“Mechanotherapy” and why it’s important for clinicians with Karim Khan - a podcast by BMJ Group

Karim Khan calls mechanotherapy “the most important fundamental concept that underpins rehabilitation exercises”.

Listen to Karim explain that all exercise-based rehabilitation relies on the cells of the injured tissue sensing the exercise stimulus, converting that signal to protein synthesis, and repairing tissue. He explains why ‘rest doesn’t work’ and argues that mechanotherapy has substantial evidence in its favour. The process applies to all body tissues – to injuries / pathology in bone, muscle, tendon and cartilage.

Read the review article, which has had over 32,000 full-page views since 2009:

Mechanotherapy: how physical therapists’ prescription of exercise promotes tissue repair - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/43/4/247.full

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