For anybody out there interested in scientific studies, this paper was published early in 2013 about the outcomes of Osteopathic treatment for lower back pain. http://www.manualtherapyjournal.com/article/PIIS1356689X13000842/abstract Outcomes of osteopathic manual treatment for chronic low back pain according to baseline pain severity: Results from the OSTEOPATHIC Trial The study consisted of over 400 patients with varying degrees of lower back pain…
Remedial Massage and Myotherapy can treat a variety of ailments and injuries that may occur as a result of exercise, athletic training or over-use. Treatment can also assist you to train more efficiently and improve performance outcomes. Myotherapy assesses and physically treats myofascial pain and injury that may affect movement and mobility. It involves predominately deep soft tissue massage as…
When you undertake a reasonably large exercise training load there is a fine line between recovery and overtraining. There are many different strategies that an athlete can adopt in order to promote sufficient recovery including correct recovery nutrition, adequate sleep, sufficient recovery time between hard training and adopting training periodisation principles. One thing athletes often overlook is body maintenance such…
For many people, prolonged sitting in today’s world can lead to uncomfortable physical symptoms, especially if you have a habit of sitting with one leg crossed over the other. Whether you’re sitting with your leg over your knee, legs crossed, or crossing your legs, it can cause pain and discomfort in your hips, pelvis, and lower back. Simply placing the…
Repetitive stress injuries (RSI’s) or occupational overuse syndrome (OOS) are musculoskeletal disorders caused due to an accumulation of very slight traumas to bone, muscle, connective tissues and nerves that eventually cause pain, numbness, loss of motion, weakness, swelling and other symptoms The body parts most commonly involved are the fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, spine, knees and ankles Although excessive and/or…
Strength training for runners is a some-what controversial topic, especially given the large amount of variability in regards to what methods different practitioners, coaches and runners think work best. I guess there are really two questions when deciding if formulating a well-conducted strength program can help with your running. One, will the physical increase in strength increase my performance? And…
