Injuries Archives - Steven Low https://stevenlow.org/category/articles/injuries/ Exploring the function of the human body Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:37:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://stevenlow.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/favicon.png Injuries Archives - Steven Low https://stevenlow.org/category/articles/injuries/ 32 32 The differences between chronic pain and injury pain https://stevenlow.org/the-differences-between-chronic-pain-and-injury-pain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-differences-between-chronic-pain-and-injury-pain Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:10:07 +0000 https://stevenlow.org/?p=1462 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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]]> Rehabbing injured pulleys – My experience with rehabbing two A2 pulley issues https://stevenlow.org/rehabbing-injured-pulleys-my-experience-with-rehabbing-two-a2-pulley-issues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rehabbing-injured-pulleys-my-experience-with-rehabbing-two-a2-pulley-issues Wed, 08 Jan 2020 19:17:00 +0000 http://stevenlow.org/?p=1196 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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]]> Overcoming Tendonitis https://stevenlow.org/overcoming-tendonitis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=overcoming-tendonitis Thu, 02 Jan 2020 01:56:00 +0000 http://stevenlow.org/?p=140 Tendonitis is one of the most pesky injuries that can plague an athlete’s career. This article will explore the mechanisms of tendonitis and how to successfully implement a rehabilitation plan backed by current scientific research and best practices in the clinic. Need personal help? Can’t find the answers you’re looking

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]]> Beating climbing injuries: PIP synovitis https://stevenlow.org/beating-climbing-injuries-pip-synovitis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beating-climbing-injuries-pip-synovitis Sun, 25 Aug 2019 21:08:18 +0000 http://stevenlow.org/?p=1165 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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]]> Low back pain: From crippled to 100% in 10 days https://stevenlow.org/low-back-pain-from-crippled-to-100-in-10-days/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=low-back-pain-from-crippled-to-100-in-10-days Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:21:26 +0000 http://stevenlow.org/?p=831 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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