-
Recent Posts
- Glucosamine flunks yet another test, this time for knee pain
- Am I wrong? I survey some recent patellofemoral pain science in search of embarrassment
- Steroid injections are powerful medicine, but where would you put the needle to treat patellofemoral pain syndrome?
- Oh, the Pain! 3 new studies from the Journal of Pain
- Hypocrazy! I reserve the right to critisize even though I also mak mistaks the sometimes
- Therapy by charisma
- Registered for TAM8 and science-based medicine workshops
- Out of the Park: my new Traumeel article jumps to prominence in Google search results practically overnight
- More hip weakness hype
- Surgery succeeds for elite dancers with stress fractures
Categories
- anatomy
- bursitis
- business
- chondroitin sulphate
- corticosteroids
- debunkery
- diagnosis
- evidence-based medicine
- exercise
- gait retraining
- glucosamine
- hip weakness
- humour
- it band
- massage therapy
- medications
- meta
- myths
- nutraceuticals
- osteoarthritis
- pain
- patellar alignment and tracking
- patellofemoral pain
- personal
- plantar fasciitis
- quackery
- quote
- reason
- regulation
- research
- resting
- science
- shin splints
- steroid injection
- structuralism
- surgery
- taping
- tendonitis
- therapy
- traumeel
- treatment
- ultrasound
- Uncategorized
Archives
-
RSS Links
Category Archives: diagnosis
Is there a bursa under the IT band or what?!
Iliotibial band syndrome (runner’s knee) is usually treated as if it were a tendinitis. In a recent post, I explained how two recent surgical studies (see Michels and Hariri) have produced strong evidence that “tendinitis” isn’t quite right: it’s not the IT band itself, but something under it. So … what? These are the possibilities [...]
Also posted in anatomy, bursitis, it band, research, surgery, tendonitis Leave a comment
Is your IT band really too tight? Or is that just your craving for an elegantly oversimplified biomechanical explanation for pain?
Tight IT bands have a really bad reputation. They are blamed for two common knee conditions: the aptly named “IT band syndrome” (ITBS, pain on the side of the knee) and the less obviously relevant “patellofemoral pain syndrome” (PFPS, anterior pain). But do people with these conditions really have tight IT bands?
This has been [...]
Also posted in it band, patellar alignment and tracking Leave a comment
Therapists cannot agree on the location of people’s kneecaps!
Considering kneecap alignment is a reflex for most manual therapists — a staple of knee pain diagnosis, as inevitable as a doctor asking you to say “ah.” Kneecap alignment is almost universally regarded as a sign of patellofemoral pain syndrome and patellar instability and accurate assessment of knee position is essential for meaningful taping (a [...]
Also posted in myths, patellar alignment and tracking, taping Leave a comment
Therapy by charisma