Injuries are part of the human experience…and so is healing. In this PT Basics episode, I offer up some useful information about the mechanisms of healing. Some tissues like bone and skin are capable of regeneration. Others, like muscle and tendon, primarily utilize the repair process. The ultimate outcome of injury recovery is high-level, pain-free function. This usually depends upon…
Acute injuries are those accidental or inadvertent challenges that can surprise, temporarily disable, and frustrate us. Understanding the mechanisms of healing, and what you can do to facilitate recovery, can be very helpful. In this episode we discuss the phases of tissue healing and also the proper sequence of injury management.
