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A randomized trial of 93 patients with subacromial shoulder pain compared a standardized resistance exercise program with the same program plus 10 to 15 minutes of spine and shoulder manual therapy, and followed everyone for a full year.
A randomized trial compared a hip- and pelvis-focused rehabilitation program with a representative standard program after hip replacement. Both groups improved; the walking result did not separate them. Here is what was studied, what was found, and what the authors…
A plain-language walkthrough of a 2023 systematic review of 15 randomized controlled trials on manual therapy, exercise, relaxation and needling approaches for adults with tension-type headache.
A before-and-after study of older adults having total knee replacement asked whether surgery changes the attention walking demands — and found that balance, not pain, tracked with the change.
A single-patient case report in which pelvic floor care was combined with hip, pelvic, and thoracic treatment and, later, blood flow restriction training.
A cross-sectional study of 299 adults with Parkinson disease, stroke, or multiple sclerosis matched self-reported balance confidence during everyday activities to specific balance test items, then mapped those items onto the balance systems behind them.
A plain-language walk through a 2023 special communication that reviews the frameworks shaping musculoskeletal pain care — the biopsychosocial model, risk stratification, communication, treatment evidence, and the technologies coming next.
A secondary analysis of a German physiotherapy trial asked which baseline and early-change factors separated patients with subacromial pain syndrome who rated themselves much better at one year from those who did not.
A musculoskeletal computer model compared six familiar rotator cuff tests — Lift-off and Bear Hug, Jobe and Full-can, Infraspinatus and Hornblower — to see which postures actually load the muscle they are meant to test.
A plain-language walk through a 2025 umbrella review that pooled 88 systematic reviews on exercise for low back pain — what was pooled, what the reviews reported for pain, disability and quality of life, and how confident the authors were…
A plain-language walk-through of a 2026 systematic review examining whether low-grade systemic inflammation helps explain how sleep disturbance, obesity, and psychological factors relate to musculoskeletal pain.
A 30-minute report on a 132-patient study comparing rehab started within two weeks of surgery against rehab started at or after four weeks — what improved, what did not, and how far the findings can be pushed.