An updated version of this page is HERE Plantar fasciitis is a painful condition, in which a person feels heel pain (or pain elsewhere on the bottom of their foot) that is usually at its worst first thing in the morning. This condition can persist for months to years, and may cause the person to …
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To answer this question, we need to define the term reciprocal inhibition: Reciprocal inhibition: Muscles on one side of a joint relax, in order to accommodate a contraction on the other side of the joint. For example, the triceps muscles (on the back of the upper arm), relax to allow movement of a dumbbell during …
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Pelvic tilt is defined based on a reference point on the top of the ilium. When someone tells you to “tilt your pelvis forward”, they mean to tip the top of your pelvis forward. If you were to imagine your pelvis as a giant basin of water, if you were to tilt your pelvis forward, …
You may have heard of the piriformis muscle (and piriformis syndrome), but did you know that it’s only one of the six small muscles that perform essentially the same movement? The six deep external rotator muscles of your hip are the piriformis, superior gemellus, inferior gemellus, obturator internus, obturator externus, and quadratus femoris. They all …
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Dorsiflexion: Movement of the ankle which brings the toes closer to the shin. The tibialis anterior and the ankle extensor muscles (deep to the front of the leg) guide this motion. Typical range is about 12 to 18 degrees. Plantarflexion: Movement of the ankle that increases the angle between the front of the foot and …
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Dead Butt Syndrome. It has a great ring to it. It calls to mind an image of someone who’s sitting on the couch watching TV for hours at a time. The ironic thing about Dead Butt Syndrome is that it mostly affects athletic people. Why is that? Because unless you are a professional athlete, most …
Do you suffer from painful hip, glute, or leg pain? Have you had sciatica for months or years but never tried yoga? These five poses will get at some of the common root causes of sciatica. 1. Bridge pose. Sciatica is often caused by tight hip flexors (from sitting too long), which “turn off” the …
Updated version of this page HERE Is elbow or forearm pain getting in the way of your tennis game? Have you noticed that the same part of your swing or serve is painful time and time again, and that your pain tends to creep back even after resting for a week or two? Most likely, …
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What is subluxation? Physical stress (falls, accidents, sports injuries, repetitive use), emotional stress (job worries, family tension, fighting), and chemical stress (medications, cigarettes, environmental toxins) cause the body to shift out of balance. Once the body is subjected to these stressors, subluxation may occur. This is a condition where any two bones that make-up a …
What are adhesions? When the load placed on the body is greater than the capacity of the body’s tissues to handle that load, the result is dysfunction. Any time a muscle is overworked (repetitive motions, repeated contractions) or acutely injured (fall or collision causing a tear or crush), it receives a decreased amount of bloodflow …
