Tags: chiropractic

Neuromuscular knee control exercise series

Audience:  Patients

Format:  Patient Handouts

Topic:  Trunk, hip and knee motor control exercises to improve control of knee position

This post is  a handout that I give to patients.  As with all exercises they should be done under some supervision (physiotherapist, personal trainer, chiropractor) and always with a health professionals guidance.  In no way are these exercises stand alone.  They should be tailored to each patient’s needs and progressed or modified accordingly.

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The danger of hip extension - self care for Labral tears.

Categories: hip pain, physiotherapy
Comments: 3 Comments
Published on: January 28, 2021

Audience: Therapists, Strength Coaches and Patients

Purpose: Pointing out that not everyone has tight hip flexors and stretching the Psoas may be a very bad thing

Anterior hip pain is common and many of us feel a pinching, catching or inside thigh pain with squatting and other hip movements.  Physiotherapists and chiropractors will see this everyday and it is often challenging to treat due to its multifactorial cause.  This pain can manifest during walking, squatting (a pinching sensation felt during a squat) or during different exercises. There are certainly many causes and one possible cause of this anterior hip pain is stress applied to the anterior capsule of the hip joint.  In severe cases this can lead to what is called a labral tear. Functionally, you can refer to the dysfunction as excessive anterior femoral glide. (more…)

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