Several weeks ago, I had the amazing opportunity to host Brian Mulligan at his first baseball game and have him present a private workshop for my staff. What an experience! In addition to providing some excellent treatment techniques, he (and his colleague Brian Folk) also managed to help some of us with low back pain, hamstring tightness, and lateral epicondylitis! For those that don’t know, Brian Mulligan is a world renowned physical therapist from New Zealand. He is the ... Read Full Story
Several weeks ago, I had the amazing opportunity to host Brian Mulligan at his first baseball game and have him present a private workshop for my staff. What an experience! In addition to providing some excellent treatment techniques, he (and his colleague Brian Folk) also managed to help some of us with low back pain, hamstring tightness, and lateral epicondylitis! For those that don’t know, Brian Mulligan is a world renowned physical therapist from New Zealand. He is the ... Read Full Story
Come on everyone, you guys are better than that! Let’s try this again, in the past 2 days there have been over 1000 visits to this webpage and only 30 votes! That is only 3% of you voting. Sooooo, why don't we try this again… Every now and then I take a step back from writing articles and other bits of information for my readers to ask a favor in return. I must say it is rare but my loyal readers have always responded favorably! It has been appreciated. I o... Read Full Story
Come on everyone, you guys are better than that! Let’s try this again, in the past 2 days there have been over 1000 visits to this webpage and only 30 votes! That is only 3% of you voting. Sooooo, why don't we try this again… Every now and then I take a step back from writing articles and other bits of information for my readers to ask a favor in return. I must say it is rare but my loyal readers have always responded favorably! It has been appreciated. I o... Read Full Story
Every now and then I take a step back from writing articles and other bits of information for my readers to ask a favor in return. I must say it is rare but my loyal readers have always responded favorably! It has been appreciated. I once again ask for your help in exchange for all the quality material that I provide for you and all the other 2800 readers a week! The current leader only has 119 votes, come on everyone, let’s get past that number this week! Please click the b... Read Full Story
Every now and then I take a step back from writing articles and other bits of information for my readers to ask a favor in return. I must say it is rare but my loyal readers have always responded favorably! It has been appreciated. I once again ask for your help in exchange for all the quality material that I provide for you and all the other 2800 readers a week! The current leader only has 119 votes, come on everyone, let’s get past that number this week! Please click the b... Read Full Story
In a past article, I discussed assessing and treating dysfunction of the gluteus medius. I reviewed an article from the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and the author’s recommendations. Taking this information one step further, a recent article in JOSPT has quantified electromyographic activity of the gluteus maximus and gluteus medius during common exercises. This information is helpful when deciding which exercises to perform in your patients or clients. ... Read Full Story
In a past article, I discussed assessing and treating dysfunction of the gluteus medius. I reviewed an article from the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and the author’s recommendations. Taking this information one step further, a recent article in JOSPT has quantified electromyographic activity of the gluteus maximus and gluteus medius during common exercises. This information is helpful when deciding which exercises to perform in your patients or clients. ... Read Full Story
In my opinion, one of the most challenging disorders of the shoulder to properly diagnose during the early stages is adhesive capsulitis, or frozen shoulder. Let me explain that further – once a person has global tightness and loss of motion, this is a pretty easy diagnosis. But I often wonder if some of our patients with “shoulder pain” but not loss of motion may actually have stage one irritation of the capsule that could develop into adhesive capsulitis. If we can wo... Read Full Story
In my opinion, one of the most challenging disorders of the shoulder to properly diagnose during the early stages is adhesive capsulitis, or frozen shoulder. Let me explain that further – once a person has global tightness and loss of motion, this is a pretty easy diagnosis. But I often wonder if some of our patients with “shoulder pain” but not loss of motion may actually have stage one irritation of the capsule that could develop into adhesive capsulitis. If we can wo... Read Full Story
