Questions tagged [physiotherapy]
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Soil/moss pad after electrotherapy
Recently I have injured my knee and currently I am doing an electrotherapy. After this my knee is always cooled and under a cool pad I get a pad/ bag filled with some kind of dark green soil/moss (?). ...
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What is the technical term for this neck straightening/crack?
There an age old movie (Atlantis: the lost empire 2001) that a doctor/medic as a character. He sometimes performs some kind of neck cracking/straightening.
Ever since I've first see it, about in the ...
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Scientific foundation of Mézières method
my orthopedist told me I should begin the "Mézières method" for some back problems I have.I looked it up on the Internet to find out what is it but I could not find any research that found it works (i ...
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How precisely can a physiotherapist assess muscles tightness?
I wonder how precisely can a physiotherapist assess muscles tightness by touching a given muscle. For example, if muscles tightness can be measured as a percentage, would a physiotherapist be able to ...
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Why do deep-friction treatments stimulate fibroblast activity and collagen production?
{1} presents some techniques to treat tendinopathies, and says that:
deep-friction treatments serve to stimulate fibroblast activity and collagen production.
Why do deep-friction treatments ...
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Does the use of bodybuffers stimulate tendon healing?
I read on http://boxpromag.com/the-power-of-bellecores-bodybuffer/ :
Stimulating muscle and tendon healing.
Is there any study that confirmed or infirmed that the use of bodybuffers stimulates ...
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Can the active release technique help prevent or treat tendon injuries?
Can the active release technique help prevent or treat tendon injuries?
I have read some pilot studies with small samples sizes (see below), I wonder whether there are more extensive studies, ideally ...
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Can Videogame physiotherapy help with dorsal hand pain?
I am thinking how to alleviate irregular bilateral dorsal hand pain.
The origin can be C7/C8 dermatomes or radial/ulnar nerve.
Etiology can be excessive sitting on camping chair (some hours daily) ...
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Keeping balance with one eye covered
My son suffers has a lazy eye, and the doctors have said to put a patch over his other eye for two hours a day.
He also cannot walk yet, so we do physiotherapy, and stepping with him at home.
I want ...
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How effective is the Graston Technique® to treat a tendinopathy?
How effective is the Graston Technique® to treat a tendinopathy?
I am mostly interested in epicondylopathies (medial or lateral, i.e., tennis elbows and golfer elbows)
What I have found so far:
I ...
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Are bodybuffers efficient to relax muscles?
Are bodybuffers efficient to relax muscles? Example of bodybuffer: http://www.bellebodybuffer.com/
I am mostly interested in forarm muscles.
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Patient with knee injury / knee pain
I am undergoing physiotherapy for my knee injury (pain in the kneecaps) and aching soreness on the sides of my knees (bursitis). Part of my therapy is the use of TENS (Transcutaneous electrical nerve ...
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Arm exercises: when to alternate arms?
I need to do three arm exercises A, B, and C. For each exercise, I perform 2 series of 10 repetitions. I can only work with one arm at a time. Is there any scientific study that looked at which of ...
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broken bone heal time
I am lead to believe that a *minor break will take
6 months to become 99% strong.
12 months to become 100% strong.
A orthopaedic surgeon advised me of this.
With this in mind any activity that ...
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