Category: Articles

A new study by Albert Moraska and colleagues from the University of Colorado assessed the effects of single and multiple massage treatments on the pressure-pain threshold (PPT) at myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in people with myofascial pain syndrome experienced as a tension-type headache. The study was published in the February 2017 issue of American Journal of

There seems to be a myth propagated through the Social Media which states that fascia cannot be altered via manual therapy. So, what does research really say? Two studies, published in the January 2017 issue of Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, evaluated the effect of self-myofascial release via foam rollers on the thickness and mobility

The long-awaited book by Robert Schleip. This step-by-step colour guide by Robert Schleip leads you through a series of exercises to train your fascial net. A greater knowledge and understanding of muscular connective tissue known as fascia has been gained in recent years in the fields of physiotherapy, sports science, and medicine. Fascia plays a

Professor Martin S. Fischer, Holder of the Chair for Special Zoology and Evolutionary Biology at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and Thomas Röhler, The Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalist in Javelin throw recently spoke at the “Moving evening for movement” in Jena gymnasium (April 2017). One of the questions raised was why does Röhler’s

This exercise is designed to reduce patellar tendon pain and should be done daily as shown below. Position belt around a sturdy pillar. The belt is long so any size pillar/pole may be used. Just wrap the belt as many times around pillar as needed so that when you step one leg inside each loop,

Isometrics for Tendon Pain – Practical implementation and considerations By Ebonie Rio, Craig Purdam, Sean Docking & Jill Cook   Tendinopathy, pain and dysfunction in the tendon, can be difficult to treat.  Traditionally eccentric exercise has been used in the rehabilitation of tendinopathy and has been shown to be superior to concentric only and passive

This is part of a series of articles discussing the implication of a cadaver study which found that ITB cannot be stretched. What an interesting subject!  I appreciate and agree with most all the comments of your experts, but after reinforcing some of their statements, I’d like to take a more informal approach to some

First, I want to say – great questions and comments. It really is confusing when you have such well-done studies like Falvey et al. that present good information that the ITB stretches minimally in cadavers. My response is that the clinician gets to choose what works and what does not work. The empirical evidence is