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Articles from Dr Jo Abbott on musculoskeletal health, pain, nutrition and movement, and the research behind her clinical work and HODA-A.

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Foundational Sciences #4 Injuries and Case Study 1

Bigger Picture Stuff Full Patient/Client History is nothing to be taken likely when exploring sciatica – it is a quarter (see image… Read more about Behind the Scenes of a Patient with Sciatica 4/12

January 29, 2018
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Foundational Sciences #5

Exploring in vivo Sciatica Case Studies – Strongman Competitor The following Strongman Case Study have been supplied by a Private Facebook Group.… Read more about Strongman Competitor insidious Sciatica – Controversial Hack

February 5, 2018

Foundational Sciences #6 Personal Trainer with Client who has Sciatica

Narrative from a Personal Trainer “Client came to me with “sciatica”, diagnosed by GP many years ago, and this time self diagnosed… Read more about How to conduct a great Consultation: pain and function

February 12, 2018

Do you 'treat' what you see? And 'treat' what you feel?

Do we really ‘fix’ people? Or do we facilitate change? More and more disciplines in Manual Therapy are starting to report the… Read more about How to Stop Rubbing & Robbing: Sciatica Case Study

February 19, 2018
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Foundational Sciences #8 Risks and exposure of sciatica

Injury Mechanisms How do we move optimally, with no relevant risk (RR) of injury? The fundamental component of athletic activity is efficiency… Read more about How ‘At Risk’ are you of non-contact injury?

February 26, 2018
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Epidemiology of injuries #9 Rehabilitation to reduce sciatica

The most common and major cause of movement dysfunction The most common and major cause of movement dysfunction is joint immobilisation accompanied… Read more about How to identify the most common cause of Movement Dysfunction

March 5, 2018
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Epidemiology of injuries #10 Movement Effectiveness

Musculoskeletal properties related to movement effectiveness Movement effectiveness can be any task i.e. stand-to-sit, lunge, walk etc.  For this blog we shall… Read more about Is MSK Rehab and Research Missing the Point?

March 12, 2018

Epidemiology of injuries #11 Why consider the Capacity of Biomechanics?

The Study of Biomechanics 1. Capacity: Static (Quiet standing) A state of constant motion at rest or at a constant velocity. Forces… Read more about How to Manually Assess Movement… be your best!

March 18, 2018
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Epidemiology of injuries #12 Superior Rehabilitation

Thoughts for Rehabilitation In the 11 previous Blogs, we have identified and supported the following statements: Poor movement can be referred to… Read more about Make your MSK Rehabilitation Plan the best

March 27, 2018
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