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Bending without breaking: Hypermobility disorders and physical therapy

Bending without breaking: Hypermobility disorders and physical therapy

Unnati Topiwala2023-12-21T14:24:37-05:00July 19th, 2021|Categories: Pilates Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Physical Therapists News|Tags: EDS, Gyrotonic, Gyrotonic Fit, Atlanta, Injury Prevention, health, Clinical medicine, Hypermobility, Syndromes, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Musculoskeletal system, Organ systems, Contortion, Physical Therapy, Ehlers–Danlos syndromes, Joint dislocation, Skeletal disorders, Rheumatology, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, Ligamentous laxity, Ami Kirollos, Ehlers-Danlos Society, HSD, BeightonScore, Range of motion, Genu recurvatum|

“Hypermobility,” is a term we like to throw around in all types of ways. For many people, it means casually bringing your leg over your head in yoga class or twisting your body into a pretzel-like Cirque Du Soleil performer, but for others, it means chronic pain, frequent injuries, and symptoms that many medical providers will shrug off as “being bendy.” There is a fine line when “flexible” can be more than just limber joints and muscles and may be [...]

Lateral Hip Pain: What You Need To Know

Lateral Hip Pain: What You Need To Know

Melissa Baudo2023-12-21T14:42:29-05:00November 7th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Musculoskeletal system, pain, Medical Subject Headings, Pain management, Overuse injuries, Soft tissue, Hip muscles, Gluteal muscles, Tendinopathy, Syndromes, Sciatica, Sciatic nerve, Foam roller, Iliotibial tract, hip pain, Greater trochanteric pain syndrome, lateral hip pain, trochanteric bursitis, gluteal tendinopathy, ITB, cortisone injections, LEAP trial, Deep gluteal syndrome, Piriformis muscle|

Lateral hip pain, traditionally diagnosed as an isolated condition referred to as “trochanteric bursitis”, is now understood to be most commonly associated with Gluteal Tendinopathy. This condition is most prevalent in post-menopausal women (1 in 4 women over the age of 50) but may also occur in younger runners and males. Traditional treatments have been based on a number of false conceptions such as: 1) the problem is primarily inflammatory in nature, 2) the primary issue is the trochanteric bursa [...]