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Heel pain can be a right pain in the… heel. Plantar fasciitis is a common problem affecting the bottom of the foot, causing that annoying pain near the middle of your heel and sometimes extends into the area of the arch. It can affect just one foot or occasionally both at the same time. Symptoms often associated with plantar fasciitis are pain upon getting up first thing in the morning which eases after a few steps and pain which is triggered when you stand up after a period

You might have heard your clinician speaking about ‘laser therapy’ as a potential treatment to help you with an ache or an injury you are struggling with. If so, you may have questions such as, “what is laser therapy?” ( Photobiomodulation Therapy ), “how does laser therapy work?” and maybe more importantly, “will laser therapy hurt?”! We’re going to answer all your questions in this blog.  MLS Laser Therapy for Pain Relief Firstly – what is laser therapy?  Therapeutic laser

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis ABSTRACT: Background:  Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain and tenderness. Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), an emerging nonpharmacological treatment, has been used for relieving musculoskeletal or neuropathic pain. Objective:  The objective of this review and meta-analysis was to determine the efficacy of LLLT on patients with fibromyalgia. Study design:  This study involved systematic review and quantitativ

Some people are much more flexible than average — pathologically flexible.  Hypermobile  patients get hurt easily — especially repetitive strain injuries — and have a lot of chronic body pain. 1  Hypermobility seems be linked to all the bafflingly stubborn, strange medically unexplained problems: fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, temporomandibular joint syndrome, and inflammatory bowel disease. And there’s a  lot  of overlap with myofascial pain syndrome here too. Hyper

The management of chronic pain in patients diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is complex and requires a multimodal approach (Chopra, 2015). Common types of pain reported include joint, neuropathic, headaches/orofacial, pelvic and gastrointestinal (Chopra et al., 2017). Often times, these symptoms are heightened and perpetuated by the presence of myofascial trigger points. It has been proposed that the characteristic taut bands within trigger points are created to

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on low back pain documented by history, clinical examination, MRI findings of the Lumbar Spine and patients' pain scores. 39 individuals with diagnosis of low back pain were enrolled in randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, but 32 participants completed the therapeutic protocol. After enrolment, symptomatic individuals were randomly assigned to receive LLLT, or identic

Affecting an estimated two million people in th UK, fibromyalgia is increasingly diagnosed in individuals with chronic pain disorders. Although fibromyalgia is admittedly a complex, physiological syndrome, there may also be an emotional component that keeps victims locked in a cycle of pain. Massage therapists who recognize when fibromyalgia clients fall into a harmful ‘fear avoidance’ pattern can better assist affected individuals in breaking the never-ending cycle of pain p