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Key Trigger Points for Neck Discs and Nerve Pain (Radiculopathy)
Cervical Radiculopathy (Pinched Nerve) Cervical radiculopathy, commonly called a "pinched nerve" occurs when a nerve in the neck is compressed or irritated where it branches away from the...
Taping for Trigger Points - Lower Back Pain
Taping for Lower Back Pain - Stuart Hinds Over 30 million Americans experience low-back pain at any given time! According to the report Global Burden of Disease (2010) lower back pain...
Trigger Point Therapy - Assessing Athletes for Common Hip, Knee and Shin Pain
How the smartphone has become the therapists magic tool! Runners frequently develop hip, knee and shin pain much of which may have trigger points as a root cause. Because...
Trigger Point Therapy - Stretching the Pecs
Stretching Pectoralis Muscles - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner Neuromuscular Stretching Technique The pec major eccentrically decelerates extension, horizontal abduction, external rotation, and retraction of the shoulder joint. This muscle...
Treating Gluteus Medius Trigger Points - Stretching
Stretching Gluteus Medius - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner Gluteus Medius This muscle is mostly deep to and is therefore obscured by the gluteus maximus, but appears on the surface...
Intrinsic Muscles of the Hand - Stretching
Stretching Intrinsic Hand Muscles - Jonathan Kuttner The intrinsic muscles of the hand are generally taken for granted, as they are involved in so many aspects of...
Trigger Point Therapy - Rotator Cuff Disorders
Rotator Cuff Injuries Explained - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner In 70% of all doctor and therapist visits for shoulder problems, the diagnosis is rotator cuff disorder The shoulder is involved...
Frozen Shoulder - Stretching Exercises
Exercise bands are highly recommended It's so important to keep your shoulder moving! Frozen shoulder can last up to 30 months if left untreated. Transitioning through the full term...
Trigger Point Therapy - Neuromuscular Stretching Technique
Neuromuscular Technique for Trapezius - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner One research study from the University of Queensland, proposed that PNF stretching may be the most effective stretching technique for increasing...
Rotator Cuff Trigger Points - Supraspinatus
Treating Supraspinatus Trigger Points - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner Ischemic Compression Technique About Supraspinatus Latin supra, above; spina, spine A member of the rotator cuff, which comprises the...
Trigger Point Therapy - What are the different types of trigger point?
Trigger points located in muscles around the body How to find Trigger Points - Paul Townley Not all trigger points are trigger points, and not...
Trigger Point Therapy - Passive Release Technique for Hamstring Muscles
Stuart Hinds - Passive Positional Release Technique for Hamstring Muscles About Positional Release Techniques Positional Release techniques (also known as Strain-Counterstrain) are a form of hands-on treatment that are...
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