Exploring the function of the human body
This post explains the differences between chronic and acute pain, how chronic pain originates, the various factors that exacerbate chronic pain, and the current evidence based treatments used to treat i
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Important note: This article is written for A2 pulley injuries, but the rehabilitation concepts work for all pulley injuries. I’ve used it for anywhere from A1 to A5 issues in my patients/clients and recently for some A4 issues myself. This is also the same for lumbrical injuries and loading open
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Tendonitis is one of the most pesky injuries that can plague an athletes career, which can derail both practice and performance. This article seeks to explore the mechanisms of tendonitis and how to successfully implement a rehabilitation plan to overcome tendonitis backed by current scientific research and best practices in
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Ever since about 2-3 years into climbing, the back side of my middle fingers (on both hands) would get aggravated fairly easily when crimping. This was more apparent in full crimp than half crimp, which is why I avoided full crimp for so long. This led to a weakness for
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One of the interesting things about rehabilitation is that it helps as a Physical Therapist to have some sort of experience of what your patients go through. Unfortunately, I found this one out the hard way with crippling low back pain that was re-aggravated from a climbing incident. Cover image
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