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Karma yoga is the yoga of action or work; specifically, karma yoga is the path of dedicated work: renouncing the results of our actions...
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Mar 7, 20211 min read
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LOVE can help with pain!
Researchers at Stanford have shown in a new study that love can mediate pain by stimulating the same areas of the brain normally targeted...
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Feb 25, 20211 min read
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Nutritional support post-injury
Although inflammation is a normal (and absolutely necessary) part of the healing process, did you know that in some people inflammation...
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Feb 24, 20211 min read
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Love yoga but hate your wrist pain?
The wrist is a complex structure and there can be many reasons for wrist pain and the "no pain no gain" adage is not always the best...
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Dec 1, 20201 min read
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Radio interview - listen here!
I was interviewed by Business Talk Radio on August 26th; get a listen HERE to hear about how hand therapy and holistic health coaching...
handsonwellnessot
Sep 9, 20201 min read
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How to choose the RIGHT mobilization orthosis for a stiff joint
Ever been faced with a stiff joint (stiff PIP joints anyone?) and not know which orthosis is the correct one for your patient? Do they...
handsonwellnessot
Aug 21, 20201 min read
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Love to garden but have wrist or hand pain?
Maybe you have popping and/or clicking in the wrist especially when turning your palm down? The wrist is a complex structure of 8 tiny...
handsonwellnessot
Jul 21, 20202 min read
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Terry Thomas Sign
Who? Terry Thomas was a famous British actor & comedian who became well known during the 1950s and 1960s and who had a famously large gap...
handsonwellnessot
Jul 20, 20201 min read
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The always-tricky PIP joint
The PIP joint falls in flexor zone 2 and extensor zone 3 and is a notoriously tricky area of the body to rehab mostly because of the...
handsonwellnessot
Jun 29, 20201 min read
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Boutonniere deformity and the ORL Tightness Test
The PIP joint is prone to deformity with even slight alterations in the delicate balance of forces around the joint. Around the outside...
handsonwellnessot
Jun 11, 20202 min read
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Lessons learned as a hand therapist...
LISTEN, talk less See each person's pain, experience, and trauma as UNIQUE - there will never be another person like the one in front of...
handsonwellnessot
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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Elson's Test
DIP extension is NOT what you want if you suspect a central slip rupture! A test to evaluate integrity of central slip / to r.i. complete...
handsonwellnessot
May 28, 20202 min read
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