Posts Tagged ‘ACL’
Pain – What does it feel like? How this information can guide intervention
When describing your pain details can include location, type, severity/intensity, frequency, duration, triggers, and impact on life. When describing the location of the pain it may not be accurate. Pain can be perceived in an area that is distant from the tissue source of the pain. This is described as referred pain, when the pain…
Read MoreOrthopedic surgery is not always necessary – coper vs non-coper
A diagnostic image such as an MRI can show significant structural damage such as a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a complete tear of the rotator cuff of the shoulder, a herniated spinal disc, or other musculoskeletal tissue damage. In 1983 Frank Noyes and colleagues in a seminal study of patients without…
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