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The Joint-By-Joint Approach: A Road Map to Movement Dysfunctions

Muscles and joints have the capacity to activate and move individually, with a particular action; a concept often echoed within the field of exercise science and academia. Although not an entirely fallacious statement, the body, however, does not abide by such rules when interacting with the environment. Instead, muscles, joints, fascia, and the sensorimotor system […]

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Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: Management and Prevention

Obesity is often associated with other conditions that deepen the health complications of an individual. Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a term used to describe a group of conditions that places people at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other heart-related problems (Kenney, Wilmore, & Costill, 2012). I would like to […]

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Adolescents, Fractures, and Healing

A fracture can be defined as a break in the structural continuity of bone, followed by a loss of integrity (Delforge, 2002). Healing of bone fractures contains within it 3 primary stages: hematoma/inflammation, cellular proliferation, and remodeling (Delforge, 2002). Such stages are comparable to soft tissue healing which include inflammation, fibroplasia, and scar formation (Delforge, […]

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