Abstract Objective: This article provides an overview of the efficacy of current exercise interventions for managing tendinopathy, and reviews the more up-to-date exercise prescriptions, such as the use of prolonged isometric contractions and tempo-driven strength...
Click Here to Download a PDF of this Article Listen to Podcast For decades, injured athletes have spent countless hours aggressively stretching their Achilles tendons with the misguided belief that a more flexible calf is less prone to reinjury and more resilient when...
Click Here to Download a PDF of this Article Watch Video In any given year, nearly one in 100,000 adults will develop a vertebral artery dissection (VAD) (1) (Fig. 1). Factors that increase the risk of dissection include elevated homocysteine levels, Marfan’s...
Click Here to download a PDF of this article High blood pressure is a public health crisis that causes more than 10 million deaths annually. Standard medical treatment for hypertension is pharmacological intervention (for people with systolic pressure greater...
Click Here to Download a PDF of this Article Published April 1, 2015 by Dynamic Chiropractic Magazine Tibialis posterior is the deepest, strongest, and most central muscle of the leg, with fibers originating from the tibia, fibula and the interosseous membrane. The...
Click Here to Download a PDF of this Article Published Jan. 16, 2016 by Competitor Magazine The piriformis is a small muscle in the back of the hip that is notorious for causing trouble in high mileage runners. The word piriformis is Latin for pear-shaped, since the...
