Nocebo is the anti-placebo. The nocebo effect is a negative effect or outcome due to a negative expectation. A negative outcome, or nocebo effect, can be a greater perception of pain. Negative information can make patients experience greater pain.
You have been told that stretching will lengthen your muscles. While stretching has certain benefits and effects, it has been disproven that your muscles grow in length because of it. We once thought that by stretching muscle we could mechanically change how long they...
My biggest challenge as a physical therapist who advocates for CrossFit™ as an appropriate fitness activity is those in the healthcare industry who are working against me and demonizing CrossFit™. Many individuals trust their healthcare practitioners when they say that CrossFit™ is dangerous. Individuals should be able to trust their educated healthcare professionals, but giving false claims, is a breeding ground for mistrust. CrossFit™ is proven to be no more dangerous than other common sports and fitness activities.
The debate between running with a marshmallow strapped to your foot or nothing at all between you and the pavement has been going on for quite some time. The argument coming from both sides has theoretical consistency whether it be that we should run how we were born...
The age-old response to someone in pain or who has an injury is to just go lay down and rest. However, rest is not the answer. Rest does not help us heal. Rest does not ease our pain.
There is no evidence to support that running increases arthritis or that runners are more prevalent to have knee degeneration.
The myth that your back pain is caused by your rotated hips is largely told by clinicians to their patients. Unfortunately, the evidence does not support this. Clinicians are doing a disservice to their patients by telling them that they have rotated hips and their...
Traditionally, the Biomechanical Model was referred to when dealing with patients in pain. The Biomechanical Model is the practice of treating pain as the equivalent of mechanical dysfunction. We now use the BPS model, or Biological, Physiological, and Social model...
Everyone is told that foam rolling and manual therapy breaks up tissue, however, the evidence says otherwise.
What stretching does do: -Temporarily increases viscoelastic properties of the muscle up to 1 hour after stretch.
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