December 2010, Volume 32, No. 4
Internet

What’s in the web for family physicians — health video on self physiotherapy exercises

Alfred KY Tang 鄧權恩

HK Pract 2010;32:183-184

Exercises for Tennis Elbow video
http://www.exercisesfortenniselbow.com/tennis-elbowphysical-therapy.html

This is a website dedicated to exercises, other forms of therapy, treatment and cure of tennis elbow. An extensive collection of articles and videos are put up at the website for the purpose. Links to other resources on tennis elbow on internet are available. Besides, golfer’s elbow and other elbow conditions are also covered at the website.

LIVESTRONG.COM: Back Pain: Physiotherapy Exercises
http://www.livestrong.com/article/137132-back-painphysiotherapy-exercises/

The website has good coverage on low back pain and it harbours a series of video for back care exercises. Other videos covered include those on carpal tunnel syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, Guillain-Barrè syndrome, facet syndrome, scoliosis, plantar fasciitis, frozen shoulder and mallet finger. Information on knee physiotherapy exercises are available at http://www.livestrong.com/article/119179-knee-physiotherapy-exercises/ 

Tbe VideoClinic: Exercises for Whiplash
http://www.thevideoclinic.net/component/tvc/?view=injury&id=140&video_id=153

The website is dedicated to promoting rehabilitation and prevention of further injury for those with injury sustained during sport, at work or through daily activities. A section on exercise after whiplash injury would be good for family physicians to recommend to their patients when appropriate.

5min Media: Back and Neck Exercises for Home
http://www.5min.com/Video/Back-and-Neck-Exercisesfor-Home-225376207

5min Media is a syndication platform for instructional, knowledge and lifestyle videos available on internet. Its video library includes thousands of videos classified into different categories. Health videos on specific conditions are available, including back and neck care exercises, relief of shoulder neck back pain, and low back pain during pregnancy. All of these are useful for patient education.

ARTICLEBASE: Exercises for Lower Back Pains
http://www.articlesbase.com/videos/5min/161072767

This section of the Articlebase focus on what exercises are best in helping one to reduce the severity of lower back pain, and protect your lower back from further pain. Videos recommended by physiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital are available. Some of the relevant videos on the subject include Low Back Pain Exercise, Exercise to Cure Lower Back Pain, Leg Cross-over Lower Back Stretch Exercise, Back Pain and Lower Back Pain Relief.

GoldBamboo: Physiotherapy exercises for upper back and shoulder pain
http://www.goldbamboo.com/video-t7022.html

GoldBamboo is a health and wellness web site where users can explore content from alternative healing disciplines (“Eastern”) side-by-side with information from conventional medical science (“Western”). The section on physiotherapy exercises for upper back and shoulder pain includes sit and stand exercise to relieve low back pain, stretches to prevent back pain, which can be useful to patients suffering from these problems.


Alfred KY Tang, MBBS (HK), MFM (Monash)
Family Physician in Private Practice

Correspondence to: Dr Alfred KY Tang, Shop 3A, 2/F, Hsin Kuang Shopping Centre, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.

E-mail: alfredtang@hkma.org