Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis) is one of those conditions that frustrates both clients and therapists. You already know from your RAPID training that pain is rarely “just mechanical”—and frozen shoulder is a perfect example of this.   What’s Really Going On Research shows frozen shoulder isn’t only stiffness—it’s both inflammatory and fibrotic : In the early (painful) stage, immune cells drive inflammation and make nerves hypersensitive. Over time, fibroblasts build extra scar tissue...

When you first look at this image, your eyes immediately go to the heel spur. It’s striking, no doubt about it. But while we might find it fascinating as therapists, the person living with it certainly doesn’t feel the same way. And when someone walks into the clinic with a spur or plantar fasciitis, we know it often means a tough session working on the bottom of the foot. Let’s be honest — feet aren’t always fun to treat. That’s exactly why we need to work smarter, not harder. Now take...

Disney-itis? Poor Rob on our recent family trip with our not so little littles, he developed a sharp stabbing pain on the top of his ankle. Yep- his talus was out, just a little 3 minute tweak and he was off and running again (but seriously - the kids put the miles on us --120km's in 10 days!) And as you can clearly see- we just love sensible shoes. (doh!) In our own clinic we have seen all kinds of pain -both chronic and acute, and we always wondered, what's the deal with chronicity? How...