MSK Ultrasound Imaging for Prolozone Applications

MSK Ultrasound Imaging for Prolozone Applications from Megan Haines 1. MSK Ultrasound Imaging for Prolozone Applications Dr. John C. Hughes, D.O. April 11-13 AAOT Conference (Dallas, Texas) 2. MSK Ultrasound Visualization and Prolozone Applications  MSK Ultrasound Visualization  Tendonitis, Ligament Laxity, Bone Spurs, Trigger Points  Cellular Anatomy for Bone Spur and Fibrosis  Injectional […]

Conservative Management of Joint Pain

Conservative Management of Joint Pain from Megan Haines 1. Conservative Management of Joint Pain John C. Hughes, D.O. Aspen Integrated Medicine 2. Overview: Osteopathic Treatment of Joint Pain  Osteopathic Medicine: DO defined, Principles  DO techniques for knee, back, hip, shoulder pain:  Direct versus Indirect  Focus: Counterstrain  Injectional Therapy for joint pain […]

Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy

By. Victor W. Mark, MD, Edward Taub, PhD, Gitendra Uswatte, PhD, Khurram Bashir, MD, MPH, Gary R. Cutter, PhD, Camille C. Bryson, MS, PT, Staci Bishop-McKay, BS, and Mary H. Bowman, OTR/L Impaired mobility is a major cause for reduced quality of life in multiple sclerosis (MS). Accordingly, over the past 30 years nearly 100 […]

Chronic neck pain and whiplash: A case-control study of the relationship between acute whiplash injuries and chronic neck pain

The authors undertook a case-control study of chronic neck pain and whiplash injuries in nine states in the United States to determine whether whiplash injuries contributed significantly to the population of individuals with chronic neck and other spine pain. Four hundred nineteen patients and 246 controls were randomly enrolled. Patients were defined as individuals with […]

Journal of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine

MEET DR. NORM SHEALY – HOLISTIC PAIN & DEPRESSION SPECIALIST Norman Shealy is one of the world’s leading experts in pain & depression management. He was the first physician to specialize in the resolution of chronic pain. A pioneer in developing safe and effective treatments such as Biogenics, he founded, in 1971, the first comprehensive pain […]

TENS Unit

A “CMS 3000 TENS unit” is a pocket size, portable, battery-operated device that sends electrical impulses to certain parts of the body to block pain signals. The CMS 3000 TENS unit sends comfortable impulses through the skin that stimulate the nerve (or nerves) in the treatment area. In many cases, this stimulation will greatly reduce or […]

The Vital Psoas Muscle

Connecting , Physical , Emotional & Spiritual Well  Being Excerpts from Author Joann Stauguards- Jones book The Vital Psoas Muscle The core area of our bodies is made up of a group of muscles that girdle the spine to hold it in balance. The Psoas Major is one of these muscles. With all these muscles […]

Post-Operative Pain (Post-Surgical Pain)

  Post-surgical pain (Post-traumatic pain) refers to the pain experienced after recent or past surgery or injury. Patients with post-surgical pain often experience sensations that vary in character: sharp, shooting, aching, tightness, or numbness. This pain is often debilitating, and may even lead a patient to actually reconsider surgery in order to find relief from […]