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Day 6 – Post Ankle Sprain
It’s the sixth day, and things are looking and feeling great in my ankle. After the initial injury I was really thinking that the swelling would have been more widespread as well as the bruising. I have been using the combination of acupuncture, ultrasound, as well as hot/cold applications to help reduce the inflammation as…
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My Road to Recovery…
Wednesday morning, I decided to adjust the volume on the television in the adjacent gym space. The batteries for the remote have bitten the dust so I grabbed the flat bench to reach the manual buttons on the TV. Success! I could listen to my TSN sports highlights! Without thinking I stepped off the bench…
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For Women Dealing with Knee Pain!
A new randomized-control trial study has just been published in the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy concerning exercise intervention of females with patellofemoral pain (front knee pain). This study had two groups: the first being prescribed an exercise intervention concentrating on hip abduction and hip external rotation strengthening, the other group being the…
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Welcome to Paragon Physiotherapy!!!
I would like to to welcome everyone to the Paragon Physiotherapy blog! This will be your new resource for news in physiotherapy, acupuncture, exercise, and anything else that pertains to your recovery from an injury. Please bookmark this page and check up every week or so for updates!
Flexor Hallucis Longus: FHL, Muscle of the Day
Seeing as the last anatomical post that I had took quite awhile to write out, I’m going to make things a little more manageable by giving some nice in-depth info about a single muscle that you may not know you have (rather than going through the layers of the shoulder!) Today: The FHL or flexor hallucis…
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