Patiently Balanced Wellness

05/26/2025

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This stunning visualization by Gaël McGill reveals the inside of a human cell like never before. Built using cryo-electron microscopy data, it's a science-based illustration—not a photo—showing the dense, complex world of molecules that power life. A breathtaking look into what we're truly made of.

04/17/2025

"The osteopath is a physician. He is a scientific physician with the same fundamental study and knowledge of the body in health and disease as marks the physician of the older order. He is broadminded, because he recognizes that the only general cure for disease of any kind can be found only in the natural healing power of the body itself, in the blood and the tissues as nature has developed them throughout the ages." Dr. M. A. Lane 1921, The Osteopath as a Modern Physician.

02/25/2025

The heart isn’t just a pump—it has its own neural network of 40,000 neurons, often called the "heart-brain." This independent system processes information, learns, and even makes decisions without input from the brain.
Scientists believe this heart intelligence plays a crucial role in emotional regulation and stress response. That’s why feelings like love, fear, or anxiety can directly affect your heart’s rhythm and function. The constant communication between the heart and brain proves emotions aren’t just in your head—they’re deeply connected to your heart.
This discovery reshapes how we understand emotions, showing that the heart and mind work together in ways we’re only beginning to uncover.

02/06/2025

Amazing! Fascial counterstrain being the most powerful therapy that directly effects the function of all fascia in the human body! Life changing results! Schedule an appt with me today to get your quality life back!

01/09/2025

Fascial counterstrain is life changing therapy

09/25/2024

Sinus and headache weather has arrived! ☁️🌧️

If you struggle with sinus issues, infections migraines or pressure in the head it’s time to schedule an appt for manual therapy. Let me help give you relief and stop suffering!

Fascial counterstain massage is amazing manual therapy that gives life changing results! Call me today to schedule or if you have any questions!!

05/08/2024

The Journal of Osteopathy was launched 130 years ago in May 1894. Volume 1, Issue Number 1 included an Address by Dr. A. T. Still to his students, given May 7th, 1894, a report on Graduating Exercises, the Position Osteopathy Occupies Under the Present State Law, an Introduction to the journal, a Brief Outline of the Work and Life of Dr. A. T. Still, A*O Requirements for students, a Petition, and several ads. All available to read here in this PDF on our website:https://www.atsu.edu/museum-of-osteopathic-medicine/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/JournalofOsteopathyVol1No11894May.pdf
Image: Museum of Osteopathic Medicine [JO Vol. 1 No. 1]

02/11/2024

🤯 the spindles!!!

Wound Healing: Electricity can heal even the worst kind of wounds three times faster, new study finds.

“…the cells of our skin are sensitive to electric current. So when placed in an electric field, the cells are likely to start moving toward the direction of the area. Using this hypothesis as the base of their study, the researchers conducted an interesting experiment.”

- Rupendra Brahambhatt

Photo Credit: Science Brush | Hassan A. Tahini. Skin wounds healing in the presence of an electric field.

Interesting Engineering

02/06/2024

Pain Referral & Differentiating Shoulder v Neck Pathology: Analysis by Physio Meets Science

🤷 Physical examination can help differentiate shoulder from neck pathology although there can be significant overlap. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32206519/)

👉 For identifying a cervical aetiology, the absence of biceps muscle stretch reflex is highly specific for cervical radiculopathy. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12544957/

👉 Spurling’s test has also been shown to have a high specificity (0.93) for cervical radiculopathy. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11805661/)

👉 Shoulder abduction plays a key role in the differentiation of shoulder and spine. Davidson et al showed that 68% of patients with cervical radiculopathy had relief with abduction of the arm, which elevates the dorsal root ganglion away from osteophytes and varicosities causing compression. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7302677/)

👉 In addition, Viikari-Juntura et al showed that Spurling’s test and the shoulder abduction test were both specific for cervical radiculopathy but were not sensitive. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2711240/)

👉 Caliş et al showed that shoulder abduction pain was highly specific for rotator cuff related shoulder pain, with a drop arm test having a specificity of 0.97 and a painful arc test having a specificity of 0.80. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10627426/)

👉 Gumina et al proposed the “arm squeeze test,” which hypothesizes that compression of brachial plexus nerves affected by radiculopathy in the middle arm results in increased pain compared with various shoulder pathologies. They showed a 0.96 sensitivity and 0.90 specificity using this test for the detection of cervical radiculopathy. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23604976/)

👉Rosedale and colleagues used end-range repeated movements and loading strategies in patients presenting with extremity pain and documented that over 40% of patients with extremity pain responded to spinal intervention and thus were classified as having a spinal source of symptoms. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8550529/)

🤕 Pain referral patterns:

▶︎Cervical facet joint C3-6: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13211692/
▶︎ Cervical disc C3-6: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10828920/
▶︎ Musculotendinous Interspace: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13211692/
▶︎ AC Joint &Subacromial : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9752643/
▶︎ C8 Radiculopathy: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16924193/, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38191741/

📸 The following figure summarizes pain referral patterns and differentiating exam findings. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32206519/)