Functional Integrative Rehabilitation Education
educational investments that pay clinical dividends
Dr Ivo Waerlop
Facilitation
While running intervals on a cool 19 degree morning, something dawned on me. My left knee was hurting from some patellar tracking issues, but only on initial contact and toe off. I generally run with a midfoot strike. I began concentrating on my feet, lifted and spread my toes and voila! my knee pain instantly improved. Very cool, and that is . . .
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Are We Rehabbing the wrong system?
I have recently run across some research that has changed the way we look at some of the rehab we do, especially proprioceptive rehab. Perhaps it will do the same for you.
Traditionally, we present increasing balance requirements to the weight bearing structure by changing one or more of the three parameters that keep us upright in the . . .
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Beyond Needling Trigger Points
Beyond the Trigger Point
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Many of us needle. We are taught to dry needle trigger points and sometimes (especially in the seminars I teach), to needle the segmental innervation of the muscle involved. But should we do more? I think so, and here is one paper on incorporating needling myofascial meridians along with trigger points that . . .
Posted in: acupunctureconvergencedivergencedry needlingmeridianmeridiansmyofascialneedlingneurologyspacial summationsummationtemporaltemporal summationtpdntrigger point dry needlingtrigger point dry needling course
Rock your clinical exam.
what sensation should you check and why?
What is the most important sensory modality to test and why? Pain? Motor? Sensation?
from Ivo Waerlop on Vimeo.
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Needling and Muscle strength
I realize it's late, but I really wanted to get an article out this week, so here we go...
“The present study shows that a single acupuncture treatment was efficacious for improving isometric quadriceps strength in recreational athletes. These results might have implications not only for athletic performance . . .
Posted in: acupuncturedeep needlingmuscle actionneedlingneurologyquadricepsrectus femorisrehabtpdnvastus intermediusvastus lateralisvastus medialis
Needling and Instability
As people who needle, we often emphasize needling the paraspinal muscles associated with the segemental innervation of the peripheral muscle you are needling. For example, you may needle the L2-L4 paraspinals (ie: femoral nerve distribution) along with the quads, or perhaps the C2 PPD’s along with the suboccipitals. We do . . .
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