There is an interesting article this month in the Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy about outcomes after a total knee replacement (link). This article looks at several outcome measures at 3 months and then again at 2 and 3 years after a total knee replacement. These measurements were compared to similar aged people […]
Archives for December 2012
A great video about chronic pain
The below video is produced by a multidisplinary pain management team out of Australia called Hunter Integrated Pain Service. [embedplusvideo height=”359″ width=”590″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/4b8oB757DKc?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=4b8oB757DKc&width=590&height=359&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep7087″ /] There are several points in this video that I agree with. The first idea is that pain is a complex phenomenon. I often think about the concept of resource allocation. […]
Whiplash Syndrome
One of the very common conditions that is treated at Siskiyou Physical Therapy is whiplash associated disorder or “whiplash”. The most common cause of whiplash is a motor vehicle accident but it can occur from any accident where the head is thrown from hyperextension to hyperflexion. The exact structures that are affected is variable but […]
Laser therapy to help with pain
I talk about stretching and exercise as a way to decrease your pain and improve your function often in the blog. Ultimately I believe that over the long term the best way to manage orthopedic pain is through exercise or activity. However, there are times when it is difficult to exercise because you just can’t […]