The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of how we detect touch and pain. Somatosensation is how we register or perceive touch, warmth, pain, and other sensations in the brain. These sensations are important part of our life and the key to many
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that affects the physical and social dimensions of life. Chronic pain is complex and varies between individuals, but the pain is often not random, and occurs over a certain region of the body. For example, fibromyalgia pain syndromes report widespread pain, but share clinically relevant features, especially regarding the
Dr. Chad E. Cook, an American physical therapist, recently wrote “The Demonization of Manual Therapy” on a German publication, Muskuloskelettale Physiotherapie, referring to manual therapy’s systematic and thorough criticism in recent years. The full article is available here https://www.thieme-connect.com/media/10.1055-s-00049852/202103/supmat/10-1055-a-1499-5262-s01.pdf You all probably have read and even supported the “critical thinking” bloggers or internet gurus, with a
Clinical Relevance • A 5-min treatment of positional release therapy or therapeutic massage are effective treatments at reducing pain and muscle stiffness in the upper trapezius where a trigger point is located. • Positional release therapy may have more clinical effectiveness at reducing pain and pressure sensitivity than therapeutic massage. • Muscle stiffness decreases are
Objective To compare the mobility of neck and back flexor and extensor muscle chains in women with migraine, chronic migraine and headache-free. Methods This is a cross-sectional study. The muscle chain test was performed based on the theoretical assumptions of the Busquet method, in women with migraine (MG, n=24), chronic migraine (CMG, n=36) and headache-free
Peripheral pain is one of the of common issues that patients bring to our practices. Investigating their complaints is one of our greatest challenges as clinicians. Pain is a huge topic in the medical profession. With all the new research and information that has been provided over the past decade, investigating a potential cause can
By Robert Schleip I am fascinated by fascia. Fascia is more commonly known as the soft tissue component of the connective tissues that run through the entire body as a covering and connecting network. It gives form and structure to our bodies. This material and its characteristics are so interesting that I changed my field
Klaus Eder is a physiotherapist and has worked for many years with top athletes and Olympians who practice many different kinds of sport, such as the German national football team and the German Davis Cup tennis team. He runs a practice in Donaustauf/Germany for physiotherapy and remedial gymnastics and an affiliated rehabilitation clinic called
Musculoskeletal pain is often associated with pain referred to adjacent areas or skin. Chronic musculoskeletal pain could be due to central sensitization, (i.e., amplified transmission at central nociceptive neurons), which is manifested by pain hypersensitivity that spreads to areas beyond the affected muscle. Nociceptive free nerve endings densely innervate fascia. Pain originating from deep tissue
Hamstring strain is one of the most common among sports injuries. A previous history of this injury is considered a strong predictor of recurrent hamstring strain injury. A muscle strain injury may alter the fascial tissue. However, there is a lack of evidence on the association between previous hamstring strain injury and tissue properties. A