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Baseball player gets whiplash! What should he do?
Baseball whiplash
This video is an extreme example of whiplash, and it gets you thinking, what is the science about whiplash?
IMG_8402 ▶ Jonathan Villar Slides into Brandon Phillips Butt – hilarious Butt-slide of the year
Mr. Villar's large neck muscles will go into spasm to protect him. The two muscles which will spasm the most are the sternocleidomastoid and scalenes.
When sternocleidomastoid spasms you suffer from headaches. When scalenes spasm you suffer from arm tingling and numbness. Mr. Villars will have both. What should he do to relieve his pain?
1) get physical therapy for stretches for sternocleidomastoid and scalenes, and for myofascial release, and
2) start working the "core" of the neck, the longus colli–(which is put out of commission by the whiplash)
If he does both of these, his neck will probably fully recover!
Back Pain runs in families!
I am often asked as a physical therapist, "Do herniated discs run in families?" I often respond that I don't know, but it seems that way.
Well, now we know! It does run in families, and people who have a cousin or grandparent who have had a herniated disc have an increased chance, according to this article:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/back-pain-runs-in-families/?ref=health
What does that mean for YOU if you have relative with back pain?
- keep in good physical condition overall and exercise regularly
- keep your core muscles firing correctly and your MusclesInSync
- make sure to squat to pick up things from the floor
- step out and lunge with your forward leg if you have to reach (such as vacumning) and avoid bending at the back with your legs together
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We have a rebounder at Comstock PT
Enjoy the video below. Funny ending! :)
5 Tool Sport
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.