Ice Pack or Cryocuff after ACL Surgery?
Which provides a better outcome with respect to pain and narcotic use after ACL surgery - a cryocuff or regular ice pack? Both are routinely used during the early stages of PT after ACL surgery.
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Jon Jezequel’s Follow up to CPM in “PT Products On-line”
It appears reasonable to recommend CPM for select indications, particularly for its short-term benefits, namely in TKA, knee OA and articular cartilage lesions, ACL reconstructions, and surgically fixated ankle fractures.
Are You Using Placebo to Control Pain?
Joseph Brence summarizes an article from the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapeutics on how manual therapy evokes a placebo response which may reduce pain.
Therapeutic Exercise – Is Good Form Enough?
Excerpts from an interview with Nancy Bloom from Washington University about Movement Impairment Syndromes of the Hip.
The test of replicability: are you practicing fact or fiction?
A recent article in "The New Yorker" reviews how believed facts are losing their truth.
Peter Ralston on Balance
"Most people rarely experience balance when standing, but actually maintain a constant state of imbalance. Simply because you don't fall down doesn't mean you are balanced; try not moving any muscle when you stand and see how long it takes for you to fall down. You make constant, ...
Use Trigger Point Manual Therapy for Plantar Heel Pain…It Works!!!
Stretching and manual trigger point release to the gastrocnemius has been shown to have good short-term effects in reducing plantar pain.
Diagnostic Criteria Series: Subacromial Impingement
Joe Brence discusses diagnostic criteria for diagnosing subacromial impingement syndrme.