Supposedly this is a painting of the first chiropractic "adjustment"
That is the question that was asked of me recently by a client. This question was offered to me in a hushed manner as if it was a taboo or risky thing to ask somebody.
In reality, I can understand the demeanor of the question due to the previous issues between the chiropractic profession and societies
Howdy again Readers! Today will be the first part of a series of posts that I am lamely labeling "My SFMA." Each post will feature a video related to my own personal Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA). Today's video will showcase my own seven top tier SFMA tests. Each additional blogpost and video will showcase a single dysfunctional top tier test derived
Hey Everybody! Just wanted to take a moment to share a video that I recorded yesterday while in the clinic. If you have ever been here before you have probably heard me mention Ankle Dorsiflexion and I often find it to be restricted in a lot of people.
Well I use a lot of different techniques depending on the situation and I wanted to show you all one variation that I've been using with success.
The only separating factor with this technique
Today's blog post is a tiny rant inspired by overhearing this conversation time and time again between runners...
"Yeah its about time for me to replace my shoes, my 'insert body part here' has been acting up lately and 'insert symptoms here'. I definitely just need to get some new shoes."
While I concede the fact that slowly overtime the properties of your shoe
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Selective Functional Movement Assessment(SFMA) certification course in St. Louis, Missouri. More specifically, the course was hosted on the beautiful campus of Logan Chiropractic College/University. Logan did a great job of hosting this seminar and they were very accommodating and even had snacks/refreshments/coffee
(Disclosure: This was not a free item given to me for review. I paid for this on my own but I have learned a lot from the creator of this product and that information has helped me and my patients a ton so maybe that makes me biased. If that is a bias I hope I continue this bias for a long time.)
Today I will be reviewing the Edge Mobility Band which is part of the
I recently got a new phone and I have been in the process of downloading new apps for it. This is my first Android phone so I am getting used to it but it has made me think about how much I use different apps on a daily basis in the clinic, on the field or in the classroom.
This also gave me the idea of telling you all about ten different apps that I find myself using
Therapeutic modalities had an entire course devoted to it in my educational curriculum and there is more and more research being done on the topic. There is plenty to learn about the theory and application of each individual type of modality from ultrasound to electrical stimulation and plain old ice.
I definitely learned a lot and the use of modalities has been definitely
Somehow, someway during my initial years of schooling I
developed this idea that the profession of athletic training needed to compete
heavily with other professions. I used to think that I needed to boycott the
teachings of other professions like physical therapists, strength and
conditioning specialists and person trainers. I also had an urge to compete
Background:
I have been following Dr. Erson Religioso's blog, The Manual Therapist, for quite some time now. I also recently subscribed to his OMPT Channel section where I have learned quite a few evaluation and treatment techniques to add to my arsenal. Dr. E has training in a plethora of different schools of thought and one of them is the Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy
Today I wanted to showcase a mini-case study of an athlete
that I consulted with recently. This was a 22 year old female collegiate track
and field athlete. This patient was a mid-distance runner that specialized in
the 800m event.
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The athlete complained of chronic pain at the
musculotendinous junction of the Achilles tendon that
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