Anatomy Review: The Foot Core

Anatomy Review: The Foot Core

Intrinsic foot muscles play a crucial role in supporting the medial longitudinal arch, providing the foot stability and flexibility for shock absorption. This post is a brief introduction to "The Foot Core',  also known as the intrinsic foot muscles. 

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Massage Therapy for Tension-Type Headaches

Massage Therapy for Tension-Type Headaches

Massage therapy as a therapeutic intervention is being embraced by the medical community. This is in part because it is a non-pharmacological therapeutic intervention that is simple to carry out, economical, and has very few side effects. One area that is being explored is the use of massage therapy for patients who suffer from tension-type headaches.

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Drilling holes in the skull was never a migraine cure – here’s why it was long thought to be

Drilling holes in the skull was never a migraine cure – here’s why it was long thought to be

"Trepanation – the technique of removing bone from the skull by scraping, sawing, drilling or chiselling – has long fascinated those interested in the darker side of medical history."

Detail from The Extraction of the Stone of Madness, a painting by Hieronymus Bosch depicting trepanation (c.1488–1516).

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