pain
You got TMJ?
Most people don’t think too much about their joints or how they work, until they start to hurt. Often they are perceived to hurt right where the pain is. But there are ways a joint might be hurting but not hurt. You could research the number of women, especially, who have languished in TMJ pain, … Continue reading
Principles for knee rehabilitation – Part II – Endurance, Strength, Power
Proviso: This discussion is for knee injuries: non-surgical classifications as well as those requiring surgery. (If one is planning to begin workouts and strengthening of a non-injured knee the same principles apply but your baseline start will include an initial weight amount for resistance, often 60% of One RM or NSCA calculator). Assuming you recover … Continue reading
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
Shoulder Rotator Cuff (RTC) What Went Wrong?
There’s more to the following conversation/dissertation about WHAT WENT WRONG and how you knew it, know it, and care for it. You functioned in an erroneous way. So you created a formation of pain and dysfunction needing attention. Hippocrates admonished: “First, do no harm”! He may have been speaking to physicians but it’s good advice … Continue reading
