Tag Archives: pain
Can You Objectively Measure Pain?
Pain is a common symptom associated with a patient’s clinical presentation. Understanding pain is extremely important to help guide clinical decision making as well as the entire episode of care. Pains allows us to truly understand what the patient is … Continue reading
Treating the Wrist and Hand? Don’t Forget About Proximal Stability!
When we are treating a specific region of the body, we also need to understand how other regions contribute to what the patient is experiencing. This can be true when treating a patient for hand or wrist pathologies. Sometimes we … Continue reading
Hand Exercisers for Gamer’s Wrist
Gamer’s wrist is an injury that everyone who uses a keyboard or game controller wants to avoid. It can happen with age, certain medical conditions such as arthritis or the overuse of your wrists and thumbs. It can be incredibly … Continue reading
Pain Scores. Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
We often will subjectively measure a patient’s pain level to capture what they are currently experiencing. This can be achieved with obtaining different values including numerical, visual, or even with faces. Gathering this information is important as it can help … Continue reading
What is Gamer’s Wrist?
Do you enjoy playing video games during your free time? Well, you are a part of the majority then because according to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) roughly two-thirds of Americans play video games regularly. That is more than 215 … Continue reading
How To Improve Shoulder Range of Motion?
Individuals who experience shoulder pain may have difficulty with performing shoulder range of motion to participate in daily activities. Daily activities may include dressing, bathing, grooming, reaching, among many other tasks to help us throughout the day. Those who are … Continue reading
National Chiropractic Health Month 2022
Wow it is October already! It is that time of the year for all ghosts and ghouls to come out. Alongside this spooky month comes the appreciation for chiropractic health. That is right, this October the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) … Continue reading
How Do I Manage Tight Muscles?
Individuals may experience tight muscles or muscle spasms on occasion whether it was the result of an injury or insidious onset. Those individuals may seek the guidance of a medical professional to help decrease pain and improve overall function. However, … Continue reading
Want to Feel Your Core Working? Try Pressure Biofeedback Gauges
Core stabilization exercises are excellent to improve strength, flexibility, range of motion, and better balance. However, performing these exercises can feel challenging. Sometimes we aren’t sure if we are activating the ‘right’ muscles when performing the exercises. Perhaps we need … Continue reading
How Should We Strengthen the Shoulder? Rhythmic Stabilization.
Shoulder pain is a common condition experienced by many people. Individuals may need to strengthen specific muscles to help reduce symptoms. Traditional shoulder exercises typically will focus on one plane of movement. However, the human body moves and functions in … Continue reading