Cervical Motor Control Part 4 - Rehabilitation Principles

The forth and final blog covers the rehabilitation principles for retraining cervical motor control. Aside from discussing the initial two phases of rehab (activation patterns & coordination) we also compare the final stages of training for an office working, painter and athlete based on their functional requirements. 

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Cervicogenic Headache

Cervicogenic headache is a secondary headache arising from a musculoskeletal dysfunction within the cervical spine, and is a disorder that many physiotherapists treat. The purpose of this blog is to explore the clinical assessment of CGH, outline the debate on manual therapy skills which has been ongoing since 1988, and to discuss the manual examination procedure performed by the clinicians used in the landmark research trials. 

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Temporomandibular Joint Disorders - Clinical Anatomy & Assessment

This blog is a review of the clinical presentation and assessment of dysfunction of the Temporomandibular joint. The aim is to discuss TMJ disorders and their connection to OR differentiation from upper cervical joint dysfunctions and headaches. This information will be applied to a recent patient in the second blog.

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