If this is something you deal with, we likely have new solutions that you’ve never heard before… Your head makes up 6% of the body’s total weight! Just think about how many pounds that could be… If you weigh 150lb., then your head would be 9 pounds. Could you imagine holding a 9 pound weightRead More…
Category: Neck/Shoulder Pain
What Exercise Should You Focus On To Ease Pain – Mobility or Stability?
Are You Feeling Stiff? Need more mobility, right??? The common thought is you should stretch more OR do some complex yoga move that will loosen up the right areas… Andrea came into the clinic less than a month ago and she was complaining of dizziness with neck pain. She had neck pain on and offRead More…
Why Does Our Body Hurt So Much As We Get Older?
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…
Why Is Stretching Bad For You?
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…
3 Activities That Cause Major Neck Pain
Neck pain affects almost everyone at some point and the causes can be simple but when the neck gets aggravated consistently it can be very difficult to break that pain pattern. Over time we start to compensate for movements that we are unable to perform and that is big predictor for chronic injuries. If youRead More…
My hand is going numb but do I really have Carpal Tunnel?
One of my current clients was recently looking for a solution for carpal tunnel and she didn’t want to have surgery because she said that her sister just had surgery, here in The Woodlands, a few months ago and she is still having problems. She did try Physical Therapy for a few sessions a coupleRead More…
After 4 Shoulder Surgeries, I STILL can’t lift my arm, is there anything I can do??
I had a client that came in for a hip replacement and she was progressing quite quickly when she started telling me a few stories about her long line of shoulder problems. She had been hit by a car while riding her bike. The accident had left her shoulder in pieces and the surgeons hadRead More…
What Exactly Is GOOD posture?
Client Says: “I have neck pain and everyone says it has to do with bad posture, BUT what exactly is GOOD posture???” This client told me that she spends hours in front of the computer every single day and there is constant tension in her shoulders and pain that often runs from her neck downRead More…
Sometimes My Shoulder Kills Me Then Sometimes It’s Fine!! What’s Going on and Why?
I hear about this situation almost every day and people are worried that they can’t be helped BUT very rarely is it too late. The intermittent pain with certain movements is a warning sign that there is usually some fraying in the tendons of shoulder muscles. Our life as you know is shaped to haveRead More…