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Goals and what they cost.
This is the time of year that many of us will be setting our intentions, making plans and committing to new things.New Year’s resolutions and goal setting almost feels like expectations, but why do those goals often NOT get met? In my experience, there are a few things we can do that will help increase […]
The hand anatomy mini-series – Muscular Layers
If you haven’t already read or would like a recap of our hand anatomy blogs, please follow the links below to update your understanding of the anatomy of the hand – Bony Anatomy – Connective Tissue Anatomy – Figure 1 shows the extensor digitorum insertion onto the middle and distal phalanges of the second to […]
Threat Level Extreme
Is pain a manifestation of a heightened perceived level of threat? Remember that we learn what is threatening from our previous experience so we can make better decisions it in the future. But sometimes that learned behaviour sticks even after the tissue has healed of the stimulus is removed. Simply believing that something is dangerous […]
Tissue – Spinal Cord – Brain – Mind
If you’ve sat in a class room with me, you’ve most likely heard me talk about four levels of effect when it comes to manual therapies. I like to break it down this way, because it shows just how vast the mechanisms of effect that we are interacting with actually are. Old school manual therapy education told us that […]
The hand anatomy mini-series – Connective tissue
The skeletal anatomy of the hand was covered in one of our recent blogs which you can read or review now with the link, here. Covering the connective tissue of the hand, we’ll see how the numerous joints are supported whilst still allowing for the large range of motion needed for our daily activities. Each joint […]
I can feel how tight it is.. Can you?
Palpation is a valuable tool that can aid building our therapeutic alliance and support our assessment and treatment approach. It allows us to search for areas of pain and confirm these areas of discomfort with our patient. In manual therapy, we are trained to feel for tight muscles, taut bands, tender spots, with the belief […]
