Does Posture matter? Yes? No? What do you correlate Posture with? Pain? Headaches? Tension? Degeneration? Acceleration of OA? There is a lot of Myth and Trend around Posture in our education, our biases, our beliefs, but are they substantiated? What research have these Myths and Trends been based upon? What are the connections between Posture, … [Read more...]
More Evidence on Joint Dysfunction, Proprioception and Sensation
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1988 Oct;11(5):400-8. Effects of altered afferent articular input on sensation, proprioception, muscle tone and sympathetic reflex responses. Slosberg M Abstract The influence of afferent articular and periarticular input on muscle tone, joint mobility, proprioception and pain is of considerable interest to … [Read more...]
Decrease Pain in Patients with Knee OA
Here's a nice paper documenting that patients with Knee OA pain had global decrease in deep tissue pressure sensitivity and had significantly lower resting pain after treatment of the joint tissues (joint Mobilization). Treatment of just the skin alone (manual cutaneous input) did not provide this same effect. Read the original abstract … [Read more...]
Massage Therapy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Dose-Finding Trial
Full Paper here Abstract Background In a previous trial of massage for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, we demonstrated feasibility, safety and possible efficacy, with benefits that persisted at least 8 weeks beyond treatment termination. Methods We performed a RCT to identify the optimal dose of massage within an 8-week treatment … [Read more...]
Great Videos on “The Medial Collateral Ligament of the Knee”
In a couple of weeks I'll be instructing my Knee Leg & Foot course. As I was preparing and updating the course content, I was perusing the web looking for new info on MCL's an came upon these great videos I think you will appreciate. In this 3 Part Series, Marc Schmitz, MSc outlines and discusses the newest information pertaining to the … [Read more...]