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Tendons and Pain: What we feel and what we know

Body Mechanics - Thursday June 20, 2024

Our Ever-changing Understanding of Tendon Pain Our understanding of tendon pain is ever-changing and ever-growing. We know that loading beyond tolerance creates changes in the tendon, but we once thought these changes were all inflammatory, hence the nomenclature tendinitis. Somewhere in the late 90’s people started calling these conditions tendinosis to reflect the disorganization seen […]

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Pregnancy and Ankle Massage: Is it safe?

Body Mechanics - Thursday January 21, 2021

    Why did I want to write this post about pregnacy and ankle massage? After my two pregnancies and seeing a post on a prominent Facebook parenting group for the Upper East Side of New York, I started thinking about writing this blog.  In the post, the OP had asked the group, “Is it […]

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