Meet today's guest bloggers:
Dr. Timothy W. Flynn, PT, PhD
Dr. Flynn is board
certified in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (OCS), a Fellow of the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists
(FAAOMPT), and a frequent research presenter at state, national,
and international meetings. Dr. Flynn is widely published including
5 textbooks, 6 book chapters, over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts on
orthopaedics, biomechanics, and manual therapy issues. He was the
editor and author of The...
Meet today's guest bloggers:
Dr. Timothy W. Flynn, PT, PhD
Dr. Flynn is board
certified in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (OCS), a Fellow of the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists
(FAAOMPT), and a frequent research presenter at state, national,
and international meetings. Dr. Flynn is widely published including
5 textbooks, 6 book chapters, over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts on
orthopaedics, biomechanics, and manual therapy issues. He was the
editor and author of The Thoracic...
ASTYM treatment is a physical therapy treatment that
regenerates healthy soft tissues (muscles,
tendons, etc.), and eliminates or reduces unwanted scar tissue that
may be causing pain or movement restrictions.
ASTYM treatment is highly effective for restoring movement
and reducing pain from soft tissue injury/dysfunction,
and ASTYM even works when other approaches
routinely fail. One of the main reasons for
this is that ASTYM was designed to target the underlying cause of
many soft tissue...
Meet today's guest bloggers:
Dr. Timothy W. Flynn, PT, PhD
Dr. Flynn is board
certified in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (OCS), a Fellow of the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists
(FAAOMPT), and a frequent research presenter at state, national,
and international meetings. Dr. Flynn is widely published including
5 textbooks, 6 book chapters, over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts on
orthopaedics, biomechanics, and manual therapy issues. He was the
editor and author of The Thoracic...
ASTYM treatment routinely resolves chronic Achilles
tendinitis/tendonitis and Achilles tendon pain. Here an
experienced physical therapist talks about how a runner who had
suffered with chronic Achilles tendinitis for over 6 years finally
got cured with ASTYM treatment.
ASTYM is a highly effective Achilles tendonitis treatment because it was scientifically developed to actually regenerate soft tissues on a cellular level. It works fast (total treatments are usually completed in 6 weeks or...Read More »
ASTYM is a highly effective Achilles tendonitis treatment because it was scientifically developed to actually regenerate soft tissues on a cellular level. It works fast (total treatments are usually completed in 6 weeks or...Read More »
Meet
today's guest blogger:
Noel Tenoso, PT, DPT, OCS practices in the Portland, Oregon area and
owns 2 clinics, Advance Sports & Spine Therapy. He has
certifications in manual therapy and Mechanical Diagnostic Therapy
with the McKenzie Institute. Both clinics have met the criteria of
being certified McKenzie Clinics. He has been certified with ASTYM
since 2005.
Pain in the front of the knee is very common in many types of sports that are associated with quick stops, starts, changes in...
Read More »Meet today’s Guest Blogger:
Suzie Freeman, MPT,
OCS
Suzie works as a Senior Physical Therapist at California
Rehabilitation and Sports Physical Therapy in Huntington Beach,
California. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology from
the University of California, Los Angeles, and then moved on to the
University of Southern California for her Masters in Physical
Therapy. Suzie is the Center Coordinator for Clinical
Education, as well as a Clinical Instructor, taking physical
therapy...
Meet today’s Guest Blogger:
Suzie Freeman, MPT, OCS
Suzie works as a Senior Physical Therapist at California
Rehabilitation and Sports Physical Therapy in Huntington Beach,
California. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology from
the University of California, Los Angeles, and then moved on to the
University of Southern California for her Masters in Physical
Therapy. Suzie is the Center Coordinator for Clinical
Education, as well as a Clinical Instructor, taking physical
therapy students...
You need to first determine the underlying cause of your tendon pain. Is your tendonitis (also called tendinitis) caused by inflammation? If so, then it is the kind of tendinopathy that the healthcare system is best at resolving in short order. The traditional treatments for inflammatory tendonitis are rest (which can include bracing), ice, and anti-inflammatory medicines, such as ibuprofen. Once these treatments are applied, inflammatory tendonitis should resolve within 6 weeks.
If...
Read More »Few things are more frustrating than having chronic plantar
fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis (also spelled Achilles
tendinitis). Here is the story of one patient who suffered
from Achilles tendon pain and plantar fasciitis, and tried
multiple treatments before she finally got better with ASTYM
at KORT physical therapy:
As an Achilles tendonitis treatment, ASTYM improves 94.7% of Achilles tendinitis (tendonitis), or Achilles tendinopathy cases. ASTYM also resolves plantar fasciitis well, with...Read More »
As an Achilles tendonitis treatment, ASTYM improves 94.7% of Achilles tendinitis (tendonitis), or Achilles tendinopathy cases. ASTYM also resolves plantar fasciitis well, with...Read More »
Plantar fasciitis causes a great deal of heel pain and
disability among athletes. As a sports medicine doctor, I
have seen thousands of athletes sidelined by plantar
fasciitis. Most patients will respond to standard treatments
for plantar fasciitis, which include:
ASTYM treatment
Autologous Blood Injections/Platelet Rich Plasma Injections
(controversial)
Corticosteroid Injection (controversial due to potential side
effects)
Electrical Stimulation and Iontophoresis
Extracorporeal Shockwave...
Sounds strange to some people, but these injections are being tried to relieve tennis elbow pain, and with some success. As a sports physician, I have seen many patients with tennis elbow. I also do medical research, and as a result, I was invited to perform a review of a proposed article for a professional journal on botulinum toxin (Botox® is a trade name for botulinum toxin A) in the treatment of tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis). This type of review is part of the peer review process...
Read More »A controlled clinical trial showing the effectiveness of ASTYM treatment for tennis elbow was presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand's annual meeting. The study showed that ASTYM treatment was an effective tennis elbow therapy by resolving 78.3% of chronic lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) cases. This figure is consistent with the 80.9% resolution rate for chronic lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) that was contemporaneously reported in the national outcomes database...
Read More »Meet today's guest blogger:
Stephanie Penny, PT, DPT
Stephanie practices at Lakeshore Sports Physical Therapy
in Chicago, Illinois. She earned her Doctor of
Physical Therapy degree from Central Michigan University in 2008.
She has a special interest in sports medicine and vestibular
rehabilitation, has completed coursework in manual therapy, and is
a certified ASTYM® provider. Stephanie is an active member of the
American Physical Therapy Association.
Elite runners alternate between intensive...
Meet today's guest blogger:
Kristy Uddin, OTR/L, ASTYM Provider
Integrated Rehabilitation Group, Inc.
Locations throughout the greater Puget Sound, Washington area
Pacific Avenue Hand Therapy - (425)374-2846
Snohomish Physical Therapy - (360)568-7774
Two of the main tendons to the thumb pass through a tunnel (or series of pulleys) located on the thumb side of the wrist. Tendons are rope-like structures that attach muscle to bone. Tendons are covered by a slippery thin soft-tissue layer, called...Read More »
Because it’s probably tendinosis. Often, chronic tendonitis (also spelled tendinitis), which lasts more than 6 weeks is really tendinosis (also spelled tendonosis). The difference is that acute, short-term tendinitis is thought to be caused by inflammation, which is an active immune response of the body to a perceived threat. The acute, inflammatory tendonitis can be treated and usually resolved within several weeks by icing the area 3 to 4 times daily for 20-30 minutes, resting, and taking...
Read More »ASTYM treatment is effective in resolving many soft tissue
problems, including chronic tendinopathies, tendon
pain, tendon injury, stiffness, restricted movement, limited
function and other conditions associated with adhesions or scar
tissue that can occur after trauma or surgical intervention. It is
also quite effective on sprains, strains, and other acute and
sub-acute soft tissue injuries.
ASTYM treatment often works even when other approaches fail. One of the main reasons for this is that...Read More »
ASTYM treatment often works even when other approaches fail. One of the main reasons for this is that...Read More »
ASTYM treatment is a regenerative therapy provided
by specially trained (and certified) physical and occupational
therapists. Instruments are applied topically (on top of the
skin) to locate dysfunctional (unhealthy) soft tissue, and to
transfer pressure and shear forces to the underlying soft tissue
structures. The protocols, the force, and direction of the
treatment induce a healing/regenerative response in tendons,
muscles, and other soft tissue structures. ASTYM treatment
stimulates...
Over time, internal scar tissue or
adhesions can build up in your
joints, muscles, tendons, and soft tissues. It can be caused
by working your body too much, injury (such as sprains, strains and
trauma), surgery, disease, or just by moving and not being in
absolute perfect physical condition or having perfect “form” when
you move. Stiffness and many of the aches
and pains that we have after reaching a
“certain age” are due to the build up of internal scar tissue
and adhesions. ASTYM...
Tendons are the tough tissue that connects your muscles to your
bones. Often, tendons become painful and limit
movement. For years, almost all conditions of painful tendons
were referred to as tendonitis. Tendonitis
(also spelled tendinitis) literally means that a tendon has
inflammation, so doctors usually treated
tendonitis by trying to reduce inflammation. This kind of
treatment had very little success. Today, research has now
shown us that chronic tendonitis only rarely has an element...
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