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Spasticity From Stroke And Other Conditions
When there is a stroke, there is neurological damage/impairment that can cause l...
Frozen Shoulder
Frozen shoulder comes about, in our experience, because the body has adapted ove...
Hypermobility and CTB
Hypermobility is often a significant perpetuator in chronic pain situations. The...
Back Pain and Failed Back Surgery
Unfortunately, back surgery commonly fails to fix back pain, and often makes the...
Calcific Tendonitis
Calcification of tendons is a symptom, not a cause of pain and dysfunction. Calc...
Neuropathy
The diagnosis of neuropathy assumes that there is a dysfunction of peripheral ne...
Fibromyalgia
From the CTB™ perspective, fibromyalgia is caused by hundreds of latent trigger ...
Hypermobility, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Hypermobility is often a significant perpetuator in chronic pain situations. The...
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common diagnosis that is often mistaken. A combinati...
Numbness and tingling
While the medical system tends to jump to a "diagnosis" of spinal radiculopathy ...
Dystonia
Dystonia is diagnosed when there is a loss of muscle control, involuntary moveme...
Scoliosis
Most scoliosis is functional and is brought on by what we call an “effective” le...
Low back pain, Sciatica
Correlation of back pain to disc degeneration is very low according to the spina...
Tennis elbow from tightening screws
The local muscles that cause tennis elbow pain are: supinator, brachioradialis, ...
Finger pain and dysfunction
Many forearm, wrist and hand issues are referral symptoms from shoulder and neck...
Arthritis
A diagnosis of arthritis does not necessarily provide an explanation for someone...
Plantar Fasciitis
The term fascitis implies some form of inflammation in the connective tissues of...
Tendinitis
A diagnosis of tendinitis generally reflects a lack of knowledge regarding pain ...
Torn Rotator Cuff
Torn rotator cuff may or may not be relevant in terms of the experience of pain....
Back Pain, Failed Back Surgery
Unfortunately, back surgery that fails to address back pain is very common, so m...
Foot Drop
Foot drop is assumed by medical practitioners to be purely a neurological issue....
Winging Shoulder Blades
Winging shoulder blades (scapulae) are caused by defacilitation of the shoulder ...
Adhesive Capsulitis
From the CTB™ perspective, the diagnosis and assumption of adhesive capsulitis i...
Hyperpronation
Hyperpronation isn't a condition of muscle weakness, it is a result of ligamento...
Dislocated Shoulder
Dislocating your shoulder can produce pain throughout the joint, and the effecte...
Vagus Nerve Dysfunction
Regarding vagus nerve dysfunction, this is a central nervous system issue. Accor...
Subacromial bursitis
A bursa is a fluid filled sac filled with synovial fluid that reduces friction b...
Acromioplasty surgery
Acromioplasty surgery is an attempt to alleviate the impingement of the supraspi...
Adhesive capsulitis, fibrosis "stage 3"
Why would the capsule become fibrotic? It is often a long term adaptation by the...
Nerve pain post partial knee replacement
Most medical professionals have no understanding of muscle trigger points and as...
Inflammation and Steroid Injections
Steroids are very useful in calming severe inflammation. Unfortunately, they are...
Spasticity from stroke
When there is a stroke, there is neurological damage/impairment that can cause l...