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How would you treat a patient presenting with severe low back pain radiating into their leg? What treatments do you fall back on day 1? Lets take a look at my clinical reasoning of a young female with lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy.
Read MoreThis is the first blog exploring treatment approaches for Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. I have found them to have the greatest impact on patient improvement in the clinical setting and to have more support in the current body of literature. The first blog covers a neurodynamic approach to addressed pathophysiology and pathomechanics of the neural structures. The second blog will cover scapular retraining for Neurogenic TOS.
Read MoreThoracic outlet syndrome is a cluster of neurological and pain symptoms in the upper limb caused by compression of the brachial plexus and surrounding vascular structures as they pass through the thoracic outlet. This blog outlines the common causes, clinical presentation, assessment procedures in the differential diagnosis of this syndrome.
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