Inspired by Dunning et al 2020.[1] Photo by Wallace Chuck on Pexels.com EDN – electrical dry needlingEA – electroacupunctureIHS – International Headache SocietyICHD-3 – International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd editionLBP – low back painkey to acronyms I chose this paper because the title includes this rather novel sounding needling intervention – perineural electrical dry … Continue reading Perineural EDN
Inspired by Mitidieri et al 2020,[1] Niraj et al 2020,[2], Niraj et al 2020,[3] Sangondimath et al 2020,[4] Hasuo et al 2020,[5] Jin et al 2020.[6] Photo by Dani Alejandro on Pexels.com TrP – myofascial trigger pointRCT – randomised controlled trialTPI – trigger point injectionAPB – abdominal plane blockMPS – myofascial pain syndromeSR – systematic … Continue reading Abdominal TrPs
Inspired by Sánchez Romero et al 2020,[1] and Ma et al 2020.[2] Photo by Alora Griffiths on Unsplash – modified by MC in Adobe Spark Post. MTrP – myofascial trigger pointTrP – myofascial trigger point (most of us do not bother with the M, but it is implicit)OA – osteoarthritisPFPS – patellofemoral pain syndromeVMO – vastus medialis obliqueVL … Continue reading Knee pain and TrPs
Inspired by Guan et al 2020,[1] and Dunning et al 2020.[2] MC's favourite EA protocol for chronic shoulder pain (left), best position for the elbows to avoid RC impingement when doing press-ups or holding this mid-press position (lower right)... EA – electroacupuncture; a technique where electrical pulses are passed between pairs of filiform acupuncture needles … Continue reading Shoulder EA 2020
Inspired by Al-Boloushi et al 2020,[1] and Ho et al 2020.[2] Photo by Min An on Pexels.com These two papers came out towards the end of August and have been waiting to be aired. They both involve needling with filiform acupuncture needles, and they both have ‘plantar heel pain’ in their titles, so they naturally … Continue reading Plantar heel pain
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I was spoilt for choice this week! Various papers had the potential to make the cut, but there was no easy way to draw them together, apart from the fact that many were systematic reviews.[1–5] The race and sex from the title refers to a couple of recent experimental papers … Continue reading Reviewing, Race & Sex
Stimulated by Qin et al 2020,[1] and Pei et al 2020.[2] Image modified from Figure 1 of Qin et al 2020.[1] The first paper I am highlighting this week is an adverse event report attributed to acupuncture. It is quite unusual for two reasons. First, as the title states, the case presented with a shoulder … Continue reading Atraumatic glenohumeral dislocation, IBS and other stories
Stimulated by Jeong et al,[1] and Huang et al.[2] Screengrab from Day 19 of ‘What’s the point’. I am highlighting 2 papers. The first listed above, and most recent, raises some interesting points, but the second paper, from last year is more interesting. I reviewed the latter for Pain Medicine, and then when it was … Continue reading Sciatica 2020
Stimulated by Zhou et al 2020.[1] Image by Cristian Newman on Unsplash. I was drawn to look at this paper because the title suggested a possible link between calf muscles and plantar fasciitis (PF). I have resisted this idea for many years, and perhaps this paper would shed some light on my gut feeling about … Continue reading Plantar fasciitis 2020
Stimulated by Constantini et al 2020.[1] Image by Emiliano Vittoriosi on Unsplash. This is another paper from the Italian stable of Maria Adele Giamberardino. So perhaps you have guessed that the V-V stands for viscerovisceral. This is another novel relatively long-term experimental study embedded within actual clinical practice. The rather older but similar clinical experimental … Continue reading V-V hyperalgesia again
