Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT Your latissimus dorsi (your "lats") is a broad, flat, triangle-shaped muscle that spans ...

The Alfredson protocol is a treatment for Achilles tendonitis that involves repeated eccentric heel drop exercises. In this exercise, the heel is slowly lowered off a step while the toes stay on the ...

Gait training exercises are movements designed to help improve strength, balance and coordination when walking. They may be part of a physical therapy program for a person recovering from a stroke, an ...

Make sure to isolate the movement to your shoulder joint, avoiding any tilting or rotation of your torso. This exercise strengthens scapular retraction and protraction, essential for stabilizing ...

It may be, she added, that weekly therapy sessions are simply not scalable to a broad population, and the field should explore light-touch alternatives, like single-session interventions and ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A rotator cuff repair is a procedure in which torn tendons and/or muscles ...