I was reading a very interesting article this morning in Golf Digest about Tiger Woods. No it has nothing to do with his recent status with his personal life. It might have been missed by many people, but Tiger rapidly progressed from surgery to playing in the tour.

It seems that Tiger went to Canada to receive injections of his own platelets into the surgical sight to improve his rate of recovery. Read the full story

The most common prescribed medication for musculoskeletal problems or post surgical protocols are anti-inflammatory medications or NSAIDs. In a recent study it has come to the attention of researchers at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill that some of these medications can reduce the ability of tissues to handle an appropriate load force. Read the full story

I would like to begin this discussion by defining what the Acute Stage of injury is as mentioned in the previous post.

The Acute Stage (inflammatory response) has a vascular or cellular response immediately after the insult. This response is characterized by swelling, redness, heat, pain at rest and loss of function. When taking the patient through the range of motion for the area involved they will usually guard at some point during the movement. Read the full story

First of all let me refresh your memory on what types of soft tissue lesions exist for example: Strain, Sprain, Dislocation, Subluxation, Muscle or tendon rupture, Tendinous lesions or tendinopathy, Synovitis, Hemarthrosis, Ganglion, Bursitis, Contusion and overuse syndromes. This is a long list of injuries and dysfunctions however they have many commonalities which allows them to be classified into a basic approach.   Read the full story