Entries by Mat Boulé

Isometrics for performance

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It can be quite a challenge to decrease pain at the level of the patellar tendon. Eccentric exercises have been proposed yet they can be painful.

Pain and posture

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If you sit back and read most of what is coming out of the literature, it seems that there is no link between posture and pain. Then again, some (1) have demonstrated that there is at least a correlation between pain and posture. These same authors were also able to show a correlation between a […]

Balance and ADHD

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What has already been reported is that balance function is worse in ADHD children than in their normal peers. The studied reviewed here (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28238393) was designed to asses the effects of balance exercises on the cognitive performance of children with both ADHD and vestibular impairment. 33 children suffering from severe vestibular impairment were randomly assigned […]

To be… to walk

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Locomotion is one of the most thoroughly studied behaviors in the animal kingdom. It is Mahler, a psychoanalyst that has stated that the onset of voluntary locomotion represents the “psychological birth” of infants. The acquisition of crawling (typically the first locomotor skill) dramatically changes the relation between the infant and the environment. It is from […]

Motricity and neuropsychiatry

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The goal of the study reviewed here was investigate how motor function and perception relate to measures of ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and CD (Conduct Disorder). Children with ASD and ADHD have been shown to have high rates of motor and perception difficulties in controlled studies. Before ADHD ever was ADHD, in […]

Lordosis and degeneration

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Even if there is evidence that not all individuals with degenerative joint disease (DJD) suffer, one can safely admit that DJD is associated with chronic low back pain.

Forward head posture and vitality

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Forward head posture (FHP) has been a hot topic in the field of physical therapy and performance training. According to most practitioners that base their work on the evidence, it seems that it would not matter so much how forward the head can be on anyone’s shoulders in terms of pain or function.

Dyslexia: what is possible

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In France, we account for 2 dyslexic children per class. Dyslexia is a difficulty with regards to the alphabet, reading, writing and spelling, despite an intelligence that is average or superior to average and regardless of teaching methods and a positive influence on a socio-cultural level. If some believe it is of genetic origin and […]

Of Stress and Balance

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Could it be that if you weren’t so keen on cartwheels as a kid, you could have a propensity to be feeling stressed out as an adult? It could be difficult to stipulate this for sure but there are some interesting links between our balance (vestibular) system and the stress response. To start off, there […]

Of kyphosis, anxiety, depression and aggression

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Many believe that there is a connection between the body and the mind. Some set out to study to what extent that could be the case. Researchers Moslehi, Saiiari and Marashiyan have done just that. With the use of a specific anxiety questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) as well as the Eysenck Aggression Inventory […]