Category: Leg
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Regaining Ankle Motion After a Fracture: What Helps
READ MORE >>: Regaining Ankle Motion After a Fracture: What HelpsWhen an ankle still feels stiff months after a fracture, the joint itself is often not the reason. The real limiter is often tightness in the muscle and connective tissue around the ankle, or tension along the nerve running down the calf and shin, and the only way to know which one it is, is…
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Ankle Fracture Takes More Than Strength: Relearning It
READ MORE >>: Ankle Fracture Takes More Than Strength: Relearning ItAfter an ankle fracture, the calf loses size and strength, and the quick connection from brain to muscle goes fuzzy. Rebuilding both is why early heel raises look slow, supported and deliberate.
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Tight Hips Can Sideline a Season. Care Can Change That
READ MORE >>: Tight Hips Can Sideline a Season. Care Can Change ThatWhen the front of the hip stays short, the body borrows the motion from somewhere else, and the borrowed spot is usually what hurts. In young athletes training heavy hours, tight hip flexors very often show up as knee pain or low back pain.
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Inside a Post Concussion Syndrome Recovery Drill: Caroline’s Story
READ MORE >>: Inside a Post Concussion Syndrome Recovery Drill: Caroline’s StoryA reaction drill with blaze pods and resisted hip abduction looks simple. For an athlete recovering from post concussion syndrome, it is training vision, balance and the inner ear all at once.
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High Ankle Sprain Can Cost a Season. The Plan Matters
READ MORE >>: High Ankle Sprain Can Cost a Season. The Plan MattersA high ankle sprain does not get one standard surgery. Dr. Nick Strasser explained that the sport an athlete returns to changes the fixation he chooses, so two athletes with the same injury can leave with different hardware.
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A Broken Ankle Can Steal Your Trust. Rehab Rebuilds It.
READ MORE >>: A Broken Ankle Can Steal Your Trust. Rehab Rebuilds It.Bone union and confidence run on two different tracks. Strength, balance and graded loading are usually what close the gap between a mended ankle and an ankle you trust again.
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High Ankle Sprain In Season: How the Call Gets Made
READ MORE >>: High Ankle Sprain In Season: How the Call Gets MadeWhether an athlete plays through a high ankle sprain or shuts it down depends on the grade of injury, what the exam reproduces and where the athlete sits in the season. As Dr. Nick Strasser put it, there is no one right way.
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Back to Walking Confidently After an Ankle Fracture
READ MORE >>: Back to Walking Confidently After an Ankle FractureRebuilding strength and mobility after an ankle fracture comes down to letting swelling resolve fully and reloading the ankle with exercises set at exactly the right level of difficulty.
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Why a Stiff Mid-Back Can Make Your Neck Do the Rotating
READ MORE >>: Why a Stiff Mid-Back Can Make Your Neck Do the RotatingNeck strain during a lift or a swing often traces back to a mid-back that will not rotate. Here is the mechanism, the adjustment we use, and how it played out for one patient rebuilding his training.
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Quad Tendon Rupture Strength Testing | Hendersonville TN Rehab
READ MORE >>: Quad Tendon Rupture Strength Testing | Hendersonville TN RehabStrength after a quad tendon rupture has to be measured, not guessed. Testing days tell us exactly where you are in the timeline. They also tell us when…