Treatments at TM

For what ever physical problem you are seeking help, these are the steps to take:

Book an appointment
At the first appointment you tell me what is bothering you: what, where, since when etc.
I will do a preliminary examination of the problem area
We discuss the possible methods of treatment
Now you can book new appointment times for the number of treatments we have agreed upon
It will occur often that you will get some directions on how to deal with your trouble areas at home and/or at work. It is important to realize that your own commitment to your rehabilitation is key to a smooth recovery

Treatment room

I offer treatments for:

Sports Related Injuries
Neck Pains
Back Pains
Shoulder Injuries
Elbow Injuries
Hand and Wrist Injuries
Hip Injuries
Knee Injuries
Ankle and Foot Injuries

Sports Related Injuries

Tennis elbow (lateral epikondylit)

With a tennis elbow the patient is likely to experience pain or inflammation in the muscle attachments on the outside of your arm close to the elbow.

Golf elbow (medial epikondylit)

With a golf elbow the patient is likely to experience pain or inflammation in the muscle attachments on the inside of your arm close to the elbow.

Shoulder pains/Unstable shoulder

Shoulder pains can be experienced in the joints, the tendons or the muscles in the shoulder area.

Injury to the rotator cuff

An injury to the rotator cuff can be sustained in an accident or by strenuous repetitive motions. The injury can develop in one of the four muscles that make up the rotator cuff or in several muscles at the same time.

Stress fracture

Stress fractures are usually caused by overload or strain under a longer period of time. A stress fracture are small cracks in the bones caused by repeated pressure on the bone for a longer time.

Spraining/Pulled muscle

I case of a spraining or pulling a muscle, a ligament or a tendon has been stretched too far, which could mean that they partly or completely tear and cause pain.

Meniscus injuries

With a meniscus injury the patient has suffered a rotation of the knee while it was bend. This can mean that one of the two meniscus disks in the knee joint is broken or has been torn off completely.

ACL injuries

In case of an ACL injury one or more of the ligaments that stabilize the knee joint so that it can move back and forth without moving sideways, has been damaged.

MCL/LCL injury

With a MCL/LCL injury the Medial (MCL) or the Lateral (LCL) Collateral Ligaments, two of the four stabilizing ligaments in the knee joint, has been damaged.

Tendinitis

With tendinitis the patient suffers from an inflammation, irritation or degeneration of the tissue in the Achilles tendon which leads to pain in the heel or the lower leg above the heel.

Periostitis

With periostitis the patient suffers from an injury which causes pain in the front side of the lower leg (along the edges of the shins front and inner part). The pain is caused by over straining the shin and the muscular attachments that connect the muscles in the lower leg to the shin.

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Neck pains

Strained neck/Torticollis

With a strained neck or Torticollis the patient often experiences pain, stiffness, cramps in the muscles or loss of strength. A strained neck is caused by an injury to the ligaments of the neck, while torticolis is an injury to the neck’s muscles.

Herniated disk in the neck

With a herniated disk the patient suffers from a cervical disk in the neck that presses down on a nerve and by doing so causes pain which radiates out to the arms and sometimes even gives a tingling or numb feeling an loss of strength.

Trapped nerves (cervical radikulopati)

With an injury at the root of a nerve, the nerve can get trapped between the cervical vertebrae and cause pain, loss of strength and numbness in other places along the neural pathway; for example in the arms, the shoulders, the hands, the wrists and fingers.

Muscle cramps

With muscle cramps the patient suffers from an involuntary contraction of the muscle or a feeling of muscle tension. It occurs often without warning and can be very painful, but does not usually last very long.

Degenerative disk disease

With degenerative disk disease the patient suffers from changes in the disks in the spine. This usually occurs along with the patients natural aging. The disks in the spine function as shock absorbers, separate the vertebrae and make movement of the spine possible. These disks wear down with time and can cause painful states like for example hernia, spinal stenosis or osteoarthritis.

Arthritis

With arthritis the patient suffers from an inflammation, pain and limited mobility in the joints. Arthritis is caused by the decay of the cartilage that surrounds the joints. This cartilage functions in normal case as a shock absorber and prevents friction between bones.

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Back pains

Sprained thoracic spine or lumbar

With a sprain in the thoracic spine or the lumbar the patient suffers from an injury to the soft tissue in the back. This can include injuries to the ligaments/disks and to muscles/tendons.

Skoliosis

With scoliosis the patient suffers from a displacement of the spine. This displacement develops during growth and is not the result of a sudden injury.

Nerve root (radiculopathy)

With radiculopathy the patient suffers from an injury close to the root of a nerve in the spine which will cause pain, a tingling feeling, the feeling of numbness or loss of strength at other places along the neural pathway.

Muscle cramps

Degenerative disk disease

Arthritis

Spondylolisthesis

With spondylolisthesis one of the vertebrae in the lumbar region cannot hold it’s right position and slides forward onto a bone underneath.

Dysfunction of the sacroiliac joint

With dysfunction of the sacroiliac joint the patient experiences pain which goes out from the sacroiliac joint. The joint sits next to the spine and connects the sacrum (the triangular shaped bone at the bottom of the spine) to the ilium on the right and left hip bone.

Piriformis syndrome

With piriformis syndrome the patient experiences a state in which the piriformis muscle compresses or irritates the sciatic nerve which causes pain in the nerves in the glutes, in the backside of the legs and in the lumbar region.

Sciatica

With sciatica the patient suffers from pain, a tingling feeling, a feeling of numbness or loss of strength in the legs caused by an injury or pinching of the sciatic nerve in the lumbar. The pain begins in the lumbar and radiates out through the glutes to the legs.

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Shoulder Injuries

Spraining of the shoulder

With a spraining of the shoulder the soft tissue of the shoulder has been damaged.

Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)

With a frozen shoulder the patient is unable to move the shoulder in a normal way due to pain and inflammation in the joint capsule of the shoulder.

Impingement of the shoulder joint

With an impingement of the shoulder joint the patient has sustained an injury where part of the shoulder blade has put pressure on the rotator cuff when the arm is lifted. The tendons in the rotator cuff are compressed between the shoulder blade and the humerus (bone of the upper arm), which causes an inflammation (tendonitis or bursitis) which can lead to pain, tenderness, limited motion etc.

Injury to the rotator cuff

Inflammation in the bicep tendon

With an inflammation in the bicep tendon the patient suffers from pain and loss of strength in the front part of the shoulder and upper arm

Tendinitis/Bursitis in the shoulder

With tendinitis and bursitis in the shoulder the patient suffers from an inflammation inside the shoulder joint; either in the tendons in the rotator cuff or in the bursa, the sack filled with fluid that surrounds the tendons.

Unstable shoulder

With a chronic unstable shoulder the patient suffers from loose ligaments inside the shoulder joint which cause the upper arm bone to repeatedly pop out of the shoulder socket.

Arthritis

Tennis elbow (lateral epikondylit)

With a tennis elbow the patient is likely to experience pain or inflammation in the muscle attachments on the outside of your arm close to the elbow.

Golf elbow (medial epikondylit)

With a golf elbow the patient is likely to experience pain or inflammation in the muscle attachments on the inside of your arm close to the elbow.

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Elbow Injuries

Tennis elbow (lateral epikondylit)

With a tennis elbow the patient is likely to experience pain or inflammation in the muscle attachments on the outside of your arm close to the elbow.

Golf elbow (medial epikondylit)

With a golf elbow the patient is likely to experience pain or inflammation in the muscle attachments on the inside of your arm close to the elbow.

Neuropathy of the ulnar nerve

With neuropathy of the ulnar nerve, a big nerve that runs from the neck down through the arm to the hand, the patient suffers from an inflammation in this nerve due to pinching.

Spraining of the elbow

With a sprained elbow the patient suffers from an injury to the soft tissue in the elbow.

Olecranon bursitis

With olecranon bursitis the patient suffers from an inflammation in the bursa, the fluid filled sack which sits highest up on the elbow between the bone of the elbow and the skin.

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Hand and Wrist Injuries

Morbus de Quervain

With morbus de Quervain (stenosing tendo vaginitis) the patient suffers from an inflammation in the tendons on the inside of the wrist, close to the base of the thumb.

Tendinitis

With tendinitis the patient suffers from an inflammation or irritation in a tendon, a connective tissue structure that connects muscles to bones.

Ganglion Cyst

A ganglion cyst is a benign tumor-like growth on the fingers, hands or wrist. The growth attaches to a tendon or a joint.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

With carpal tunnel syndrome the median nerve has been pinched which causes pain, a tingling feeling, loss of strength or a numb feeling on the inside of the hand and fingers.

Arthritis

Sprained hand/wrist

With a sprained hand or wrist the patient has sustained an injury to the soft tissue in the wrist, hand or fingers.

Trigger finger

With a trigger finger a finger joint gets locked due to limited motion in the tendons that point and bend the finger.

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Hip Injuries

Tendinitis

With tendinitis the patient suffers from an inflammation or irritation in a tendon, a connective tissue structure that connects muscles to bones.

Trochanter bursitis

With trochanter bursitis the patient suffers from an inflammation in the bursa, the liquid filled sack which lies between the large trochanter and the tendon that runs over the leg inside the hip joint.

Arthritis

Spraining of the hip

With a sprained hip the patient has suffered an injury to the soft tissue in the hip area.

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Knee Injuries

Meniscus injuries

If you have a meniscus injury you have somehow suffered a rotation of the knee while it was bend. This can mean that one of the two meniscus disks in the knee joint is broken or has been torn off completely.

ACL injuries

In case of an ACL injury one or more of the ligaments that stabilize the knee joint so that it can move back and forth without moving sideways, has been damaged.

MCL/LCL injury

With a MCL/LCL injury the Medial (MCL) or the Lateral (LCL) Collateral Ligaments, two of the four stabilizing ligaments in the knee joint, has been damaged.

Patellar femoral pain syndrome

With patellar femoral pain syndrome the patient experiences pain at the backside of and round the knee cap.

Patellar tendinosis

With patellar tendinosis or jumpers knee, the patient suffers from an inflammation in the patellar tendon, a connective tissue structure that connects the knee cap to the shin.

Bursitis in the knee

With bursitis in the knee the patient suffers from an inflammation in the bursa, the sack filled with fluid between the bones and the tendons in the knee joint.

Tendinitis

With tendinitis the patient suffers from an inflammation or irritation in a tendon, a connective tissue structure that connects muscles to bones.

Iliotibal band syndrome

With iliotibal band syndrome (or ITB-syndrome or ITBS) the patient suffers from an inflammation due to friction on the iliotibial band (a band with tissue that runs along the outside of the thigh an stabilizes the knee). This is a common runners injury that causes pain on the outside of the knee and in the lower part of the thigh.

Chondromalacia patellae

With chrondromalacia patellae (knee cap pains) the patient suffers from degeneration of the cartilage under the knee cap which causes pain on the frontal side of the knee.

Arthritis

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Ankle and Foot Injuries

Sprained ankle

With a sprained ankle the patient has sustained an injury in the soft tissue in the ankle. Spraining can be defined as damages to the ligaments (the band of tissue that connect the bones) in the joint, while spraining as damages to muscles and tendons.

Tendinitis in the heel

With tendinitis the patient suffers from an inflammation, irritation or degeneration of the tissue in the Achilles tendon which leads to pain in the heel or the lower leg above the heel.

Tendinitis

With tendinitis the patient suffers from an inflammation or irritation in a tendon, a connective tissue structure that connects muscles to bones.

Periostitis

Unstable ankles

With a chronic unstable ankle the patient suffers from state where the ankle constantly “gives way” during physical activities like walking or even just standing still, or when the ankle suffers under the load of weight or pressure.

Tarsal tunnel syndrome

With Tarsal tunnel syndrome the patient experiences that the back part of the tibial nerve in the tarsal tunnel on the inside of the ankle is pinched and causes pain, a tingling feeling, a feeling of numbness or loss of strength in the ankle and foot.

Heel spurs

With heel spurs the patient suffers from pain, irritation, inflammation and swelling in the tendon under the sole of the foot which is attached to the heel bone.

Arthritis

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