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It is important that your medical practitioner, whether physician or physiotherapist does his own evidence based objective examinations. This allows efficacious evidence-based treatment arising from clinical examination. Together with a series of questions in the subjective examination, the objective examination allows specific testing the ability to come to a specific diagnosis, either through a processContinue reading “Lateral Epicondylagia – Tennis Elbow”

Introduction There is significant disagreement between much of the literature with regards to the management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and to the efficacy of exercise intervention in establishing a meaningful long-term outcome. On the one hand many longitudinal studies are showing many physical therapies as not changing the eventual long-term prognosis of the condition. YetContinue reading “Progressive scoliosis: Exercise intervention efficacy in adolescents – Research Opinion based on the evidence.”

Ultrasound, laser and magnetic therapy, is often frequently used by many Physical therapists with the reasoning of reducing pain and improve rehabilitation outcomes. The problem however is that properly conducted studies are categorically showing that it makes no difference at all, and it is wasted time from your session. Indeed, if your physical therapist isContinue reading “Why Ultrasound, laser and magnets in Physiotherapy is Pseudoscience and not Evidence based – An example of manipulation of science for profit. Physiotherapy is evolving – Get Unstuck from the past – And Demand Evidence based care. Part 1 of 3 Ultrasound – The evidence – or lack of it.”

Introduction This article plans to examine and propose an efficient approach to strength-and-Conditioning for the boxing athlete to improve right cross (RC) punch efficacy. The RC is a full body movement with combined force coming from the ground through leg drive creating a kinetic chain and power generation transferred to the trunk and then theContinue reading “Increasing efficacy and efficiency in the Right Cross – Performance in Boxing”

Physical Therapy, dates back to the ancient world. There is history throughout China and Ancient Egypt as well as ancient Greece. One of the most famous practitioners of using movement as well as non-invasive manual techniques as holistic medicine is Hippocrates himself, who also has originated the oath that all medical physicians still swear to.Continue reading “The Evolution of Physiotherapy – Then and now – Evidence Based Practise – And why not all Physical Therapists are Equal and following evidence-based practise. Problems in Cyprus identified in evidence based practise by regulating bodies. We are either part of evidence based practise or pseudoscientific – Cant be both.”

Exercise Promotion Saves lives, promotes long term health and the astute failure of the Cyprus Education system in promoting exercise, and the deleterious effect of scaring children from play and Exercise. Misinformation, often comes part and parcel in the current landscape of the internet, main stream media networks who have specific contributors, political goals andContinue reading “A Scientific response to ignorant and careless science fiction author Evgenios Trivizas and the impact of his book: “No! You won’t get in our nose”, which Education authorities saw fit to set as a setwork for 5–8-year-olds in Greece and Cyprus. A situation of systemic malpractice and Ignorance.”

Clinical reasoning, is imperative in the active assessment of the knee.  The examination should be composed of subjective examination and an Objective examination.  The subjective examination, is critical in getting to know your patient, his patient history, past medical history, medications. The process is intrical part of patient assessment, and an investigation into the natureContinue reading “Examination of the Knee”