Category Archives: Sports medicine
Understanding cluster testing to improve diagnostic accuracy: Part 2
In my last post, I discussed how using a cluster of signs and symptoms can significantly improve our diagnostic accuracy for differentiating issues in the neck and upper extremity. Moving down the kinetic chain, there are other regions of the … Continue reading
Understanding cluster testing to improve diagnostic accuracy: Part 1
In the US, physical therapists are gaining increased autonomy by becoming direct access providers for medical care (by diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal conditions without a medical referral). A recently published large, retrospective study assessed the effectiveness of this system and … Continue reading
Psychological Education May Be More Effective than Core Stabilization in Prevention of Low Back Pain
One of the most common reasons individuals seek outpatient Physical Therapy services is due to low back pain (LBP). Literature indicates the LBP affects 60-90% of the population with reoccurrence rates documented as high as 90%. The condition is often … Continue reading
The Utilization (or overutilization) of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis and Treatment of LBP
As medical professionals who treat painful conditions, one of our goals is figure out why our patients are in pain. In the United States, one of the ways in which we attempt to find the root cause is Magnetic Resonance … Continue reading
50% discount to UKSEM conference – 23-26th Nov 2011
Special Offer to anyone reading this email: Get a 50% discount on the full conference now using code memberoffer11 to book. Just £300 for four full days (£150 per day rate available) at www.uksem.org ASICS UKSEM 2011 at ExCel, London … Continue reading
Clinical review: What is happening when we manipulate the lumbar spine?
For decades, physical therapists, osteopaths and chiropractors have manipulated the spine in countless patients with low back pain. Despite proposed theories to explain the effects and prediction rules to forecast who will receive benefit, little evidence has been produced to … Continue reading
Core balance vs. strengthening in individuals with chronic low back pain
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the most prevalent and disabling conditions that we see as physiotherapists. In many countries, it is a leading cause for absenteeism from work and is one of the leading causes for long-term … Continue reading
Quiz on anatomy of the wrist
We will soon be introducing our new eCPD quizzes that accompany our articles – giving you a chance to use our material to earn you CPD credits. This is a little taster that coincides with the article published in sportEX … Continue reading
Animations on arterial compression syndrome anatomy
While trawling through some of our previously published articles, I found this set of animations showing the anatomy of arterial compression syndrome, which I’d completely forgotten we’d done! So I thought it was worth sharing for those with an interest … Continue reading
Some good Amazon deals on sports medicine books
Clinical Sports Medicine Third Revised Edition (McGraw-Hill Sports Medicine) by Peter Brukner RRP: £67.99 Price: £50.29 You Save: £17.70 (26%) Pocketbook of Taping Techniques (Physiotherapy Pocketbooks) by Rose Macdonald BA FCSP RRP: £24.99 Price: £19.44 You Save: £5.55 (22%) Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention by Paul … Continue reading
