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Ideas on pain, movement & performance.
Longer-form thinking from Dr. Adam Bruene on rehabilitation, movement, clinical reasoning, and some of the assumptions in health and fitness worth questioning.
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The Diagnosis You Probably Have and Were Never Given
I spent months crooked and bent forward, unable to stand up straight except in water. I was already a chiropractor. What I was missing wasn't another treatment. It was a mechanical diagnosis I'd never been taught to look for.
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Pain
What symptoms can tell us and what they sometimes can't.
Movement
Mobility, stabilization, coordination, and how the pieces interact.
Performance
Moving from rehabilitation toward strength, capacity, and sport.
Questioning
Re-examining ideas in rehab and fitness that deserve another look.
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