Back Pain Dilemma – Keep on Walking
Walking is commonly recommended by many medical professional associations for management of back pain. Walking is purported to be beneficial counteracting the potential deleterious effects of bed rest, maintaining functional…
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Deviant Gait – Compensation
Compensation is necessary when there is injury or a necessity of making up for something unwelcome or unpleasant. Compensation can be perceived as a negative or positive situation. With…
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Body Proportions – Musculoskeletal Pain – Sports Performance
The importance of knowing how tall we are is somewhat obvious. What is less obvious is the importance of knowing the proportionality of our vertical height. The ideal proportionality…
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Pain on Bottom of Heel: Too Much Big Toe Motion
Pain on the bottom of the heel (Plantar Heel Pain) is a complex problem with variable diagnoses and explanations. And with variable diagnoses there should be variations in treatment. Unfortunately,…
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Aging Muscles & Tendons: Achilles/Calf Strain
As we age muscles and tendons will change. Calf muscles in older individuals are weaker, smaller, shorter, less stiff, and not as coordinated. Older athletes may experience greater incidence of…
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Gait Analysis – Gait Training for Achilles Tendon Pain
The manner you walk or run can be one of the contributing factors to the development of Achilles tendon problems. If you are experiencing pain in the Achilles when walking…
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Strengthening Exercises for Intrinsic Foot Muscles
Exercises to strengthen the foot are frequently used to treat injuries to foot, ankle, knee, hip and low back. Toe curl or toe scrunching exercises is not appropriate for strengthening…
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Osteoarthritis – Bad News More Than Good News
Osteoarthritis occurs in a joint when there is more degeneration of the joint cartilage than regeneration of the joint cartilage. Cartilage is a soft tissue on the ends of bones. …
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Mugged – Smacked and Common Sense: Exercise In Dark Outdoors
The short dark day of winter pose a challenge for the exercise enthusiast who prefers to exercise out doors. Most everyone has some fear walking/running in the dark. There are…
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