Three Easy Tips to Keep your Back from “Going Out” Most people – four out of five to be exact! – will experience a debilitating back pain episode at one point during their lives, and typically we put more effort into caring for our backs during those times than when we’re feeling good. But it’s critical that we take good care of our backs all the time, not just when we’re...
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome. What you need to know. I was recently doing some research on how often back surgery fails – and I came across more than one research paper talking about “Failed Back Surgery Syndrome”. Say what? I knew that approximately 50% of back surgeries were unsuccessful, but I didn’t know it was common enough that they had actually coined the term! Failed Back Surgery Syndrome refers to patients with...
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We typically see an uptick in travel plans every August. But this year we’re seeing more than ever given that travel was basically non-existent for the entirety of last year. Traveling is so good for the mind and soul – but it’s not always fun for your neck and back. When our clients get back from a long trip, we hear common complaints of stiff necks and backs,...
If you’ve ever felt tightness in your hamstrings, the typical advice you get from friends, family, and even well-meaning healthcare professionals is to stretch them. But if even your stretches just aren’t working – what then? You hear me say this a lot… but if you’re constantly stretching… or even foam rolling a tight or tense muscle… and nothing seems to change… then it’s time to start considering...
5 Tips to Treat Back Pain on your Own and Avoid Surgery Back pain impacts approximately 31 Million Americans at any given time, and our health care system spends $50 Billion per year on low back pain treatment. It’s the single leading cause of disability keeping people out of work, and it’s the second most common reason for doctor’s visits. Back pain is a big problem in this...
Back pain is the most common type of problem we see here in our office. And the number one question I get from people who’ve hurt their back is, “should I rest until it feels better?” The short answer is “no.” But I understand why this is confusing. It’s scary to move, or know which exercise is best when something hurts, especially if it’s your back. We also...
Is your knee pain actually due to a problem in your knee – or could it be caused by your lower back? One of the most important things to get right when it comes to successfully resolving knee pain is to correctly identify the source. And often times that source can be your lower back. One of the biggest clues that you’ve missed the root source of your...
Have you ever strained your hamstring but the pain just doesn’t go away? It’s been months since you first started hurting, you can’t actually remember how you injured it (it just started aching one day), you’ve been stretching and massaging it diligently, yet your hamstring still hurts. This happened to a recent client of ours (“Sandy”). Sandy was a runner and regular gym goer, who one day noticed...
One of the most confusing topics we deal with in our practice is pain. And there’s lots of advice out there on what to do about it… Should you rest or move? Apply heat or ice? See a doctor or let it go away on its own? Before you can even think about a solution to your pain, you must first accurately determine where it’s coming from. If...
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