Cross friction massage therapy: to do or not to do?

Two very nice articles related to cross friction massage therapy. I strongly suggest that you read them and then make your on decision on whether and how to use this massage technique:

http://www.physio-pedia.com/Cross_friction_massage

http://saveyourself.ca/articles/frictions.php

Enjoy them and always try to be evidence based practitioner..!

Joint Play Techniques In Assessment And Therapy For Upper And Lower Extremities

Beautiful and very detailed website to provide both students of physiotherapy and physiotherapists alike, with an interactive online information source for manual mobilization of the extremities.

Neural tissue management

We all learn during our education the Upper and Lower Limps Tension Tests. These tests can be used also as mobilization and treatment techniques.

I recently read a few articles on the usefulness and the effect of these and some similar techniques on nerve related pain in the neck and the limps.

Here you can find a great Randomized Control Trial by the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Here ypu have fine a novel protocol to develop a prediction model that identifies patients with nerve-related neck and arm pain who benefit from the early introduction of neural tissue management.

Here you can find a very interesting blog entry on neural tissue management.

Finally, here you can find a treatment approach for carpal tunnel syndrome suggested by http://www.handsonemg.com.