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30 Nov Plantar Fasciitis: The Three Best, Most Effective Stretches for Athletes. Inside Tips From a Sports Medicine MD
Plantar fasciitis causes a great deal of heel pain and disability among athletes. As a sports medicine doctor, I have seen thousands of athletes sidelined by plantar fasciitis. Most patients who receive Astym therapy respond favorably, and their plantar fasciitis resolves. To find out if...
18 Nov Botox® for Tennis Elbow?
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in Tennis Elbow
It sounds strange to some people, but these injections are being tried to relieve tennis elbow pain, and with some success. As a sports physician, I have seen many patients with tennis elbow. I also do medical research, and as a result, I was invited...
05 Nov Research on Astym: Summary of Astym Treatment’s Evidence Base
At its core, Astym treatment was developed from solid basic science research to stimulate regeneration at a cellular level. Following that, there were a number of case studies published and then a randomized controlled clinical trial on patellar tendinopathy. A large randomized controlled clinical trial...
28 Oct Achilles Tendinosis in Elite Runners
Elite runners alternate between intensive physical training and recovery to improve performance. However, many runners fail to maintain a balance between intensity of training and appropriate recovery, resulting in a breakdown of tissue reparative mechanisms which eventually leads to overuse injuries. Historically, these injuries have...
24 Oct Rib Pain: The Buck Can Stop Here
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in General Pain
Often times patients who develop rib pain with no known etiology (cause) are processed through the medical system undergoing countless medical diagnostic tests and consultations. Physical therapy needs to be part of the assessment team to determine whether treatment for soft tissue and joint restrictions can be...
14 Oct What is De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis?
Two of the main tendons to the thumb pass through a tunnel (or series of pulleys) located on the thumb side of the wrist. Tendons are rope-like structures that attach muscle to bone. Tendons are covered by a slippery thin soft-tissue layer, called synovium. This...
07 Oct Tendonitis – Why Won’t It Go Away?
Because it’s probably tendinosis. Often, chronic tendonitis (also spelled tendinitis), which lasts more than 6 weeks is really tendinosis (also spelled tendonosis). The difference is that acute, short-term tendonitis is thought to be caused by inflammation, which is an active immune response of the body...
16 Sep What is Astym treatment? Astym Definition, Part III
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in About Astym
Scientific studies have shown an increase in fibroblast recruitment and fibroblast activation with Astym treatment, which reveal the body’s underlying physiological response to Astym. These studies highlight the regenerative mechanism of Astym treatment and help us understand how Astym treatment results in the regeneration of...
