Physical therapy or surgery: managing severe back pain

Surgery, especially spinal surgery, can be a frightening prospect. Yet after years of unabated back pain the prospect of regaining freedom of movement is almost irresistible....

Bell's Palsy

Bell's palsy is a form of temporary facial paralysis resulting from damage or trauma to the facial nerves....

Diagnosis and management of Scoliosis

Hollywood actress, Shailene Woodley and sprinter Usain Bolt have something in common. Do you know what?...

Physiotherapy Can Help!

Physiotherapy is a constantly expanding profession. Since it first took root after the First World War, physiotherapy has evolved by leaps and bounds....

Use of Gravity, GRF, Mass and Momentum in Rehab

Physiotherapists can take advantage of these three powerful principles of function and take rehab to another level....

Acute upper limb ischemia (AULI)

Acute upper limb ischemia (AULI) is much less common than ischemia of the lower limb, with correspondingly lower rates of loss of function and amputation. However, where these complications occur, the resultant disability is far more devastating....

Understanding Spinal Cord Injury

A spinal cord injury — damage to any part of the spinal cord or nerves at the end of the spinal canal — often causes permanent changes in strength, sensation and other body functions below the site of the injury....

Back Muscle Pain Treatment

All back pain sufferers should be thoroughly examined by a spinal health practitioner, eg. a physiotherapist. Back pain can be caused by numerous injuries and the treatment does vary significantly depending on your diagnosis. Physiotherapy treatme...

What is Back Muscle Pain?

Back muscle pain is the most common of all back pain. The good news is that it is also one of the quickest to heal and rehabilitate....

Tennis Elbow: Does it have a relation with Scapular muscle weakness!!

A scapular strengthening program for a patient of lateral epicondyliits, and the results were outstanding....