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Treating Shoulder Pain - Heat and Ice Therapy

Treating Shoulder Pain - Heat and Ice Therapy

Shoulder Pain - Using Heat To Treat Trigger Points  Shoulder Pain can often be effectively managed with a combination of heat and ice Shoulder injuries can be extremely painful, and...
Common Painful Conditions that can be addressed with Trigger Point Therapy

Common Painful Conditions that can be addressed with Trigger Point Therapy

   How Often To Treat Trigger Points?   What are the most common chronic pain syndromes that respond well to trigger point therapy? Trigger points are associated with most painful...
Trigger Point Therapy - Frozen Shoulder Syndrome

Trigger Point Therapy - Frozen Shoulder Syndrome

  Frozen Shoulder - Quick Facts   "Even simple tasks like putting on a coat became increasingly difficult" We often like to write about clients who have been successfully treated...
Treating Rotator Cuff Injuries

Understanding Rotator Cuff Injuries and Treatment

The rotator cuff—a group of four small but mighty muscles: supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis—acts as the shoulder’s dynamic stabilizer. These muscles keep the humeral head centred in the glenoid fossa during movement, and they work constantly, even when we’re doing something as simple as reaching for a cup of tea. They control rotation, guide elevation, and prevent the shoulder from collapsing into the kind of sloppy mechanics that lead to impingement and pain.

Trigger Point Therapy - CRPS1

Trigger Point Therapy - CRPS1

Michael Coffee LMT presenting his techniques for the treatment of CRPS at the 33rd Annual NAMTPT Conference, Chicago, October 2017. Niel Asher Education received the award for "Excellence in Education"...
Frozen Shoulder and Diabetes

Frozen Shoulder and Diabetes

  Frozen Shoulder or Impingement?   What is the connection between frozen shoulder and diabetes?  A frozen shoulder seems to result from the way the brain responds to inflammation around...
Trigger Point Therapy - Self Help for Common Shoulder Pain

Trigger Point Therapy - Self Help for Common Shoulder Pain

With thanks to Jeffrey Lutz CMTPT and Erica Carole LMT of the Pain Treatment and Wellness Center, Greenburg, PA Buy a Backnobber Now See all Massage Tools   Whilst it's...
Frozen Shoulder - Stretching Exercises

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...
Rotator Cuff Trigger Points - Supraspinatus

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...
My Experience with NAT - Dr. Joseph Duchene

My Experience with NAT - Dr. Joseph Duchene

  Dr. Joseph Duchene talks about frozen shoulder and his experience with NAT.    NAT treatment protocols are based on techniques used within elite sports and athletics worldwide. Since the first...
Trigger Point Therapy - 5 Great Exercises for a Frozen Shoulder

Trigger Point Therapy - 5 Great Exercises for a Frozen Shoulder

The Freezing Stage (Phase 1) of a frozen shoulder is a crucial time for starting a gentle stretching regime. Gentle is the operative word. Your shoulder is likely to be very...
My Journey with NAT - Martin Bates D.C.

My Journey with NAT - Martin Bates D.C.

  Dr. Martin Bates, Chiropractor and Masters Certified NAT Practitioner   For 90% of the patients I’ve treated with NAT, the results have been phenomenal. I first heard about NAT early...
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