Are you struggling with lower back pain?
Lower back pain is a common occurrence in the general population. Multiple reasons exist for pain throughout the (lower back) lumbar region. Symptoms Sports, heavy lifting, or sudden movements commonly cause acute (sudden) pain. A strained (pulled) muscle is the most common cause of acute back pain, which will often subside within a couple of […]
PEACE and LOVE for Soft tissue Injury Management
The RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) and POLICE (Protection, Optimal Loading, Ice, Compression and Elevation) principles are widely known as soft tissue injury management protocols. However, these principles only focus on the acute stage of tissue healing and don’t incorporate the sub-acute and chronic phases of the healing process. Dubois and Esculier (2019) proposed PEACE […]
