Have you ever felt the pain of not changing your position, just sitting there, without making any movement for a long period of time? We as normal and mobile persons tend to change our position time-to-time almost automatically we never we feel pain or discomfort in our buttocks. But how about the immobile, the elderly, the paralyze, patients with motion limitation confined for long hours in a wheelchair who can hardly lift themselves up just to change position for pressure relief? These persons with severe disabilities are more likely at risk developing pressure sore.
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In today’s world where Biomechanical science still speaks of the laws of nature and movement within a mechanical reference and as being one that is fixed and quantified beyond future questioning, your conclusion thus would naturally think that evolution into Biomechanics has been met and no further knowledge can be or should be examined. However on inspection the foundation upon which Biomechanics has based its history may be implemented with problems and unrealities when dealing with the human organism. This article will attempt to ask two questions: firstly is Biomechanics correct when describing all human movement? And secondly, what are the problems that have arisen if not?
Before the above two question are postulated a look at the reasons as to why Biomechanics may have problems needs addressing. Nowadays, running has been one hell of a hot craze among fitness enthusiasts and fluff-to-fit dreamers starting out. Just over the past weekend, the ULAH TBR Dream Marathon Batch 2014 was held at Nuvali, Sta. Rosa, Laguna with over 674 finishers! Congratulations to all of them especially my friends and patients who joined the race! You guys killed it! I am dedicating this post to you guys. Make sure to read through and store it in your memory bank. As I have said in a previous post, running is one of the easiest and effective ways to get fit as well as it being cost-effective. This is why I encourage people to put it in their bucket list: To Run A Marathon (if not a marathon, perhaps a fun run). Having second thoughts? Try reading Wicked Workout of the Week: Fun Runs to Running A Mean Marathon. It will give you an introduction about running, inspire you and get you started.
After reading the post or if you are already a running aficionado, then the slide presentation below will further help you to train smart not to train hard. Dr. Mike Young distinguishes the facts and myths of running. He presents what does not work, what works and what REALLY WORKS. All the basics are found right here. Now all you have to do is CLICK, LEARN, and MOVE. We are now at a high time where fitness is booming. Almost every month (or every week), there are various running races being held around the metro and other places. If you go to this kind of events, you’ll see different kinds of people: kids, teens, athletes, couch potatoes want to start shedding a few pounds, even nuns/priests and the elderly. Gone are those days when we use to think that athleticism is only for men. Nowadays, more and more women are joining fun runs. Most of the marathoners are slowly being dominated by women. In short, all walks of life are welcome to engage in running. Why has it gotten so popular? The answer is simple. The easiest, effective and inexpensive way to stay fit is to run. It is a great exercise that improves your endurance, helps you lose weight, increases your metabolism and increases your self-confidence. A step higher than walking, running is a high-impact workout – wherein three to six times of your bodyweight is being absorbed from your feet. Unlike in walking that one foot is always in contact with the ground, both feet leave the ground when running for greater forward propulsion.
Dynamic Concept Series 4: Positional Release of The Spine with Dr. Leon Chaitow
Positional Release Technique was based on strain - counterstrain (by Lawrence Jones, DO) and was developed by George Roth, Kerry D’Ambrogio and other pioneers of musculoskeletal therapy. It is a non-traumatic manual therapy technique to treat neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders or basically those with somatic dysfunction. Assessment and treatment utilizes tender points and the patient's position of comfort. It causes a positive change in muscle activity , sympathetic nervous system and circulation by applying forces AWAY from resistance.
Dynamic Concept Series 3: Strength Essentials for Lower Back Problems Almost 80% of the world's population suffers from low back problems. At some point in your life, I'll guess that you've experienced it as well. Back pains sometimes persist due to improper diagnosis or inappropriate exercise rehabilitation plan. Tim Keeley, who is the director of Physio Fitness, gives pointers on the essential corrective exercises and rehab principles for hyperlordotic posture, disc problems, sacroiliac joint pain and the 'flat back and no glutes' syndrome. Learn the right muscles to strengthen, what to stretch, the right time to do it and what not to do in the gym!
The body is a pretty amazing work of art. It always has a way to seemingly work in an almost perfect condition even when in pain and distress. That's why it takes a good physio to really pinpoint where the pain truly comes from, why it happened and how. Finding out the REAL CAUSE of the problem makes everybody's job easier (PT, patient, family...).
Usually, we (especially osteopaths) call most of the problems as somatic dysfunctions. What is it exactly? A somatic dysfunction is an "impaired or altered function of related components of the somatic (body framework) system: skeletal, arthrodial, and myofascial structures, and related vascular, lymphatic, and neural elements.” (Glossary Review Committee, for the Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.Glossary of Osteopathic Terminology. April 2002) Thank you God for giving us physios clues to identify dysfunctions in the body. And there are plenty! The question is how do we know which one is the main perpetrator. Which are the ones we should prioritize and focus on? If you are having a hard time understanding pain, how the body reacts and adapts to it... If you want to enhance your clinical reasoning skills... If you get confused in global and local pattern relationships... If you want a more efficient and effective way to assess patients... If you find it difficult to treat chronic pain patients (low back pain, MPS, fibromyalgia, CRPS..)... If you want to be a better professional... If you missed out on last month's webinar about chronic pain and how it affects movement, here is an outline of what was discussed. I transcribed the discussion for those who don't have time to listen and watch the recorded webinar. But if you want a more detailed explanation, you can always watch it HERE. HOW TO USE MOVEMENT WITH GRADED EXPOSURE TO PAIN Outline: I. How to use movement and graded exposure to reduce pain? II. Changes in the nervous system when pain persists III. Neuroplasticity and potential for change IV. Influence movement and activity on pain and ability to perform activity without increases in pain V. Three strategies to use this information: A. Frequent movement that do not increase your pain B. Novel movements C. Graded exposure or gradual activity HOW TO USE MOVEMENT AND GRADED EXPOSURE TO REDUCE PAIN? Part of Chronic Pain: Improving Life While Living It Webinar Series Sponsored by Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability and Pain BC In collaboration with the Canadian Pain Coalition The first recorded webinar discusses about the some of the most recent literature regarding persistent pain and movement science. Different strategies based from behavioral therapy are presented to help chronic pain patients who would like to move more and experience less pain in performing activities. Outline:
I. How to use movement and graded exposure to reduce pain? II. Changes in the nervous system when pain persists III. Neuroplasticity and potential for change IV. Influence movement and activity on pain and ability to perform activity without increases in pain V. Three strategies to use this information: A. Frequent movement that do not increase your pain B. Novel movements C. Graded exposure or gradual activity |