Intro Deadlifting often gets a bad reputation as a dangerous lifting activity that can damage your back. When thinking of this activity you are probably picturing some weightlifters in the gym with a belt around their back picking up a barbell with a ton of plates stacked on it. While that can be a form […]
Ankle Anatomy Your ankle is designed to move in combined patterns to absorb impact from the ground and adapt to a variety of surfaces as you walk and run and change directions. There are muscle groups on all 4 sides of the ankle that control its motion and ligaments on both sides of the joint […]
History You may have heard of a recently popular rehab technique called Blood Flow Restriction Training (BFR), and thought it sounded like a strange concept. Simply put, BFR is a technique which blocks blow flow in and out of the arm or leg via a cuff set to a specific pressure (Cognetti 2022). When paired […]
Get to know your TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint): About 12% of people in the US experience TMJ problems at some point in their lives TMJ issues are reported in women 9x more than in men The TMJ is used more frequently (3,000 times/day!) than any other joint in the body and is active with talking, swallowing, […]
So COVID-19 is here. You’ve been trying to work from your couch for the past several weeks. You’re suddenly fondly missing your office chair and it’s ergonomic curves. But the end of the lockdown isn’t in sight so you’re looking at somewhere in the ballpark of 4 to 4,000 more weeks of couch working. So […]
Let’s talk about osteoarthritis. But first let’s talk about joints. There are several different kinds of joints in the body and synovial joints are the most common type. The structure of a synovial joint goes like this: The ends of the two bones are covered with very smooth cartilage. This cartilage provides a cushion to […]
