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Why are some people knocked knee-ed on one side?
June 5, 2012 | 
Author Here is an interesting case of a patient who injured her right knee with a cartilage tear about 15 months ago.
Her hip responded to the right knee injury by twisting in at the thigh and out at the shin. The angle between the upper leg and lower leg is about 25 degrees, and on the left, her normal leg is about 10 degrees.
After one treatment, and some home exercises her knee looked like this:
If you are interested in knee rehabilitation, here is a link
http://www.patellofemoral.org/pfoe/PDFs/Case_study_Mascal_Landers_Powers.pdf
Also a link to last week's blog post:
http://comstockpt.com/2012/05/29/surprising-exercise-kneecap-pain-hip-rotation/
Posted in Exercise Programs, Hip pain, Joint Pain, Knee pain, Lacey, Muscles In Sync, Olympia, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Research | 
Tags: alignment, body mechanics, injury, knee, kneecap, lacey, olympia | 
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Back Pain When Shoveling Snow? Try a few of these exercises {Olympia, Wa}
Did you get an achey back after shoveling snow? You may wonder why that happens. It happens because the deeper supportive muscles get tired and the larger lumbar paraspinals take over but they become achey. Here is a picture of the lumbar paraspinals:
What exercises can you do? First get onto your bed or floor, and stretch your hips back towards your knees.
Then, to relax the larger muscles and strengthen your core, contract your pelvic floor (Do a Kegel’s) and while holding the Kegel’s, pull your tummy in towards your spine. Hold for 5 seconds, and do 10 repetitions. Here is a picture of the deeper core muscles:
Have fun in the snow!
Dancing in Olympia….after knee surgery? YES
Phyllis Hanks loves to dance with her partner George Haller. They are dance instructors at the Lac-A-DoHall in Olympia (website is http://olympia-modern-western-dancing.org/OurPeople.aspx). The problem was…she could not dance without knee pain. It got to the point she needed to have knee surgery, and had a meniscus repair to fix her pain.
After her surgery she came to Comstock Physical Therapy for her knee rehab…and got a little better. Progress was slow, even after quite a few PT sessions of strengthening, stretching, and range of motion exercises. I was pretty frustrated; here was this lovely patient frustrated as heck and progress was slow. Then I looked up and down her leg to see if any other problems could be contributing to her knee pain…AND THERE IT WAS! Her left ankle was SO STIFF; we had given her ankle stretching exercises, and she had been doing them religiously, but she was still SO STIFF in her ankle. Here is a picture of her left ankle's stiffness, stepping off a step:
We treated her left ankle and foot by stretching the individual joints. After that treatment she DANCED 6 HOURS OVER THE NEXT WEEKEND. Here is how her ankle's mobility on the left is now:
Her knee feels better now! Turns out her ankle stiffness was making her knee hurt!
If you would like to contact George or Phyllis for dance lessions, please email George at haller.george@comcast.net.
Posted in Ankle Sprain, Exercise Programs, Hip pain, Joint Pain, Knee pain, Lacey, Plantarfasciitis, Tumwater, Uncategorized | Tags: ankle pain, dancing, knee pain, knee surgery, lacey, tumwater | 2 Comments »
Community Involvement by Comstock Physical Therapy Helps Olympia, Lacey Youth
Linnea Comstock, President of the Lacey Rotary Foundation and Owner of Comstock Physical Therapy, is active in supporting Olympia and Lacey area youth by supporting Lacey Rotary Foundation through contributions, and the Hands on Museum through sponsorship.
Recently the Lacey Rotary Foundation presented 10 scholarships to high school seniors in the Lacey area who are preparing to go to college this fall. The scholarships were based on the Rotary ideal of Service Above Self.
Comstock Physical Therapy is also sponsoring the Sand and The City event, a Olympia fundraiser for the Children's Hands On Museum. The Hands On Museum supports learning from pre-school up through elementary school age children. Check back to see how Comstock Physical Therapy supports the community in more ways!
Posted in Community, Lacey, Olympia, Thurston County | Tags: comstock, foundation, fundraiser, lacey, museum, olympia, rotary, sand and the city, scholarship | No Comments »