Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) The following application is for a patient who presents with pain just below the knee. This type of pain is typically felt when performing any sort of ascending actions such as walking up a flight of stair or jumping. Another common name for PFPS is “Jumper’s Knee”. The particular application […]
Application Cut Tension Muscle Application (M) I-strip 25% Pain Application (P) Y-strip 50% Recently I started coaching my daughters softball team and an old injury that sidelined me about 10 years ago came creeping back again; medial elbow pain. Some of you may still call this ‘medial epicondylitis’ while others may call it ‘golfers elbow’. […]
Tonight John Wall of the Washington Wizards attempted to use his sprained wrist in warm-ups to see if he could play in tonight’s game against the Atlanta Hawks. After suffering a wrist injury in game 1, the wrist became swollen. J. Michael of CSN-Mid-Atlantic tweeted this image of the player’s wrist. It’s great to see that […]
Application: Muscle Application Tape Tension: 25% Tissue Stretch: Yes Objective: To reduce tone in the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles The following video demonstrates an application for supporting a calf strain or reducing tone in the calves. A very common complaint you hear from patients, runners in particular, is that they have “tight” calves. It’s no […]
