by Joel Gaines | Mar 29, 2018 | Blog
Jamie Bergner, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, COMT Have you ever wondered how the carpal bones and ligaments of the wrist can withstand so much force with daily activities? Consider what you might observe if you are on a playground! You might see children doing handstands, walking...
by Joel Gaines | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog
Valerie Phelps, PT ScD OCS FAAOMPT and Vicente Mauri-Stecca, PT ScD COMT Myofascial pain can be complicated to assess, however specific pain generator(s) can often be identified clinically. Classification according to specific characteristics facilitates the...
by Joel Gaines | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog
Communication. Conversation. We do it every day. It’s an integral part of the human experience. On the surface, it seems simple. So simple, in fact, that we don’t often actually think about it. But in reality, communication between two people is a very complex...
by Joel Gaines | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog
Jamie Bergner, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, COMT As an occupational therapist, I am well versed in assessing occupational performance, our term to describe engagement in life. We believe that what we do defines who we are – and who we are defines what we do. Sometimes injuries...
by Joel Gaines | Jan 23, 2018 | Blog
Steve Karas, Paul Mintken & Jean-Michel Brismée (2018) We need to debate the value of manipulative therapy and recognize that we do not always understand from what to attribute our success, Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 26:1, 1-2,...
by Joel Gaines | Dec 18, 2017 | Blog
Schomacher, J. et al., Manual Therapy (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2015.04.010. Abstracted by: Russell Hanks, PT, COMT, Anchorage, AK — Fellowship Candidate, IAOM-US Fellowship Program & Jean-Michel Brismée, PT, ScD, Fellowship Director, IAOM-US...
