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One review pooled thirteen randomized trials and separated passive from active protocols; a second pooled nine trials and asked whether the differences were large enough for patients to notice. This course reports both and says plainly where they agree and…
A plain-language walk through the American Academy of Pain Medicine guideline on assessing and managing low back pain of less than six weeks’ duration, with attention to where physical therapy sits among the options.
A cadaveric comparison of two commonly taught needle insertion points for the gluteus medius osteotendinous junction, and what the dissections revealed about where the needle tips actually ended up.
A plain-language walkthrough of a clinimetric analysis of 120 adults with chronic muscular temporomandibular disorder, examining how well the visual analog scale and active pain-free mouth opening hold up on repeat testing and how much change counts as real.
A published case report follows one active 46-year-old woman with anterior knee pain from a direct-access examination through imaging-confirmed calcific patellar tendinopathy, 24 weeks of multi-modal care, and follow-up imaging out to 11 months.
A plain-language walkthrough of a multicenter clinimetric analysis of three patient-reported outcome measures in 143 patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy, followed to three months.
A 49-year-old teacher recovering from cleared vertebral osteomyelitis at T7–T9 stalled after four weeks of mobilization and exercise. What happened when costotransverse thrust manipulation was added — and what the authors say a single case can and cannot establish.
A plain-language walkthrough of a 2025 case report describing three women with lasting neuropathic foot pain after chemotherapy, the needling and nerve-gliding program they received, and how far a three-patient account can reasonably be taken.
A clinimetric analysis of 145 outpatients with subacromial pain syndrome reports how much change on the numeric pain rating scale and the shoulder pain and disability index patients actually perceive as improvement at three months.
A prospective case series of nine patients with basal thumb arthritis, reported in plain language: who was treated, how the eight-point needling protocol was delivered, what happened to pain and hand function through 12 weeks, and how much weight a…
A plain-language look at a clinimetric analysis of 128 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis treated with conservative outpatient physical therapy, and what it reports about how well three familiar patient-reported measures track real change.
A systematic review of 47 randomized trials asked a simple question with no settled answer: what rules do researchers actually use to decide when a patient with nonspecific low back pain is ready for more exercise, and does having a…
A plain-language walkthrough of a published case report describing platelet-rich plasma, dextrose prolotherapy, and a staged rehabilitation program in a 15-year-old competitive athlete who had already failed conventional care.
A published case report follows a 63-year-old office worker with work-related chronic tension-type headache through five physical therapy visits that added dry needling to the levator scapulae muscle belly and its attachment on the scapula.
A published case report follows a 56-year-old gym instructor whose neck pain and head heaviness led a physiotherapist to measure blood pressure during exercise, spot subtle neurological signs, and refer urgently. The emergency department found a patent foramen ovale and…
A plain-language walkthrough of a 128-patient multi-center randomized trial testing whether thrust spinal manipulation and electrical dry needling add anything to exercise, manual therapy and electro-thermal modalities.
A plain-language walkthrough of a multicenter randomized trial that compared upper cervical and upper thoracic thrust manipulation plus electrical dry needling against nonthrust mobilization plus exercise in 142 patients with cervicogenic headache.
A plain-language walkthrough of a 143-patient multicenter randomized trial testing whether adding percutaneous tendon electrical dry needling and thrust manipulation to exercise, mobilization, and ultrasound changed pain, disability, and function through three months.
A plain-language review of what a 2025 clinical masterclass reports about how degenerative cervical myelopathy presents, why it is missed, and how the authors describe triage and referral for musculoskeletal clinicians.
A national survey of 446 Italian physiotherapists reports high self-rated training in exercise for neck pain alongside limited familiarity with the neuromuscular tests described in the literature — and an unexpected pattern in who prescribes resistance training.