Chronic low back pain (LBP) affects millions worldwide, driving a persistent search for more effective treatments. A recent study highlights a promising new approach that combines the McKenzie method ...
Sciatic scoliotic list (SSL) [Matsui H, et al. 1998; Krishnan KM, and Newey ML. 2001], also referred to as sciatic scoliosis [Krishnan KM, Newey ML. 2001; Kim R, et al. 2015; Zhang Y, et al. 2019], tr...
Introduction The increasing reduction and elimination of distal pain in response to therapeutic loading procedures is referred to as centralization. During the decrease of a derangement, centralizatio...
In this blog, which is part of a series dedicated to the McKenzie method, I discussed the scientific basis for mechanical diagnosis and therapy for the lumbar spine. The first section of these series ...
Directional preference research: Wernecke et al. (2011) define directional preference as either (1) a specific direction of trunk movement or posture observed during the physical examination or (2) a ...