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Strength

Quad vs Glute Strengthening for Patellofemoral Pain

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Rehabilitation

Should you Stretch a Muscle Strain?

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Rehabilitation

Do Weak Glutes Really Cause Low Back Pain?

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Rehabilitation

To Ice or Not To Ice An Injury

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Rehabilitation

What Is Fascia And Can You Really Stretch It?

Fascia Has 3 Functions:
1. Acts Like Tendons By Transmitting Forces2. Fascia Produces Tension To Resist Force…

Strength

What is Correct Technique?

As a society, we’ve been ingrained to believe that this technique is good and that technique is bad. Honestly, it’s our fault. Putting up posts with “good” vs “bad” on them and click bait titles may get you short term likes and reinforce that this is what people want to see but is it really helping them to understand? And can we even say with certainty that one technique is better than another?

Rehabilitation

SUFFERING WITH SHOULDER PAIN? Should you scan? Inject? Exercise? Opt for surgery?

A simplified review of the latest research and what to do about your shoulder injury.
With so much evidence out there, it’s hard to know who or what to believe. For this reason, I’ve consolidated the most important points for you in this post to help navigate the minefield of information on shoulder pain and what you should really be doing about it.

Rehabilitation

3 Things You Must Check When Assessing Low Back Pain (Part 2/3)

Part 2: Hip Stability
Navigating stability can be tricky, particularly when it comes to assessments. While stability is characteristically a subjective measure, we need to be able to somewhat objectively identify instability. Note that with any stability measure, there should always be elements of objective (quantitative) and subjective (qualitative) data available. Both need to be considered.

Rehabilitation

3 Things You Must Check When Assessing Low Back Pain (Part 1/3)

“If you aren’t assessing, you’re guessing”.
Instagram.. muddles quality information with pseudoscience. This makes understanding what to assess, address and change in our programming confusing, especially when it pertains to pain.

Rehabilitation

How Your Ankles Could Be Causing Your Low Back Pain

Let’s start at the bottom of the body – the ankle – and discuss how a lack of mobility here is often the hidden culprit behind low back pain. Before we dive into why, I want you to ask yourself these questions…