Burpee Exercise

Burpee exercise: Health Benefits, Muscle work, How to do?

What is burpee exercise? Burpees are a plyometric exercise. This exercise uses your whole body weight for resistance. By doing this exercise you will focus on a full-body aerobic workout that aims to build muscle strength and endurance in your lower limb and upper limb muscles. A standard burpee exercise helps to strengthen the muscles…

isometric shoulder extension exercises

Shoulder Isometrics exercise: Muscles worked, Health Benefits, How to do?

What is Shoulder Isometrics exercise? Ishoulder isometric exercise are performed by simply contracting your muscles without any other movement. Your physiotherapist may prescribe this exercise as part of your rehabilitation program. Isometric shoulder exercise is a type of exercise your physiotherapist may prescribe if you are suffering from shoulder pain. this exercise helps you to…

Upper Trapezius stretching exercise
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Trapezius stretching exercise

What is trapezius stretching exercise? Trapezius stretching exercise is the best and easy to perform at home exercise to improve the flexibility of your neck to the shoulder region. This exercise also helps to relieve neck pain and stiffness. The trapezius muscle is situated in the upper back. It is a triangular shape muscle, extending…

Slump test

Slump Test

The slump test in a medical examination is conducted to identify and diagnose various conditions that may affect the spine, such as nerve compression, disc herniation, or spinal stenosis. It aims to provoke or reproduce the patient’s symptoms by putting mechanical stress on the affected nerve roots or spinal structures. What is the Purpose of…

Oppenheim test purpose = this test is used to check the lesion of the upper motor neuron. technique = starting position of the patient for the test is the supine position. the examiner runs a fingernail along the crest of the patient's tibia. result = a negative Oppenheim test is indicated by no rection or no pain. a positive test is indicated by a positive Babinski sign [ positive pathological reflex ] & suggests an upper motor neuron lesion.

Special tests of the neurological dysfunction :

These special tests are also known as the neurodynamic tests. These neurodynamic tests check the mechanical movement of the neurological tissues as well as their sensitivity to mechanical stress /compression. Most of the special tests of the neurological dysfunction for neurological involvement are sequential/progressive The patient is positioned,& one maneuver is tried, if no symptoms…

Maudsley's test

Maudsley’s test of the elbow joint:

This Maudsley’s test is also known as the Lateral epicondylitis test. This Maudsley’s test is passively performed by the examiner. This Maudsley’s test orthopaedic & clinical test is applied by to doctor/therapist when the patient is doing complaint of the pain of the lateral side of the elbow joint. Epicondylitis is represented by the degenerative…