We talked about gait analysis in our previous post in two parts. In this post we write compansation during gait pattern . We routinely do different joint examination depending on patients problem of course gait examination should be the standard aspect of every examination process. The information gathered during functional assessment will allow the clinician […]
“Breathing underlies all dynamic movement and function.” there is always question in mind that what is the appropriate time and way to assess breathing. The most efficient method to educate patients about normal and abnormal breathing patterns is to give a verbal cues. Recognising and Treating Breathing Disorders. It is incredibly well written and packed […]
Exercise is the medicine movement of physiotherapist intervention. we are not specific for exercise programme for individual muscle group that we commonly understand. Yes, You should do exercise in persistent pain. Unsurprisingly, dosage is also linked with exercise, yet in physiotherapy we still tend to focus on the typical 3 sets of 10 or 12 […]
We all see medial knee pain located just below the medial tibial plateau. It often results from running, or substitute work of hamstring but sometimes with jumping sports as well. these people are often diagnosed with an MCL type injury, but when you examine them further, they do not really fit into the diagnosis box […]
We have written assesment skill and treatment part of hamstring strain. Now we make you think even more deeply for hamstring strain. Generally, we treat hamstring strain with hamstring retraining. But, if hamstring strain has occurred due to overuse or repetitive stress of hamstring the treatment should be retraining of gluteus maximus, quadriceps, and hip […]
At the moment, one of these trends is to focus on ‘mobility’. For the purposes of this article, let’s think of mobility as simply ‘the ability to produce a desired movement’. Obviously, some degree of mobility is important to all of us, for everything we do. The real question is, how much is enough? Let’s […]
Click here to read our previous post on diagnosis and etiology Many treatments are offered to patients with painful tendons, but the scientific evidence for most of the conservative and surgical treatments remains sparse. Activity modification and counselling of patient is must. In acute condition patient may need rest but in chronic case patient may […]
Lumbo Pelvic Hip Complex Dysfunction (LPHCD) has been previously described as “lower crossed syndrome” or an “anterior pelvic tilt”. is likely similar to, or includes the dysfunction described as kyphotic lordotic-posture, sway back posture and is correlated with many low back and lumbosacral dysfunctions. LPHCD is limited to common impairments of the lumbar spine, sacroiliac […]
The Achilles tendon is the biggest and strongest tendon in the human body. The tendon has the capacity to resist large tensile forces. It stems from a distal confluence of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscle and inserts at the bottom of the calcaneus. It can be described as • Mid-point tendinopathy – injury at the […]
Kindly read previous blog to understand second one , The mighty psoas untold story The hip joint is a triaxial joint that allows motion in all three cardinal planes. Therefore we can examine the effect of the psoas major in each of the three cardinal planes. Further, we need to consider the open-chain motions of […]