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Weak Ankles and Ankle Instability - How to Treat with Trigger Point Therapy

Weak Ankles and Ankle Instability - How to Treat with Trigger Point Therapy

  The Ankle Joint         Clinical Assessment - What Else Could it Be?   Foot pain, ankle pain, and ankle instability    Anyone involved in athletics is...
Common Causes of Chronic Lower Back Pain

Common Causes of Chronic Lower Back Pain

Pain was once considered chronic if it lasted for more than three months and exceeded the body’s natural healing process.  There has recently been significant discussion about the histological time...
How To Treat Golfers Elbow

How To Treat Golfers Elbow

Golfer’s elbow, also known as medial epicondylitis, is a form of tendinitis similar to tennis elbow       Golfing is one of many root causes of the condition, which in...
Tension Headache | Self Help Tip | Trigger Point Release

Tension Headache | Self Help Tip | Trigger Point Release

  A tension headache is pain or discomfort in the head, scalp, or neck, usually associated with muscle tightness in these areas Tension headaches are one of the most common...
Painful and Stiff Thumb - Arthritis or Trigger Points?

Painful and Stiff Thumb - Arthritis or Trigger Points?

     Opponens Pollicis / Adductor Pollicis The symptoms caused by trigger points in these muscles are often mistaken for arthritis.          Origin Opponens pollicis: flexor retinaculum. Tubercle...
The Biopsychosocial Model - Assessment and Treatment

The Biopsychosocial Model - Assessment and Treatment

 The Biopsychosocial Model | Assessment and Treatment | Manual Therapy Tutorial, Paul Townley     For many years back pain, for example, was considered via a biomedical model whereby pain is a...
Trigger Point Therapy - Intrinsic Hand Muscles

Trigger Point Therapy - Intrinsic Hand Muscles

  Intrinsic Muscles of the Hand - Trigger Point Overview   Painful conditions of the hands have been on the increase for the last 10 years. This is at least partly...
How To Find Trigger Points in the Masseter (Ear and Jaw Pain)

How To Find Trigger Points in the Masseter (Ear and Jaw Pain)

    How To Find Trigger Points - Masseter    ActiveTrigger Points in the Masseter Can Cause Ear, Tooth, and Jaw Pain The masseter is a powerful workhorse muscle that we...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Trapezius for Head, Neck and Shoulder Pain

Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Trapezius for Head, Neck and Shoulder Pain

  Stuart Hinds: Treating trapezius trigger points with a Muscle Energy Technique (MET).        Just about everyone has trapezius trigger points. In most cases they can be treated simply...
Treating Trigger Points - Triceps Brachii

Treating Trigger Points - Triceps Brachii

  Treating Triceps Trigger Points - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner   Notes to the Video Above: The triceps brachii assists deceleration of flexion at the glenohumeral joint and the elbow joint....
The Unique Trigger Point - Vastus Medialis

The Unique Trigger Point - Vastus Medialis

  Dr. Jonathan Kuttner - recipient of the NAMTPT Lifetime Award for Contribution to Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy       Notes for the above video:   The quadriceps muscles...
What Every Therapist Needs to Know About "Whiplash" (WAD)

What Every Therapist Needs to Know About "Whiplash" (WAD)

  Whiplash - An Overview     "The sudden force will often stretch or tear the muscles and tendons of the neck" Whiplash, more correctly known as whiplash associated disorders (WAD) is...
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