Tips and research on stretching

I love stretching, it improves my mood and brings me back into the sensations of my body. If there was such a thing as a stretching class close to my home, I’d be there. What a way to start the day. In my online meanderings I found these concise and up to date tips on stretching. Continue reading…

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Research on Pilates and back pain

Research published in 2006 gives the thumbs up to Pilates. Continue reading…

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Running actually helps your knees?

Contrary to what you may have thought. This New York Times piece will shake up your ideas a little. Continue reading…

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Clients beating breast cancer

bc1We all work with, or know of women recovering from breast surgery. A very skilled Pilates colleague who has undergone breast cancer surgery in the last 12 months, recently commented that the two videos she found on Pilates for breast surgery clients are not as good as she hoped for. She is working on that though, more on her later. Here is some current information on breast cancer. Continue reading…

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Arthroscopic Knee Surgery No Better Than Placebo Surgery

This is astounding! A July 2002 Medscape article showed arthroscopic knee lavage or debridement was no better than placebo surgery in a randomized controlled trial described in the New England Journal of Medicine. Continue reading…

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Patellofemoral/hip abductors, what’s to know?

– Mike Reinold, Physio has a great blog detailing suggested treatment methodologies, the current information on Patellofemoral issues is really quite good. Continue reading…

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A new name for it – organic girdle.

If you want a refresher on the work of Richardson et al re local/global stabilizers and Panjabi, here it is via the massage therapists. Continue reading…

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Glut med and all it’s faults

gmedFound this useful article and wanted to share it. One of the most useful ones I’ve read on the matter because it goes beyond telling you what’s going on to telling you how to address it. .

Searching ‘gluteus medius’ on Pubmed I found these three abstracts that can add to the picture. Continue reading…

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Read some research papers

Papers on shoulders, back pain and chronic neck pain. Continue reading…

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