If you've been told you have a labral tear and that it's the cause of your shoulder pain and movement issues, there's something you need to know: Labral tears are not as important as your doctor think...
New Study Compares Arthroscopic Surgery for FAI to Conservative Treatment
In a recent study, researchers compared the effectiveness of arthroscopic surgery for FAI versus conservative treatment (non-...
Are you considering a hip injection to test for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)? Has a hip surgeon told you he can use a hip injection to diagnose FAI or a labral tear with certainty? In this artic...
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When it comes to lower back, hip, and knee pain, we can get caught in a cycle of beliefs that can make our pain worse. Here's how functional training may be the way to break the cycle.Â
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Functional training may help relieve thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms, including cold and numb hands. Learn the risks of TOS surgery, along with less-risky thoracic outlet syndrome treatments, includ...
Fixing Shoulder Impingement and Its Attendant Pain Means Taking a Closer Look at Your Functional Movement—Not that Your Bones Are Built Badly
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If you have hip pain, and you've been told you have femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), you may have had a series of movement tests (called "special tests" in medical jargon) done to confirm your diag...
If you suspect you have hip pain from femoroacetabular impingement, you may be considering a hip injection.Â
I've been doing a lot of research on FAI. In a recent YouTube comment, an orthopedic physi...
Back pain is one of the most common complaints in the modern world. It’s irritating. It’s debilitating. I know from personal experience. But with hindsight, I am grateful I never got an MRI for back p...
If you've never heard of the medical diagnosis "miserable malalignment" it's because it hasn't been discussed much until recently. The first time I heard about it was from a client. She was a physical...
In this article we're going to talk about what to do in case you have a leg length discrepancy. You may have been told by a chiropractor or a massage therapist that one of your legs is longer than the...
Why am I talking about hip injections?
In a previous post, I shared an orthopedic physician's objections to what we've been talking about with FAI, and in a follow up I talked about hip injections an...
