Hi all,
I haven't Read all the emails carefully, nor have I read the PDF in
details, However Mckenzie Part E Trained physio
use the loading principle in treating tendon pathology. Excentric loading
seems to normalize the tendon structure. It fits in the Mckenzie approach
of loading structures to improve function
I will refer you to Mckenzie study group, to get documentation or more in
depth information.
Nadia BScPT, Cert MDT
At 08:49 PM 6/29/2008 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Rosie, I haven’t actually been given a diagnosis (i.e. a ‘condition’)
>as such. If I had, I’d have somewhere to start thinking/reading about it
>from. It doesn’t feel as if the Alfredson’s exercises are causing the
>dorsiflexors to actively contract, but I am passively going into
>dorsiflexion as I slowly lower my heels off the edge of a step, so
>passively putting the dorsiflexors into a shortened position. See attached
>file. I won’t change my Rx regime until I’ve spoken to the physio – I just
>wanted to understand how they were supposed to be helping me – but I may
>follow your suggestion & start applying DTFs &/or SSTMs. The problem with
>that is that I won’t necessarily know which one’s being effective, so
>maybe I should just wait till I’ve spoken to her. If I get any answer I’ll
>post it here. Thanks for your response. Good luck with your studies! Jeff
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