In the manual therapy videos below, NAIOMT’s Terry Pratt addresses a case of a significant ankle sprain involving ATFL and the inferior tib-fib joint. If you had a case like this would you let your patient run a 10K in the next five days? Watch as Terry assesses before and after the race, and to strengthen… Continue reading Should This Patient Race with an Ankle Sprain?
How to Assess and Treat the Superior Tibiofibular Joint
It’s ski season! But all that slope side fun means we’ll probably start seeing more knee pain in the clinic. In the manual therapy video below, NAIOMT faculty member Stacy Soappman demonstrates how we can assess and treat the superior tibiofibular joint. Let us know if you have questions, and to take your clinical reasoning… Continue reading How to Assess and Treat the Superior Tibiofibular Joint
Compression Overload Test for the Lumbopelvic Spine
In the manual therapy video below, NAIOMT Faculty Member Bill Temes demonstrates a compression overload test for the lumbopelvic spine. Let us know if you have questions and if you want to take your clinical reasoning skills to the next level, join us for one of these courses: Orlando, FL – Dec 3-4 – Lumbopelvic… Continue reading Compression Overload Test for the Lumbopelvic Spine
What’s Really Causing Plantar Fasciitis? A Patient Case
Does your patient need orthotics or can manual therapy help them? In the video below, NAIOMT faculty instructor Stacy Soappman discusses a patient case of plantar fasciitis. Let us know if you have questions, and to strengthen your lower extremity clinical reasoning and manual therapy skills, join us for one of these upcoming courses: Slippery… Continue reading What’s Really Causing Plantar Fasciitis? A Patient Case
Radio Humeral Joint Mobilization
In the manual therapy video below, NAIOMT faculty instructor Terry Pratt explains an alternative way to mobilize the elbow for regaining flexion, as part of his Musculoskeletal Monday: The Elbow Complex post. Let us know if you have questions, and to strengthen your manual therapy and clinical reasoning skills, join us for one of these upcoming Upper Extremity… Continue reading Radio Humeral Joint Mobilization
Musculoskeletal Monday: From Technicians to MSK Specialists
Well, it is time again for MSK Monday, and I have the pleasure of writing this blog from the “espressohotel” in Milan. I am teaching a Lumbar Spine I class for a group of physiotherapists in northern Italy, and teaching in Rome the next weekend. I appreciate the Italian hospitality and their eagerness to learn.… Continue reading Musculoskeletal Monday: From Technicians to MSK Specialists
Modified Schober Test
In the manual therapy video below, NAIOMT’ faculty member Terry Pratt demonstrates an alternative way to measure lumbar ROM. The Modified Schober test is typically used to assess for Ankylosing Spondylitis, but you can use this method to simply measure lumbar excursion in flexion. Validity for this test is moderate and it has excellent reliability.… Continue reading Modified Schober Test
Leg Length Discrepancy or Neuromuscular Imbalance? Here’s one Way to Tell
In the manual therapy video below, NAIOMT faculty member Stacy Soappman demonstrates one way to determine if a patient has a leg length discrepancy or neuromuscular imbalance following a hip replacement. For more manual therapy guidance and to sharpen your clinical skills in this area, join us for one of these upcoming Lumbopelvic Spine courses.… Continue reading Leg Length Discrepancy or Neuromuscular Imbalance? Here’s one Way to Tell
Humeral Head Won’t Go Posterior? Here’s One Way to Treat It
Faced with the humeral head not going posterior? In the manual therapy video below, NAIOMT faculty member Stacy Soappman demonstrates one way to treat it. Let us know if you have questions and if you’re looking to strengthen your clinical reasoning and upper extremity manual therapy skills, join us for one of these upcoming courses:… Continue reading Humeral Head Won’t Go Posterior? Here’s One Way to Treat It
What Impacts a Patient’s Cervical Range of Motion
In the manual therapy video below, NAIOMT Faculty Terry Pratt, MS, PT, COMT, FAAOMPT addresses the impact that posture and respiration can have on cervical range of motion. Let us know if you have questions, and you’re interested in setting yourself apart and strengthening your cervical spine manual therapy skills, join us for one of these upcoming courses: Baltimore,… Continue reading What Impacts a Patient’s Cervical Range of Motion
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