Natural non-surgical drug-free pain and injury relief for athletes AND non-athletes
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are used often by people in pain to decrease pain and reduce inflammation. What many people don’t know is that NSAIDs may actually slow tissue healing and contribute to tendon degeneration.
The best description of the problem was stated by Leadbetter (site below), …”treatment of persistent signs of inflammation by repeated efforts to [...]
I had a great time working with Michael Madison of the Gilbert’s Gazelles and the Austin Distance Challenge at the 3M Half Marathon today. Here are a few pics.
I really enjoy meeting new people and working on them to relieve their pain. Running pain after a half marathon (13.1 miles) is often significant so I [...]
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OVER-THE-COUNTER PAIN MEDICINES
Vioxx, a popular non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and pain reliever was recalled after an estimated 89,000 to 140,000 people died from its use in the US alone.[1] Shortly after the recall, the FDA issued additional warnings for NSAIDs, including Ibuprofen (Advil), and Naproxen (Aleve) to make it clear [...]
I was working with the Gilbert’s Gazelles training group at RunTex and had a great conversation with a patient about different types of treatment. The runner/patient asked my opinion about her knee injury. For the last year she has been getting treatment from another provider that consisted only of rehabilitation exercises and she did not feel that [...]
I recently re-certified in Active Release Technique – Lower Extremity. I hate to sound overconfident but after 10 years of practicing massage therapy I didn’t think I would learn a tremendous amount from a seminar. I must say that the Active Release instructors were very impressive and helped me greatly improve my treatment effectiveness. They worked with [...]
I have received a few questions regarding the difference between tendinitis and tendinosis lately.
Tendinitis is an outdated term used to describe a recent injury to a tendon that results in inflammation (swelling) surrounding a tendon. Research has shown that commonly, there are no inflammatory cells found in painful tendons. The term tendinosis or more generally [...]