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…
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…
It’s clear that the activity level of a 5-year-old and a 50-year-old are different and for obvious reasons they can’t do the same things. What a little kid does, the positions they get in and out of so easily are not a part of our everyday life. It’s challenging to get up and down fromRead More…
If you have been having back pain and don’t feel like it is improving the way you would like then here are some things that should definitely be avoided to minimize your problem. This Is A List Of 5 Things That Will Wreck Your Back Worse In 2018. 1. New Year’s Resolutions Involving The Gym: ManyRead More…
Today I get in conversations with clients and family about what they should do for their back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain or hip pain and most of the time their thoughts are on what stretches are the best? Somewhere along the way we were given information that stretching could solve our problems and thatRead More…
Your back pain has been getting worse? Most of the time we aren’t sure why our back problems started in the first place… much less what we need to do to make improvements. The first thing to start with is to “stop making it worse.” It’s like picking a scab, when we keep messing withRead More…
This was a good question asked to me last night and the answer can be simple “MOST” of the time! The cause isn’t always the sleeping position but IF that is a really INTENSE time of pain, when you get up or if you are having difficulty getting out of bed, then it is likelyRead More…
I’m only 35 and I have an active job working outside so why does my back hurt every day?? Just last week I had a client, James, that wanted to know why he was having so much back pain when he isn’t older and his job keeps him relatively active outside? He also was aRead More…
The way our lives are structured now it’s no surprise that back pain is affecting so many people that lead a “normal”, American life. Most of us have heard the phrase that, “sitting is the new smoking” and it may or may not be true in regards to killing us slowly but it definitely isRead More…
Have you been told that you need surgery on your back? Have you been told that there is no other option?? Two months ago, I had a patient come to me asking if he should go ahead with a suggested surgery. They wanted to take out a disk and fuse the joint where the diskRead More…
