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Winston: Death Is Beautiful

Dr. Justin C. Lin

Feb 1, 2018
4 min

Winston: Death Is Beautiful

This story will forever go into the “I will never understand but isn’t that a beautiful thing” category. The Man Of The Hour Winston was an elder man with Parkinson’s disease whom I met while working on the floors of Sibley Hospital in 2006. I was a rookie therapist put on the medical-surgery floor, 6 West. My primary job at the time was to help patients ambulate, strengthen, educate them to safely negotiate the bathroom, and train them to use walkers, canes, crutches and eve

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What Is NeuroMechanical Therapy (NMT)? The Secrets To Our Success!

Dr. Justin C. Lin

Jan 12, 2018
6 min

What Is NeuroMechanical Therapy (NMT)? The Secrets To Our Success!

What is Neuromechanical Therapy (NMT)? From the www.RehabandRevive.com website: NMT is an intertwining framework for eliminating pain and enhancing function. It focuses on progression based pain-management and active participation of the patient. It comprises elements that make it a truly holistic healing system. First, NMT enhances nerve mobility and organ mobility before conventional muscular and joint therapies. Then, it relies on the nervous system’s responsivenes

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PAINGRY!

Dr. Justin C. Lin

Oct 17, 2017
3 min

PAINGRY!

Ever heard of Hangry? When Hunger meets a feeling of needing to eat, and we start snapping because it becomes a basic need to feed or starve. All you focus on is food and wanting to eat and devour anything that will satisfy our hunger. Anything in your way will be met with resistance and obstacle, and the outcome is often an angered burst! Well in 2017 when Pain meets Angry we have PAINGRY. It’s a romantic relationship of betrayal and love for mind, body, spirit in the mix of

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Getting Out Of The Vicious Pain Cycle

Dr. Justin C. Lin

Sep 5, 2017
4 min

Getting Out Of The Vicious Pain Cycle

….And into the healing journey and exploring functional topics in life-like sitting, standing, steps, strength, and endurance. Pain is such a broad problem that has become well over a billion dollar industry in this western society. Physiologically, what is pain? It is a noxious or unpleasant stimulus that, under certain amount of demand or stress, is provoked and sent to the registers of your brain. Your brain is therefore what interprets, confuses, and identifies the area i

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Climbing The Stairs Of Life

Dr. Justin C. Lin

Sep 5, 2017
2 min

Climbing The Stairs Of Life

Let’s face it, balance in the physical sense can be closely related to “balance” in the metaphysical sense. As a physical therapist, I practice and observe all kinds of movement and assess balance of those at risk for falls. From a scientifically theoretical standpoint, all human movement patterns are created from the interplay of three major constraints: organism, environment, and task. (Kamm, Thelen & Jensen, 1990; Kugler, Kelso, & Turvey, 1982; Newell, 1982). You are the o

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Let's Stop Runner's Knee

Dr. Justin C. Lin

Sep 5, 2017
3 min

Let's Stop Runner's Knee

Knee pain can be a daunting issue that prevents you from life activities and enjoying your body to the fullest. Continuing to move around on a painful knee can do you more harm than you think. The knee is comprised of three actual joints the patellafemoral (the knee cap), the actual knee joint itself (tibiofemoral), and a smaller joint (Tibiofibular, which we won’t really talk about in this piece). There are some interesting characteristics about these joints that I should d

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