Do you have “weird” symptoms on the outside of your foot?
Are you having unexplained pain on the outside of your foot?
Try this Foot Taping at Home!
Here is a great taping option for those of you still struggling to control your foot pain or plantar fasciitis.
All you need is roll of 1″ athletic tape and a can of QDA spray (optional) to make the tape stay on longer.
IS YOUR FASICA TRULY INFLAMED
Even though your doctor diagnosed you with plantar fascia does not mean that your fascia is inflamed.
WARNING: STOP ICING! Read this…
If you have ever iced after an injury and you thought that it was helping your recovery, then you need to read this blog post.
After 40 years of widespread use, there is no peer reviewed, published evidence that the use of ice improves the recovery process.
Can physical therapy treat tinnitus?
Tinnitus is the perception of whistling or ringing in one or both of your ear channels. There is research to connect neck pain and cervical problems to tinnitus. Therefore, can physical therapy be used to treat this?
Did you read about the hip joint from our last post?
As promised, here are some exercises for the internal and external rotators to help strengthen and stabilize the hip joint.
Do you have painful or snapping hips?
Do you have rotatory instability of your hips?
Often overlooked are the muscles found deep in the hip joint called the internal and external rotators.
How can you reduce the impact force to prevent running injuries?
Running has become a popular way to exercise. As the number of runners has increased, so has running-related injuries. Running can have high impact forces on joints and muscles which can lead to injury.
Should runners avoid strengthening exercise? Absolutely not!
Best In Health!
Your OrthoWell family
Here’s what you can do if you can’t run
We advise many of our runners to take a break from running when injured in order to allow their body to heal. We usually recommend that they cross train in order to maintain their aerobic fitness.