by Noah Volz | Mar 21, 2023 | Shoulder Pain
The anatomy of the shoulder allows for great mobility at the expense of structural stability. The rotator cuff is meant to provide some stability. It is a combination of the tendons of the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis into the capsule of...
by Noah Volz | Mar 13, 2023 | Shoulder Pain
Frozen shoulder is as bad as it sounds. Even in medical speak “adhesive capsulitis” sounds bad. No-one wants their shoulder capsule glued with adhesive. What both terms are referring to is an ongoing and painful limitation of movement of the shoulder. (1) There are...
by Noah Volz | Mar 13, 2023 | Shoulder Pain
Chances are that if you have shoulder pain it is from anterior impingement syndrome because it accounts for 44-65% of all shoulder complaints seen by physicians (1). The pain in the shoulder is from the supraspinatus tendon getting trapped between the acromion of the...
by Noah Volz | Mar 10, 2023 | Neck Pain
Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMD) is a group of problems that affects the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Temporo refers to the temporal bone of the skull and mandibular refers to the lower jaw bone that inserts onto the temporal bone. When there is a problem with...
by Noah Volz | Mar 10, 2023 | Sports Injuries
“Dysfunctional breathing” usually refers to a group of disorders including paradoxical breathing (upper chest breathing), erratic breathing, breath holding, and hyperventilation syndrome. (1) All of these are problems that will cause oxygenation deprivation problems....
