PAIN: A Modern View On Why We Hurt

PAIN: A Modern View On Why We Hurt

Part 1: Re-thinking The Traditional View of Pain At first glance pain seems like a straightforward process. You stub your toe or break a bone and it hurts. This is how most people understand pain. It’s consistent with the patho-anatomical view that holds tissue damage...
Knee Rotation Exercises

Knee Rotation Exercises

When we think about the knee we conceptualize it as a hinge allowing large ranges of flexion and extension.  But the knee does not behave like a conventional hinge you would find in a door. The knee is actually classified as a modified hinge, and this hinge...
I Hurt But Didn’t Do Anything?

I Hurt But Didn’t Do Anything?

Unfortunately, pain and injury are an inevitable fact of life. In some cases this pain occurs following a traumatic event such as rolling over on an ankle or falling on an outstretched arm. Of course we aren’t happy about these injuries, but at least they make...