When patients complain of ‘tightness’, ‘stiffness’ and ‘pains and aches’ without a specific mechanism of injury it can be challenging. In part because the complaints can often feel vague.
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Myotome testing is often seen as a necessary, but not always insightful element, of a shoulder assessment. It’s easy to fall into the trap of seeing myotome testing as optional for the shoulder patient — especially if there doesn’t seem to be any suspected radicular or peripheral neuropathic indications from the patient history. Do you
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Treating painful shoulders can be tricky and there is an often overlooked cause of shoulder pain. When we’re dealing with a painful shoulder and we see a loss of overhead movement, it’s easy to focus our attention on the glenohumeral joint. We may jump to mobilizing the shoulder joint to improve joint biomechanics. The scapula
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Therapeutic exercise. It’s a staple of a physiotherapist’s toolbox. No other intervention has as much research supporting it. As movement clinicians, we know this. That’s why we’re always keen to learn a new exercise or identify a fresh twist on the tried and true exercises. Prescribing the right exercise is important, but there are two
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Whether stress comes from the limitations of a clients injury or other psychosocial factors, what specific tools do you provide your patients to help them better cope with stress in their lives? Have you ever wondered if there was something more that could be done with patients as they’re laying at the beginning or end
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