Informed pain management for LBP

December 03, 2018 by Sian Smale

This week we are looking at an article review covering a brilliant paper that has recently been published out of Hong Kong. I have been waiting for a paper like this for some time now, that looks systematically at all the literature behind the current approach to pain management education we are encouraged to provide to our patients about lower back pain.

Pelvic girdle pain - what are we dealing with?

February 27, 2018 by Sian Smale

The following three blogs are a review of the most recent clinical practice guidelines for pelvic girdle pain in the antepartum population. Published in 2017 and I believe one of the first of it's kind, particularly in the field of Women's health, this review looks a the body of knowledge prior to 2012.

You move the way you train

November 12, 2017 by Sian Smale

Shirley Sahrmann, PT, PhD. is a world renowned physical therapist and house hold name in connection with movement system impairment syndromes (MSI). Shirley has been shaping the education system in the States for many decades and continues to be active as a clinician and teacher at Washington University. Recently, I attended her lower quadrant course on MSI of the lumbar spine and the influences of and relationship to the hip. This blog is an overview of the key messages I took away from the course.