Attached is a basic exercise protocol as part of a large physiotherapy regime I might use for someone with some lower extremity dysfunction. Many of these exercises would be used for non specific knee pain (PFPS, ITB syndrome). The nordic hamstring exercise could be skipped but should certainly be used for anyone with posterior chain weakness/dysfunction. I use that ol’ nebulous word ‘dysfunction’ when something is wrong (e.g. pain) but I’m not willing to commit to some BS therapist jargon about the cause of the problem. You could put in the same room 5 great therapists (physiotherapists, chiropractors, massage therapists, sport med docs) who could all get someone better but they would each explain the problem completely different and often contradict each other. So, I use the general word dysfunction. (more…)
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I used to be a researcher (exercise biomechanics, physiotherapy, chiropractic) - one of my goals was to quantify how hard muscles worked during different exercises. This was important for determining which exercises may be best for targeting a certain muscle or determining how modifications to exercises (e.g. doing it barefoot or on a wobbly surface - for a simple paper look here) changed the targeted muscles response.
I used surface EMG which quantifies the electrical activity of that portion of a muscle that was under the electrodes. Surface EMG is messy and you are required to process the crap out of it to get something meaningful. (more…)
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