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Physical therapy did not have an additional effect over advice on management...

Physical therapy (PT) is recognised as a conservative method for the management of temporomandibular disorders (TMD). However, some studies suggest that physical therapy provides minimal, if any...

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Support World Physiotherapy Day and get 'Fit for Life'

Did you know that Saturday 8th September is World Physiotherapy Day? The day is an opportunity for physiotherapists (physical therapists) from all over the world to raise awareness about the crucial...

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Is advanced practice physiotherapy equal or better care to physicians in...

Can you imagine how frustrating for patients it must be to wait for a surgical consultation only to be told you don’t need surgery and then be sent away. Then enter the Advanced Physiotherapy...

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Clinical guidelines for the diagnosis, assessment and physiotherapy...

Have you ever had a painful shoulder? Did it get better on its own? I have a friend, not another Elf, who had bilateral frozen shoulders. It was a most functionally limiting and painful problem....

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No good quality evidence on how to manage juvenile idiopathic arthritis with...

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), also known as juvenile chronic arthritis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis affects a range of joints. The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) can be the first and only...

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Manual therapy and exercise for adhesive capsulitis

This systematic review examines the effectiveness of manual therapy and exercise on adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) a common cause of shoulder pain and stiffness. The post Manual therapy and...

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Manual therapy for temporomandibular disorders

This review included 8 RCTs with some evidence to show that manual therapy improves pain and maximum mouth opening in patients with TMD. However, the limited number of studies and the heterogeneity of...

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