Clinical risk factors for Achilles tendinopathy
The British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) recently published an ahead-of-print systematic review on the clinical risk factors for Achilles tendinopathy... While the Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the human body, it is sti ...
Heart Rate Variability: Portable Devices vs. ECG
Is it accurate to monitor athletic performance and stress response via portable devices measuring heart rate variability? The journal Sports Medicine recently posted an ahead-of-print systematic review addressing the accuracy of portable devices, ...
Arthritic Knee Pain?
Arthritic Knee Pain? Platelet-rich Plasma vs. Hyaluronic Acid: is the biological approach better? A recent ahead-of-print article in The American Journal of Sports Medicine looked at the therapeutic effects of bioactive molecules in platelet ...
Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia and Opioid-Slowed Healing
As we talked about here, your opioids are not doing what you think they are... Dr. Alan Jette, PT, PhD, FAPTA and editor in chief of Physical Therapy Journal eloquently noted, health policy action is urgently needed to alleviate th ...
Physical Therapy First For Pain Management And Accelerated Healing
As we touched on here, conservative treatment (like Physical Therapy/Physiotherapy) is a first line defense for pain management and helping to deflect the opioid-overdose death curve. It would seem that most, if not almost all, people would agree t ...
America’s Pain Problem and the Opioid Mistake
America's Pain Problem And The Opioid Mistake Pain is unique in that it is a universal, yet notable individualized experience. According to a 2011 report approximately 100 million U.S. adults suffer from chronic pain costing $560-635 bi ...
Why exactly are opioids so bad?
As we began to discuss here, opioids are dangerous, addictive, and have overtaken automobile accidents as the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S. There is no denying that pain in the United States is a significant and serious problem. Wi ...
Service (…and what it means)
What Healthcare can learn from the Service Industry To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. ~Douglas Adams Consider the last time you went out and ...