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 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Tendinitis is an outdated term used to describe a recent injury to a tendon that results in inflammation (swelling) surrounding a tendon.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 [...]