Everyday Systems

You mean because it's a LIGHTSABER! Geeez I didn't think they made those things any more. Ironically I just took in a lecture with a Knee surgeon today. One of the gyms I am at occasionally brings in docs and other allied health pro's to discuss best practices. Here is the net-net: Docs are extremel...

Phayze, Aain, it is really hard to be sure about anything without hands on experience. But I can tell you this. Almost 100% of people that I work with who have had surgery and Physical Therapy AND they discontinue their physical therapy regime RE-injure themselves or slip back into pain. In other wo...

Orvette, Thanks for the kudos. Yup I had a client years ago that had the same surgery. It worked but it seems like an extreme solution to what can sometimes be a correctable problem. I joked with another client recently that if an international oil consortium asked a pedorthist how they could get mo...

Yes, please tell me more about what the doc said, when it started hurting etc.. I am surprised that PT didn't have you roll. This basic exercise is extremely painful, but works almost all of the time and since foam rollers are easy to come by it is worth checking out, even if all it does is help you...

Hi Natasha, I saw your post and couldn't help but get curious...I am a fitness pro and it sounds like you might have PFTD Patella Femoral Tracking Dysfunction. Obviously it is a stab in the dark without seeing your knee in action, however if it wasn't traumatized and nothing else is ruptured (like A...