/12/05 |
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| Category: Repetitive Use Injur |
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This article discusses potential causes and interventions for Achilles Tendonitis/Tendonopathy. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/10/19 |
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| Category: Repetitive Use Injur |
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Often the manner is which everyday habitual activities are preformed can contribute to the development of repetitive use injuries. If these everyday activities are not identified and modified the prognosis for recovery from recurring injury is poor. Often the best treatment recommendation is “Don’t Do That”. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/10/18 |
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| Category: Repetitive Use Injur |
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This article clarifies misconceptions regarding diagnosis and treatment of injured tendons. The article discusses the appropriateness of non-steriodal anti-inflammatory medication, stretching exercise and rest in the management of tendon injuries. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/09/27 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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A common diagnosis for heel pain is plantar fasciitis. It is important to recognize there are other tissues on the bottom of the heel which can get injured besides the plantar fascia. Damage to the fat pad on the bottom of the heel is a little recognized injury. This article discusses how to identify damage to the fat pad on the bottom of the heel and the appropriate treatment. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/09/08 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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The rate at which the heart beats has a variety of uses including measurement of fitness level, adjusting training load, and monitoring for over training. This article discusses how to use sleeping heart rate to determine if training load is to stiff. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/07/29 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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Bicycling one leg only drills have been proposed as being helpful for improving bicycling form and efficiency. One leg only bicycling can also be useful to tests for asymmetry of muscle endurance and for strengthening asymmetrical leg weakness. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/07/29 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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This article summarizes the American College of Sports Medicine’s guidelines regarding resistance training for healthy adults. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/07/03 |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/05/29 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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The term stiffness often has a bad connotation. In reality, being stiff can have positive benefits. This article discusses the property of muscle/tendon stiffness, why it can be positive, and how to achieve increased stiffness. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/05/18 |
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| Category: Repetitive Use Injur |
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This article discusses the challenge to the age old question, which often has no answer. It points out the importance of when trying to solve the problem of a repetitive use injury to make sure to look for the chicken if you see and egg, and to make sure you look for the egg if you see the chicken. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/05/01 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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This article discusses physiologic process that occurs when the environmental temperature change occurs between spring and summer, and general strategies to facilitate this adaptation process. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/03/08 |
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| Category: Injury Prevention |
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This article discusses adjusting training schedule to minimize consecutive days in order to minimize risk of injury. |
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Date of Newsletter:2005/01/07 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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The short dark days of winter pose a challenge for the exercise enthusiast who prefers to exercise out doors. This article discusses tactics and strategies to deal with the challenge of exercising safely outdoors in the dark. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/4/24 |
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| Category: Running |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/12/14 |
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| Category: Injury Prevention |
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Research has shown the most popular New Year’s resolution relate to diet and exercise. Research has also shown as much as 30 percent of individuals will stop exercising because of sustaining an exercise-ending injury. A proactive approach to prevent injury is to seek a musculoskeletal screening examination before beginning or upgrading your exercise program. This article includes a 7 question screening test to determine if you are at risk for developing an injury |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/12/07 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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There is a growing body of literature with anecdotal evidence, as well controlled scientific studies, advocating the benefits of barefoot walking/running. This article discusses this concept in relation to shoe inserts. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/11/16 |
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| Category: Hip & Knee |
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A common method for treating pain in the front of the hip is to use stretching exercises. It is a mistake to automatically assume that stretching exercise for a problem on the front of the hip is appropriate treatment. There are times when muscles, ligaments and the joint capsule are too long, lax or torn and stretching exercises are not appropriate. Pain alone is not an indication for stretching exercises but pain with short structures is. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/10/20 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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Decribes the rationale, how to use, and where to purchase a Night Splint to treat Plantar Fasciitis |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/10/20 |
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| Category: Neck & Shoulder |
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This article describes how unilateral breathing when swimming can contribute to the development of repetitive use injuries particularly shoulder pain. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/10/10 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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It is the opinion of many it is better to focus on improving our weakness rather than focus on improving strengthens. Whether you value striving to improve your weakness or your strength more you need to be able to distinquish your strengthens from your weakness. Strategies to clairfy you strengthens and weaknesses are discussed. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/09/27 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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Many of us spend a great deal of time exercising. Whatever our motive to participate in regular exercise, the question remains how can we improve our experience? This article reflects on how we can enhance the experience of regular exercise, including being in the right place at the right time; being ready or receptive to take advantage of experiences; looking to observe subtleties of experiences; having a system in place to gather data from experiences in order to observe patterns, seeing enough exposures to particular experiences to be able to observe patterns, look at data from experiences, and taking time to reflect and analyze experiences |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/08/30 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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Unfortunatly, the question of which is the best sequence for stretching and strengthening exercises has not be addressed with scientific studies, so we are left with opinion. This article discusses rationale for choosing the sequence of stretching vs strengthening exercises. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/07/29 |
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| Category: Repetitive Use Injur |
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The article is a case study which demonstrates a problem solving approach which examines the degree of use, condition or what is being used, and the manner of the use in a systematic way in order to identify potential causes of a repetitive use injury in a triathlete with recurring lateral knee pain. By systematic evaluation and treatment it was determined that the manner of use, how she unclipped from her bike pedal contributed to her lateral knee pain. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/06/04 |
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| Category: Back |
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This article describes a relatively common anatomical variation which results in increased risk of developing low back pain, and strategies to address this anatomical variation. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/04/23 |
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| Category: Hip & Knee |
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A general concept regarding injuries to musculoskeletal system is that either too little joint movement or too much joint movement contributes to pain. This article uses the hip joint as an example to demonstrate this concept. Do not automatically assume if there is pain in the front of the hip that the muscles and tendons need to be "stretched out". Make an assessment to determine if the painful area is actually short/tight or is it long/lax. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/04/23 |
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| Category: Injury Prevention |
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There are well-established opinions regarding stretching exercises. Some of the opinions regarding stretching exercises have assumed mythical status. Mythical in the sense that the opinion is based more on legend rather than evidence. Mythical in the sense that the gods have said that if you want to prevent injury you must do stretching exercises. As one who enjoys the Socratic method of learning I believe we should ask what the evidence that stretching prevents injury is. Stretch what is short/tight, do not stretch what is long/lax. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/04/23 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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This article questions whether Achilles stretching exercises are helpful for treatment of plantar fasciitis. Controversy continues regarding the recommendation to treat plantar fascitis with calf stretching or not. Until more research is available to resolve this controversy my recommendation is, if there is evidence the Achilles is short it should be stretched, if there is no evidence (limited range of motion at the ankle) the Achilles is short than it should not be stretched. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/03/05 |
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| Category: Hip & Knee |
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A large percentage of knee problems are called Patella Femoral Arthralgia. Investigations suggest this problem should be classified into 8 major sub groups, so that treatment can be focused and specific. Until more research provides definitive answers regarding the best non-surgical treatment for problems around the knee cap, treatment needs to be based on good clinical observations and not dogma and recipes. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/02/10 |
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| Category: Neck & Shoulder |
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Headaches can result from a variety of diseases or injuries. Though conventional medical teaching emphasizes the source of the headache as being inside the skull, headaches can be a result of jaw, or neck injury. Poor posture is not the only cause of headaches, but it can be an important one. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/01/26 |
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| Category: Neck & Shoulder |
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An inappropriat fitting bra or wrong type of bra can contribute to shoulder, arm, hand, back, and chest pain.
Guidelines for fitting a bra, and shopping for a bra are discussed |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/01/12 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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Recent research puts serious question the standard stretching exercises for plantar fasciitis (heel pain. The research leads to the conclusion to stretch what is short, do not stretch what is loose/long/lax, and perhaps do not stretch what is normal length. |
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Date of Newsletter:2004/01/01 |
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| Category: Hip & Knee |
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This article discusses some controversy regarding stretching exercises for piriformis syndrome (hip pain). |
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Date of Newsletter:2003/12/07 |
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| Category: Back |
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This article discusses the controversy of whether flexion and/or extension exercises are indicated for low back pain. |
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Date of Newsletter:2003/12/05 |
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| Category: Exercise |
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Moderate amounts of regular exercise stimulates favorable response to the immune system and results in increased resistance to common cold and flu. However excessive amounts of exercise can increase risk of suffering an infection. |
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Date of Newsletter:2003/12/03 |
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| Category: Other |
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This article describes the process of asking questions in order to improve outcomes |
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Date of Newsletter:2003/10/29 |
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| Category: Injury Prevention |
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How to arrange your computer workstation to avoid pain in the neck and back |
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Date of Newsletter:2003-07/01 |
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| Category: Back |
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This article discusses how sitting and lopsided car seats can adversely affect the spine and contribute to back pain. |
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Date of Newsletter:2002/10/23 |
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| Category: Foot & Ankle |
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Discusses the purpose of shoe inserts, distinquishes between arch supports & orthotics, as well as, questions to consider when deciding whether shoe inserts are necessary or not. |
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Date of Newsletter:2002/06/04 |
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| Category: Hip & Knee |
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There are several challenges a hamstring strain presents. One challenge is to properly rehabilitate the injury, such that, we avoid re-injury, yet return to full training and competition as soon as possible. Another challenge it to identify predisposing factors, which contribute to hamstring strain. If the symptoms last longer than 6 weeks or reoccur several questions arise. Is it really a hsmtring strain? Has the muscle been fully rehabilitated? Are there adjacent muscles, which are weak and need strengthening? |
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