Category: Sports Medicine
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What is proprioception?
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It may seem like I’m just clowning around at the end of my leg workout but I’m actually doing a crucial part of my leg rehabilitation called proprioceptive training. What is proprioception? It is the sense that let’s us perceive the location, movement, and action of parts of the body. It encompasses a complex of…
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WE’VE EVOLVED!
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DRUMROLL… Synergy Fitness is now SYNERGY SPORTS MEDICINE & FITNESS! We believe that the name change more accurately reflects our focus and staff specialties. Three out of our four specialists are licensed and certified Athletic Trainers that have well over 50 years of combined experience in Sports Medicine. What makes us different from other rehabilitation…
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Injury of the Week: Osteoarthritis
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative orthopedic disease. OA most frequently affects the hips and knees. If it’s not treated it can progressively break down the articular cartilage of the joint becoming painful, and increase disfunction, joint stiffness, and weakness. According to a systematic review including 60 articles the most common treatments of OA:…
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Total Energy Expenditure
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Total Energy Expenditure (TEE): The amount of energy you burn in a 24-hour period- including your RMR, movement, and exercise. Energy Metabolism: A rapid increase in calorie intake can cause an increase in body fat. If a reduction in food intake occurs too fast, like many diets require, your body will store more calories versus…
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Cervical Traction
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For our inservice today, we discussed cervical traction. We examined both manual and mechanical methods. We discussed the benefits of each type, when to use them, how much pressure is appropriate for different issues, and proper positioning of the patient. If you are suffering from tension headaches, neck pain, loss of neck range of motion,…
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Injury of the week: Piriformis Syndrome
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Piriformis Syndrome is a real pain in the butt. BUT… often the cause of the pain is not from the butt (AKA Gluteal Muscle Group). Most likely your pain is coming from a biomechanical issue above or below the radiating pain. Symptoms of Piriformis syndrome include achy, hot, or burning pain in or near the…
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INJURY OF THE WEEK: HAMSTRING STRAIN
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Hamstring Strains can be caused by a blunt trauma, a quick dynamic movement, or chronic fatigue. It commonly occurs when the hamstring is rapidly stretched, or when the muscle fibers have microtears, which affect the contraction of the hamstring. Effective treatments for a hamstring strain include, deep tissue massage or soft tissue mobilization with blades.…
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Joint Mobility and Stability
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Different joints of our bodies have different roles and responsibilities. One of those is to allow mobility or create stability. The ultimate goal of having this mobility/stability relationship is to create postural stability throughout the kinetic chain without sacrificing mobility throughout the chain. Joint mobility is defined as the degree to which an articulation(where two…