Nerve Injury Basics It is estimated that up to 20 million people in the US suffer from some form of peripheral nerve damage that can cause symptoms such as atrophy/weakness, twitching, paralysis, pain, sensitivity, numbness, [...]
What is the pelvic floor and what happens when it weakens? The pelvic floor is a group of muscles that stretch from the pubic bone to the tail bone which assists with bladder and bowel [...]
If you don’t know where you want to go, you’re never going to get there What is MVC? MVC stands for maximum voluntary contraction, and is a measure of muscle strength, where “maximum strength [...]
What is gamification? If you’ve ever played Mario Kart – or been thwarted by a video game more complex – you’re probably familiar with “button mashing”, or have felt the soreness in your thumbs [...]
With Dr. Kevin Wilk & Russ Paine, PT Get an in-clinic view with sports PT experts Dr. Kevin Wilk and Russ Paine as they review their most impactful uses of biofeedback to help their patients [...]
Electrode placement is one of many variables impacting sEMG readings, so here we go into detail about the importance of this sensing apparatus to the mTrigger Biofeedback System. Best Practices for Placement Parallel to [...]
"The mTrigger device is really amazing and ridiculously affordable, there's no reason why everybody shouldn't be using this. Some of the best sports physical therapists I know are using it." -Mike Reinold Spend a quick [...]
Customer Spotlight Feature: Lesley Parrish, DPT and James Boyd III Underlying much of what was discussed in part 1 (Performing Arts Athletes & Injury Prevention) is an all-too-common scenario plaguing collegiate and professional athletes: the [...]
Customer Spotlight Feature: Lesley Parrish, DPT and James Boyd III Preventing injury in under-served arts athletes Dance, like all sports, has a language of its own – one in which therapist Lesley Parrish has [...]
Muscle atrophy is a hurdle all musculoskeletal injuries can bring about. Understanding the cause of and options to work against atrophy is absolutely critical to deciding on an effective recovery path for patients. Above, [...]
