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Tough to Treat

Feb 23, 2023

Many of our episodes have included clients on the hypermobile end of the spectrum with a stiff thorax. 

How do you balance increasing thorax movement around a hypermobile shoulder girdle region? 

How do you use some sound clinical reasoning to design an exercise program that can bring motor control to the...


Feb 16, 2023

In this episode, Erica throws out some clinical gems when it comes to clinical reasoning through these scenarios.  

What do you do when your patient says, "I am 85% better but I am still getting (insert symptom) when I do (insert activity)." or " I am so much better but my foot hurts on and off when I still sit at my...


Feb 9, 2023

In this episode, Erica and Susan discuss how to identify someone's non-optimal movement pattern, aka the "dominant pattern" or "the impairment", and use it to your advantage when positioning and prescribing exercise. 

Think of it this way: If someone has a strong movement pattern, whether it is compensatory or not, they...


Feb 2, 2023

Hormones have a significant influence not only within the balance of the endocrine system but also the effect on the MSK system. 

Join a discussion Susan has had in a course about hormonal health in females. 

This piece takes a nice dive into estrogen balance throughout the reproductive years.

 

A glance at this...