Muscle Application – Decrease Tone Remember the fundamentals Place the anchor of your Y-strip over the deltoid tuberosity with no tension. Place the anterior deltoid on a stretch. Lay down the tail of the Y-strip along the anterior deltoid with 25% tension. Lay down the end with no tension. Activate adhesive. Place the posterior deltoid […]
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 […]
