Performance Therapy — Trigger Point Therapy
Stretching for Pain Relief and Rehabilitation - Frozen Shoulder
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Exercise bands are highly recommended It's so important to keep your shoulder moving! Frozen shoulder can last up to 30 months if left untreated. Transitioning through the full term of a frozen shoulder will take you through three distinct phases. Phase (1) is the "Freezing" stage during which the pain and restricted movement It's so important to keep your shoulder moving! Frozen shoulder can last up to 30 months if left untreated. Transitioning through the full term of a frozen shoulder will take you through three distinct phases. Phase (1) is the "Freezing" stage during which the pain and...
Sciatica
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Soft-tissue therapist, Stuart Hinds explains Sciatica as a symptom of an underlying problem. Sciatica is an umbrella term given to any sort of pain that is caused by irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve; this can include leg pain, sometimes accompanied by tingling, numbness, or weakness.
Treating Soccer Injuries
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Treating Gastro/Soleus - Stuart Hinds Wherever you live or work as a therapist, you are probably surrounded by hundreds, or even thousands of youths who play soccer! Quite a number of massage/manual therapists have built successful practices by fine-tuning their skills to treat common soccer injuries. Soccer players are uniquely susceptible to muscle strains and ligament sprains due to the quick changes in direction, lateral movements, pivoting and the rapid accelerations and decelerations involved in the sport. The ankles, hamstrings, adductors (groin) and other muscles around the hip and thigh are particularly susceptible. Most Common Soccer Injuries (Source: USYS /...
Using the Sitting Slump Test to Assess Sciatic Pain
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Using the Pace Test to Assess Sciatic Pain
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