I see patients in their 70s 80s and 90s that I don't run through a range of manual muscle testing for their pain.

This is how I prefer to assess and treat. And it works very well.

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Two interesting cases this week to share.

Here's my website link for the Seminar in Italy: https://richhazel.com/live-seminars/

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There are some key considerations that have helped me with foot numbness, tingling, hot/cold sensations.

Online Courses and Mentorship Community

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Isn't it likely that osteoarthritis is due to unaddressed muscle imbalances?

It seems to be the case clinically. This is a case from this past week of an 87 year old woman with constant knee pain that has her now in a wheelchair.

I think that learning a subject from the source material, research, science has been the key to getting excellent results for me.

I think when you learn a "system" from someone, you are limited by their system, especially if they don't share their source material so that you can keep learning.

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Gua Sha is soft tissue manipulation but all not all soft tissue manipulation is Gua Sha.

There is a difference and here's what it is.

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A patient with a diagnosis of Plantar Fasciitis will have different symptoms from the last one you saw with the same diagnosis and different from the next as well.

We need to think about foot biomechanics, nerves, the plantar aponeurosis and we need to know specifically where the patient is having pain.

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Entrapment of the superior cluneal nerve can be a source of chronic low back pain, especially after lumbar disc surgery. 

It can be a source of psuedo-sciatica as well.

https://kangfu.eu/european-orthopaedic-and-sports-acupuncture-congress/

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I'll be in Amsterdam teaching at the 1st European Orthopedic and Sports Acupuncture Conference.

NCCAOM CEUs available.

You should come!

I'll be covering Sciatica, Meralgia Paresthetica, Ilioinguinal Nerve Entrapment, Obturator Tunnel Syndrome, 2 Peudo-Sciaticas: Superior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment and Superior Gluteal Nerve Entrapment

And also Migraines and their nerve entrapments

https://kangfu.eu/european-orthopaedic-and-sports-acupuncture-congress/

Ever resolve sciatica (or what you thought was sciatica) by treating the gluteus medius or by releasing trigger points in the gluteus medius?

Now I know what was likely happening. 

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