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05/05/2014

First day of Semester for students at AIAS today! Tania will be teaching Anatomy & Physiology 2 and Advanced Deep Tissue this Semester, so here's a little graphic from Aaron Kuehn to start the day on the right foot (or metatarsal...). You can check out more of Aaron's work at to view more of his work.

And lastly, thanks to the Hunterian Museum, London for originally posting the image and exposing it to us! Check them out too if you're interested in anatomy and physiology.

05/05/2014

A great article about a common injury.
Musculoskeletal Monday by Romain Hayem, BSc. and MSc.-student:

Part 1 What exactly is a tendinopathy?

Tendinopathy is a common overuse injury, which commonly affect lateral and medial epicondyles, rotator cuff, biceps, Achilles, hamstring, gluteus medius or patellar tendons and include De Quervain's and ITB syndromes. They are primarily caused by repetitive or excessive mechanical loads. Tendons become progressively damaged, causing focal degeneration, partial tears, and ruptures to tendon fibres (and possibly to local vessels). The role of inflammation is unclear, as inflammatory mediators may still be implicated, ev

en in the absence of inflammatory cells. Finally, neuronal inputs to immune cells may also modulate proliferative and tissue reorganisation processes. Tendinopathies are characterised by a gradual onset of tendon stiffness, activity-related pain, sometimes local tendon swelling and crepitations, and impaired performance. Clinical examination reveals pain with stretching, isometric contractions and palpation. The use of MRI or US imaging is limited, due to poor correlations with symptoms, but may help to confirm an unclear diagnosis.

Affected tendons show thinner and disorganised collagen fibres, increased production of collagen and matrix proteins, increased number of active tenocytes, and neovascularisation of the tendon. The pain mechanism itself is not wholly elucidated (nociceptor stimulation by inflammatory, nociceptive or immune mediators). Part 2 will focus on treatment and management options > from Kaux et al.; Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 10 (2011) 238-253. All rights reserved to JSSM.

04/27/2014

First day of Semester for students at AIAS today! Tania will be teaching Anatomy & Physiology 2 and Advanced Deep Tissue this Semester, so here's a little graphic from Aaron Kuehn to start the day on the right foot (or metatarsal...). You can check out more of Aaron's work at to view more of his work.

And lastly, thanks to the Hunterian Museum, London for originally posting the image and exposing it to us! Check them out too if you're interested in anatomy and physiology.

04/27/2014

Happy Friday! What excitement do you have planned for today and the weekend?

04/27/2014

A great article about a common injury.
Musculoskeletal Monday by Romain Hayem, BSc. and MSc.-student:

Part 1 What exactly is a tendinopathy?

Tendinopathy is a common overuse injury, which commonly affect lateral and medial epicondyles, rotator cuff, biceps, Achilles, hamstring, gluteus medius or patellar tendons and include De Quervain's and ITB syndromes. They are primarily caused by repetitive or excessive mechanical loads. Tendons become progressively damaged, causing focal degeneration, partial tears, and ruptures to tendon fibres (and possibly to local vessels). The role of inflammation is unclear, as inflammatory mediators may still be implicated, ev

en in the absence of inflammatory cells. Finally, neuronal inputs to immune cells may also modulate proliferative and tissue reorganisation processes. Tendinopathies are characterised by a gradual onset of tendon stiffness, activity-related pain, sometimes local tendon swelling and crepitations, and impaired performance. Clinical examination reveals pain with stretching, isometric contractions and palpation. The use of MRI or US imaging is limited, due to poor correlations with symptoms, but may help to confirm an unclear diagnosis.

Affected tendons show thinner and disorganised collagen fibres, increased production of collagen and matrix proteins, increased number of active tenocytes, and neovascularisation of the tendon. The pain mechanism itself is not wholly elucidated (nociceptor stimulation by inflammatory, nociceptive or immune mediators). Part 2 will focus on treatment and management options > from Kaux et al.; Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 10 (2011) 238-253. All rights reserved to JSSM.

04/27/2014

Children with sporting talent - are we damaging them by encouraging them to focus on a single sport at the exclusion of all other activities/opportunities?
Do you think the pressure on kids to succeed could cause injuries? "Overuse injuries are responsible for nearly half of all sports injuries to middle school and high school students. Specialization is a logical culprit. A report this year by the sports medicine department at Loyola University of Chicago found that 'kids are twice as likely to get hurt if they play just one sport as those who play multiple sports.' "

04/25/2014

http://m.sfgate.com/sports/kroichick/article/Injuries-exploding-as-youths-focus-on-one-sport-4898770.php

Blake Billinger began playing baseball year-round at age 10, when he joined a club team and competed in tournaments nearly every weekend. Two years later, his Silicon Valley Yankees climbed in the national rankings and started traveling outside the Bay Area, from Los Angeles and Las Vegas to Florida…