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A Closer Look at Rehabilitation Principles for the Knee – Part I.
In previous blogs and videos, I have touched on various considerations for exercise positions and postures and keeping in mind the 3 F’s: Form Follows Function. During surgery, the surgeon causes trauma, through invading, altering, and repairing 4 kinds of tissues: soft – skin, circulatory vessels, nerves, and muscles; hard – bone; rubbery – cartilaginous; … Continue reading
What do you do about that CMP you have?
Chrondromalacia Patella (CMP) is a description for kneecap pain of the patella/femoral joint (P/F Joint). Pain is aggravated with squatting activities, prolonged sitting with knee bent, and sometimes with VMO (Vastus Medialis Obliquus) “malfunction”. The knee has to be efficient and reasonably maintenance free. So when the orthopedist sees you, history again will likely reveal … Continue reading
Can you prevent rotator cuff tendinitis?
The answer may be mostly yes. RTC is a typical abbreviation for this muscle group. There are several possible reasons for a person to have shoulder muscle pain. Through differential diagnosis, the orthopedic surgeon will likely figure out which ones. Refer to (Blog Rotator cuff 0723 2011) for a list of other shoulder muscles and … Continue reading
Healing
Orthopedic Surgery itself is trauma. You may recognize a traumatic injury occurring when you fall, get hurt in sports, or have a car or work accident but you may not think of surgery (iatrogenic injury) as an injury/trauma. Your brain does, however, because it is wired to respond the way it did 200,000 years ago … Continue reading
