Nicosia Dental Polyclinic & Bioflow Box announce inter-professional collaboration

Inter-professional collaboration between dentists and physiotherapists have the potential to improve professional practice and healthcare outcomes. Dentists and physiotherapists are involved in the management of different temporomandibular disorders such osteoarthritis, myofascial pain syndrome, internal disc derangement, bruxism, obstructive sleep apnea, musculoskeletal-related headaches and other orofacial pain disorders.  Accurate diagnosis by the dentists and evidence informed treatment by the physiotherapists are critical components in the successful management of temporomandibular disorders.  We are pleased to announce our inter-professional collaboration to help patients with temporomandibular disorders regain and restore pain free movement and overall health.

Patients with HA commonly present MSK impairmentsand therefore are treated by MSK clinicians, with variable outcomes. To maximize the positive response and outcome, a new practical prognosis-based framework is suggested in this perspective article.

It is evident that muscle pain deriving from any type of lesion can refer pain to other deep somatic tissues, yet not just locally. The convergence theory as depicted from animal experimental study of Mense 1994 explains the pain referral sequence. Central sensitization to adjacent spinal segments is present due to nociceptive input from skeletal muscle and myotomes outside the lesion.

Το KINSTRETCH είναι μια καινούργια μέθοδος γυμναστικής που έχει ως αποτέλεσμα τη βελτίωση της κινητικότητας και ευελιξίας, την αύξηση της μυϊκής δύναμης και της νευρολογικής λειτουργίας, την απώλεια βάρους, την πρόληψη των τραυματισμών και τον πλήρες έλεγχο του σώματος.

As a clinician, I highly recommend the Shoulder Impingement Algorithm by Dr. Cools derived from her 2008 article in British Journal of Sports Medicine. Check out the straight forward diagram below to screen which two types of shoulder impingement might be present to guide your treatment regime.   

Today, I'm going to talk about the 3 fundamental laws of functional training that any coach/ trainer or individual that trains should be aware of.