Six time Olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken-Rouen has revealed she is using Muscle Activation Techniques to help her walk again, following an accident that left her paralysed. She made the revelation in an interview on the Today programme.
Rehabilitation
Perhaps it was how I slept?
Below is a quote from a former client who moved abroad. He was seeking advice on a painful hip. It’s used with his kind permission. “It’s my left hip. I don’t know what happened, I thought it might be because I’ve been sleeping on the couch the last few nights as I’ve been getting in […]
Incurable shitty ankle
Does this animated clip of comedian Louis CK mirror your experience of discussing musculoskeletal pain with your doctor? Funny though it may be, it’s not a joke. Particularly if you’re the one in pain. Your issue is not related to the fact you may be over 40, but more likely related to the function of […]
Hip muscle weakness may lead to Osteoarthritis.
A major risk factor for developing Osteoarthritis in the knee joint is weak hip abductor muscles. We have written about this previously here Researchers in Italy have recently modeled the effect weak hip muscles can have on joint forces at the hip, knee and ankle. They found an increase in force at the contact surfaces […]
A football player’s hamstring rehabilitation.
This paper was submitted by the Liverpool FC medical team. It describes the rehab of a player who had suffered 5 hamstring strains in 5 months. Whilst I applaud their honesty and openness in sharing this information, it does however show where the medical profession is at in terms of hamstring rehabilitation. If you don’t […]