We’ll share some excellent exercises you can do to improve the symptoms of sciatica later in the blog, but first, let’s examine what sciatica is and what causes it, so you can understand the condition and why you might have it. We know that the root cause of sciatica pain is a compressed, pinched, or inflamedRead More…
Am I Getting Shoulder Pain From The Way I Sleep?Are you having trouble falling asleep because of a painful shoulder?Mystified about what the cause might be and wondering what to do about it?Sadly, insomnia and disturbed sleep are common complaints among patients with shoulder pain.It’s a double-edged sword because lack of sleep can also exacerbateRead More…
Do you regularly feel stiffness and pain in one or both of your ankle joints? Does it stop you from running, hiking, or playing sports?It doesn’t have to. If you have any discomfort or pain in or around the ankle joint, we give it a sweeping, catch-all term of “ankle pain.”But before we can get downRead More…
What is plantar fasciitis? Have you ever woken up with foot pain at the worst possible time?? You have family in town, you are hosting and you need to get out of bed to start breakfast! OUCH. NO! HOW? With your first step, your heel aches with a deep, unsettling pain. Last night you wentRead More…
Have you heard the terms “golfer’s elbow” or “tennis elbow” and wondered what they mean and which one you have?You might also wonder why you have one of these conditions when you don’t play either sport, right?Tennis and golfer’s elbow are conditions with similar signs and symptoms. As their names suggest, we mainly find themRead More…
Have you got pain in your upper back that just won’t let up? Upper back pain varies in intensity from mild, where you feel a twinge of pain. Moderate, which you’re more likely to feel with a sudden movement, sneezing, or deep breathing. To the intense pain that stops you in your tracks and prevents you fromRead More…
How can you improve your posture? This question is asked to me all the time from the housewife to the woman or man that sits at a desk for a significant number of hours throughout the day. Most of us that work a desk job will sit at a computer for 40, 50 or evenRead More…
At 19 years old, I was ‘squatting’ 600lbs while training for football in college. While working with a trainer at the time and he advised me to sit down on the bench with the weight still resting on my back. There was an immediate feeling of shock and crush, which caused intense pain in myRead More…
What’s going to happen in 5 years if you can barely walk up the stairs right now?? There was a study done a decade ago, where they measured the rate of muscle loss between an 18-year-old and a 65-year-old; what they found was that a 65-year-old loses muscle in 3 days whereas an 18-year-old willRead More…
If you are someone that doesn’t squat because it hurts your back or your knees then this is written for you. If you do squat in spite of the pain then you should definitely read this because you will get serious positive information that could save you from having surgery in the future! Squatting isRead More…
