by iOrtho Admin | May 5, 2021 | Joint Mobilizations, News
Hip Mobilization Techniques Activities of daily living requires a significant amount of hip mobility. Failure to have sufficient hip mobility can result in unnecessary stress on the lower back or lower extremities. Performing the appropriate hip arthrokinematic...
by iOrtho Admin | Oct 21, 2020 | Joint Mobilizations, News
There are a variety of ankle injuries that could benefit from ankle mobilizations to restore range of motion and function. Information about the indications, contraindications, and dosing of joint mobilizations can be obtained in the Joint Mobilizations blog...
by iOrtho Admin | Sep 30, 2020 | Joint Mobilizations, News
Elbow Injuries When one thinks of elbow injuries, lateral epicondylitis, epicondylosis, and/or eipcondylalgia comes to mind. Perhaps you know this better as tennis elbow but we all know these pathologies go beyond just tennis players. Construction workers,...
by iOrtho Admin | Sep 2, 2020 | Joint Mobilizations, News
Hinge Joint The knee is a hinge joint with two-degrees of freedom: flexion/extension and rotation. With the concave tibial plateau and convex femoral condyles, open kinetic chain knee mobility involves rolling/gliding of a concave surface on a convex...
by iOrtho Admin | Aug 5, 2020 | Joint Mobilizations, News
Shoulder Biomechanics Let’s start with the anatomic structure of the shoulder. The humeral head is convex and the glenoid fossa is concave. So, the convex-concave rule indicates the movement of convex on concave result in rolling and gliding of joint...
by iOrtho Admin | Jul 8, 2020 | Joint Mobilizations, News
Whether one experiences a Colles fracture or carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), immobilization has the potential to limit motion. Colles fractures, also known as a dinner fork deformity, were named after Dr. Abraham Colles in 1814 and is the most common...
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