Neck and arm pain can be challenging because similar symptoms may come from different mechanisms. Some patients have pain referred from cervical joints, discs, muscles, or ligaments. Others have pain related to irritation of a nerve root. Some have true radiculopathy, where nerve function is affected. For therapists, the key is not simply to label
Lateral hip pain is often called “trochanteric bursitis,” but this label is usually misleading. In most cases, the main problem is not inflammation of the bursa. It is gluteal tendinopathy, involving the gluteus medius and/or gluteus minimus tendons. A review article said that the way we explain the condition affects how patients understand it and
Touch is one of the oldest forms of therapy. Today, neuroscience is beginning to explain why these simple human actions can have such powerful effects. At the centre of this story is oxytocin, often called the “bonding hormone.” But oxytocin is much more than a hormone linked to birth and breastfeeding. It is part of