If you sit in an office chair at work, chances are you experience stiffness, soreness and pain at times. The dilemma with sitting for any length of time is that your body isn’t in an ideal position for your joints and muscles. This sets you up for potential problems with your back, legs, shoulders, neck […]
Workplace SafetyThe recent so-called fight of the century between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather was covered in controversy afterwards by the revelation that Pacquiao fought with a rotator cuff tear. Did that give Mayweather an unfair advantage? Should they schedule a rematch so they can both fight on a level playing field? How would an injury […]
Sports MedicineIt’s time to throw away the winter doldrums and embrace the warmth and glorious sun that comes with spring in Wisconsin!!!! For many of us, it’s to dust off the lawnmower and shovel, and start cleaning up the yard and garden. To avoid injury, it’s important to keep a few things in mind when starting […]
Injury PreventionThis post was originally published at TreatingTMJ.com So what exactly is TMJ hypermobility? Well hypermobility is characterized by early and/or excessive forward gliding (translating) of one or both TMJs. This excessive forward gliding results in laxity of the surrounding capsule and ligaments and the temporalis tendon. The over-stretching of these structures over time can lead […]
TMJ13 year old baseball phenom featured in Sports Illustrated; College basketball scholarship offered to 10 year old; 14 year old signs professional soccer contract; While one would think these are stories of fiction, they are actual headlines, and stories of children who are being pushed further into sport specialization at earlier and earlier ages. Specialization […]
Sports MedicineThis post was originally published at TreatingTMJ.com Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN), Fothergill’s Disease or “Tic douloureux” is characterized by sudden attacks of severe, sharp, stabbing, electric shock like pain affecting one side of face mainly along the second and third divisions of the Trigeminal Nerve. TN is sometimes called “the worst pain known to mankind” and […]
TMJ50% of American will experience some form of dizziness in their lifetimes. A call to your physician will reveal that nothing serious is going on, and you may receive the diagnosis of “vertigo”, but what does that really mean? Vertigo is a sense of spinning that can accompany hundreds of conditions. Unfortunately, saying “you have […]
Vestibular & BalanceThis post was originally published at TreatingTMJ.com What is dry needling? Dry needling is an invasive procedure in which a solid filament needle is inserted into the skin and muscle directly at a myofascial trigger point. A myofascial trigger point consists of multiple contraction knots, which are related to the production and maintenance of the pain cycle. […]
Dry Needling
