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Tendon Rehabilitation…What is the latest research?
Tendon strains are very common.
Torn achilles
They occur frequently throughout the body, and limit your ability to do what you want. Achilles tendonitis and patellar tendonitis injuries cause pain with walking, running and being on your feet. Biceps tendonitis causes pain with sleeping, reaching and lifting overhead as does rotator cuff tendonitis.
Recent research on tendon injuries has shed new light on what the best exercises are, and in what order they should be given to the patient. why-and-how-exercise-is-the-best-treatment-for-tendinopathy
In the past, and currently, the exercise protocol for tendon repair has been eccentric exercises (slowly lengthening exercises). Here is an example: Continue reading “Tendon Rehabilitation…What is the latest research?” »
Why are some people knocked knee-ed on one side?
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:
Weak Hips Cause Knee Pain
It is an odd thing, and it doesn't really make sense, but it's true that weak hips can cause knee pain. "How is that?" you may wonder.
Look at this video taken about a week ago. This patient had a a new hip put in, so she is weak on her right (left side of the video). Watch her step down, and you will see her right hip shifts to the outside, and her right thigh and knee roll in. Because her right thigh rolls in her kneecap is tugged to the outside of its normal groove causing knee pain.
Check back tomorrow to see if her hip gets stronger and her knee pain goes away!
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We have a rebounder at Comstock PT
Enjoy the video below. Funny ending! :)
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UPPER EXTREMITY PLYOMETRICS (wait til the end 😂)
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Plyos are a mainstay exercise for athletes in the mid-to-late stages of rehab for upper or lower extremity injuries (or can also be used for prevention)😏. They begin to prepare the affected structures and tissues to tolerate forces and stress more closely related to sport. For the #thrower 🥎⚾️, we like to use these as a precursor before interval throwing programs.
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There are many ways of accomplishing this, but here we show how to use a rebounder/trampoline to achieve dynamic shoulder plyos.
1️⃣ Chest pass
2️⃣ Diagonals
3️⃣ Overhead chop
4️⃣ 0° IR
5️⃣ 90° IR
6️⃣ 0° ER
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All incorporate a controlled concentric to eccentric phase and have the added bonus of adjusting to an external object. What others do you like??
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🔹Swanik et al. The effect of shoulder plyometric training on amortization time and upper extremity kinematics. JSR. 2016.
🔹 Wright, et al. Exercise prescription for overhead athletes with shoulder pathology: a systematic review with best evidence synthesis. BJSM. 2018.
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www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/well/move/dog-owners-get-more-exercise.html Time to get a dog?
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Dog owners spent close to 300 minutes each week walking with their dogs, about 200 more minutes of walking than people without dogs.