Entries by proactivephysioknowledge

Plantar heel pain of neural origin

Plantar heel pain is one of the most common conditions a clinical therapist encounters. Several conditions lead to heel pain like• Plantar fasciitis• Calcaneal fracture• Rupture of plantar fascia• Atrophy of  heel pad Entrapment of tibial nerve and/or its branches may also cause heel pain. s. Although the contribution of nerve entrapment to plantar heel […]

Total Hip replacement

. Due to the hip being a robust and stable joint, hip replacement hardware generally doesn’t have the same types of stress applied to it such as something like a knee replacement. . LIMITATION—SHORT-TERM PHYSICAL While it is traumatic to have a steel-rod driven into the leg bone, much of the initial movement restrictions are […]

Quadriceps lag: physiological vs pathological

Stillman B.C. conducted study on 64 healthy subjects with no history of knee pain or injury. He found all of them with physiological quadriceps lag: that is, in most subjects the active limit of knee extension fell short of the passive limit. With the subjects seated, for the passive test the examiner lifted the heel […]

The Gracilis: pain generator in knee

The gracilis is one of the contributor to the pes anserine when we consider to knee pain. It helps to add stability to the medial stabilizing complex of the knee. During a gait cycle, the gracilis contracts throughout stance phase with bursts from terminal swing through initial contact and again from pre swing to initial […]

Tips to plan the treatment

The subjective examination is the most crucial aspect of the examination as it determines the severity, irritability and nature  of the patient’s condition.   Good questioning leads to the formation of primary and secondary hypotheses and helps in  prognosis of the injury.   you should have a solid understanding of the patient’s condition and reduce the […]

Tips to plan the treatment

The subjective examination is the most crucial aspect of the examination as it determines the severity, irritability and nature  of the patient’s condition.   Good questioning leads to the formation of primary and secondary hypotheses and helps in  prognosis of the injury.   you should have a solid understanding of the patient’s condition and reduce the […]

Effect of wearing tight skirt

Tight garments could influence intestinal transit time and increase urinary excretion. They also contribute to the rising rate of esophageal cancer and digestive problem. Studies have shown the effect of tight garments on the human body, and most of these have included physiological investigations; a tight garment can irritate nerves as well as restrict blood circulation and lymph […]

Back pain and sciatic nerve mobilisation

Nerve mobilization techniques have been recently used as a method to adjust radiating pain related to disk disease, and in particular, mobilization techniques for the sciatic nerves improve the mobility of the sciatic nerves, decrease mechanosensitivity of the nervous system, and heighten compliance of nerve tissues, relieving low back pain. Through such mobilization techniques, damages […]