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Sitting on the floor, and easy way to improve mobility

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Seating on the floor, squatting
24
Dec

As previously spoken in another blog post, sitting on the floor and working at the pc would be a better anatomical position than sitting on a chair. Why does sitting on the floor work better than sitting on a chair? Sitting on a chair is uncomfortable, especially in the long term. As a massage therapist, […]

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Mobility Joint, Stability Joint, Strenghening

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Joint Mobility
22
Oct

Mobility is the degree to which a joint can move before being restricted by surrounding tissues. Not all the joints taught are considered mobility joints. The Mobility and Motility Joints Theory Starting from the big toes joint and moving up the body to the upper cervical joints, we can count one by one a mobility […]

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Arthritis

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca

Arthritis can be described as the swelling and tenderness of one or more joints. Arthritis symptoms and types Symptoms include: joint pain stiffness reduce Range of Motion (ROM) Major Types: Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid-Arthritis Said so, Arthritis can be a consequence of another type of disease, like: Ankylosing spondylitis Gout Juvenile idiopathic Psoriatic A. Reactive A. Septic […]

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Muscle Tear

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Muscle Tear
02
Jul

A muscle tear is an acute injury caused by a laceration of the muscle cells/fibres and or tendon to which the muscle is attached to. How can happen a muscle tear? A muscle tear happens when a muscle is weak and don’t activate at the right time. Weak muscles are common in repetitive movement or […]

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Knee Pain

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Knee Anatomy Frontal View
23
Apr

Knee pain is a common presentation for clients of any range of age and gender. Knee pain indeed is a vast topic. So in this post, we are going to go through how to identify the reason why we can experience knee pain. For doing so we are going to look at some special testing, […]

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