New Featured Article by Dr Ben Fung, PT, DPT
Kettlebell Therapy: Restoring Movement with Natural Physics
"As a Physiotherapist, I have used kettlebells to rehabilitate and promote health in individuals with low back pain, shoulder impingement, ankle sprains, medial knee pain, myocardial infarction, mitral valve replacement, and much more. Who would have thought that a cast iron ball would be so clinically effective and versatile?" >> read more...
Featured Article by Bahram Jam
Serum Cholesterol & Chronic Low Back Pain
"There are thousands of papers, research studies on the mysterious condition referred to as non-specific chronic low back pain (LBP). As physiotherapists, we are all well aware of the numerous potential sources and contributing factors to LBP, which include various patho-anatomical and psychosocial causes. However, one contributing factor that many health care providers including physiotherapist may often fail to recognize, is the influence of serum cholesterol on LBP." >> read more...
Featured Article by Diane Lee & LJ Lee
The Role of the Pelvis in Hamstring Injuries & Posterior Thigh Pain
"Hamstring injuries are common in many sports, especially those involving running and rapid acceleration and deceleration such as track, soccer / football, cricket, rugby and tennis. In the Australian Football League (AFL) hamstring injuries are the most common injury, resulting in the most games missed, with an average of 6 hamstring injuries per club per season (Orchard & Seward 2002) and are responsible for 16% of missed playing time (Seward et al 1993)." >> read more...
Featured Writer: Barrett Dorko
The Physical Therapy Web is pleased to announce the addition of Barrett Dorko, PT as a featured writer. We invite you to visit his page where we will post his regular columns. Please leave your comments as Barrett is sure to respond. His latest essay is entitled "Disparity."
"Disparity"
"There's something about disparity that attracts me, and I'm not the only one. The entire genre of surreal art compels me and I wrote about that here years ago. Just yesterday I heard someone on a podcast talk about how someone very large playing the ukulele has always attracted the attention of many, to say nothing of how some can make this tiny, simple instrument into a vehicle for expressive and intricate music. I play the harmonica every day and know something about that".
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