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To effectively provide headache relief for their patients, health care professionals must first identify what type of headache they are dealing with. Aside from headaches due to chemicals (hormones/caffeine/alcohol/gluten, for example) and headaches due to serious medical issues (tumor/brain trauma), three main types of headaches bring sufferers to their health care provider. In Part One of this series we discussed migraine. A much less complicated type of headache is cause...d by inflammation/degeneration of the joints of the neck themselves (cervicogenic headaches). Each of the joints (facets) of the neck refers a dull, aching pain to the head in a specific and predictable pattern. Pain is worsened with jarring motions, and is usually on one side of the head. Treatment involves soft tissue therapies and posture education (applied by skilled massage and physical therapists) to gain flexibility and length in the muscles surrounding the joint in question, thereby unloading the compression at the joint. This is a very treatable type of headache with very high success rate to proper treatment.

Gaining Stability in the Shoulder Falls on an outstretched arm, a blow to the back of the shoulder, or even congenital defects can make the shoulder very unstable, making dislocation, dysfunction and pain a part of everyday life. And it can derail fitness/sports participation significantly. This article reviews the current thinking on rehabilitation of this problem. Ma et al. (2017) Current Concepts in Rehabilitation for Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med, 10, 4, 499-506. doi: 10.1007/s12178-017-9449-9

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Don’t Let Your Achilles Tendon Be Your Achilles Heel Whether it’s from coming down with a rebound, coming out of the blocks, or coming out of those spike heels you’ve been wearing all day, Achilles tendons (heel cords) commonly get inflamed and injured. Conventional wisdom has changed many times over on the subject of how to treat these tendinopathies. Should you rest til healed? Perform high-load concentric exercise? Eccentric exercise? The following article presents the newest thinking on the subject. Pressure massage. Steffansson et al. (2019) Using Pressure Massage for Achilles Tendinopathy: A Single-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing a Novel Treatment Versus an Eccentric Exercise Protocol. Orthop J Sports Med, 7, 3, 2325967119834284. doi: 10.1177/2325967119834284