Common reasons for median nerve pain are varied. Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is commonly associated with median nerve entrapment. Compression to the nerve within the carpal tunnel causes nerve swelling and pain in the wrist and fingers.
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Active Release Techniques, or ART for short, is a state-of-the-art soft tissue assessment and treatment system. ART focuses on treating adhesions in the muscle and fascia surrounding the muscles throughout the body. Injured and overused tissues can become shortened, and eventually feel tight.
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McKenzie Therapy, otherwise known as (MDT) – Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment, is an internationally researched neuromusculoskeletal pain management system used by Indy Muscle & Joint Clinic to increase function, decrease pain, and teach self-management strategies for common back, neck, and extremity conditions in athletes and nonathletes.
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How do we build up more resilience in our tendons? By using progressive overload concepts and loading our tendons in different ways. The reason why knees over toes exercises work so well in building up our tendons is because our tendons in our knees are stressed more the greater the degree our knees go over our toes.
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While riding we are constantly generating forces from the front of our hip in a flexed position. This is further provoked by the long periods of sitting most find themselves in during the work day. In addition, because the hip flexor connects to our low back, prolonged shortening at the hip flexor can cause low back pain during and after a bike ride. A tight and shortened hip flexor can limit low back and sacro-iliac joint motion causing stress and pain around the back and hips.
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Disc herniations happen frequently but what can be done about them and what can you do to treat them?
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If you're like most people, you understand that you need to take the prescribed medication a certain number of times per day or week so that you can feel healthy. So the question is, why aren’t we treating movement like any other prescription from a doctor?
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Ever wake up in the morning and have a bad headache? You think you must be dehydrated so you start drinking water but the headache is still there! Unfortunately, headaches can have several causes but one thing to keep in mind is no headache should be considered normal. One of the most common causes of headaches actually comes from one of the most overlooked parts of our body: the jaw.
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I’m going to ruffle some feathers. If your feathers are perfectly how you want them do not continue.
Every day that I have gone to the office for the last 9 years, I have heard either a comment or a question about “posture”.
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I need to rant for a moment. If you don’t want to hear it turn back now.
It seems we have forgotten about or do not understand progressive overload. I will assume that the phrase may not ring a bell to people and that is ok, as long as we can understand the concept.
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