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May is national arthritis month. Arthritis may seem relatively benign - everyone knows someone who has arthritis, but here are some numbers that help put the problem of arthritis into perspective: Arthritis is the leading cause of disability Arthritis affects one in five adults and 300,000 children One third of working-age […]
Just a casual look at women's dress shoes immediately leads one to suspect that maybe we would be better off without shoes. Through the 80s, my wife was always anxious to get out of her office high heels as soon as possible. Obviously, the human foot was not created to walk on a 3-inch pedestal. […]
The short version: Ones that don't hurt. The long version: The reality is, for the most part, it's not WHAT exercises but HOW they exercise. People with joint hypermobility (JHM), Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), or other connective tissue disorders struggle to find a balance between being able to exercise and not […]
The right kind can! Nearly 5 million people in the United States have fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is defined as a chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain and other symptoms such as fatigue, muscle stiffness, and insomnia. It can be difficult to manage and can severely impact quality of life. What a lot of people don't know […]
Probably, but you don’t need to have surgery. At a course I once attended, the lecturer stated that the odds of having a rotator cuff tear are as high as your age. Daunting concept, isn't it? Let's talk about the rotator cuff and tears for a minute. The technical term is […]
The Rule of Threes People with long-standing pain are often hypermobile or loose-jointed. This is difficult to overcome and is often missed by doctors and therapists. If you’ve tried therapy or other forms of exercise and everything just hurts more, you may be hypermobile and need to be treated as such. […]
Hypermobility and Asthma: Do I have Asthma or Not? When I (Stan) was a high school runner, my mother called my persistent winter cough, bronchitis. I accepted this diagnosis without question as mother's are the source of wisdom to a young man. I learned from an article in "Runner's World", to ease the symptoms by […]
A recent study published in New England Journal of Medicine found that clients treated with physical therapy for knee arthritis were better than those treated with steroid injections after a one year period. The physical therapy group had better outcome scores, better perceived benefit and better scores on functional tests. Click on the article for […]
The three jaw chuck, in which the tip of the thumb and the two adjacent fingers press together, maintains the best joint position for most functional activity. If done correctly, the thumb and index finger should form a perfect “O” as in the OK sign. Typically, hypermobility produces a failure at the base of the […]
