A discussion with a patient last week prompted a kick in the ass to get this blog back on track. He wanted to continue exercising at the gym even with his recent onset of low back pain. This is not another post regarding how sit-ups are bad for your back - a quick google search will tell you why - or how you need to stop exercising if you have any sort of injury. I recommend patients continue to train with specific guidelines to prevent the exercise from making the injury mor

Ain’t nothing like health A patient said that to me a few months back. I laughed but the comment stuck with me. The sexy leg picture is my own. A recent bike race was going all too well until it came to an abrupt end. Now I'm laid up and all I want to do is be able to move - without pain and with full trust that my knee will hold. Face down in the mud, I moved my toes - knees - hips - fingers - shoulders- head. I could feel all my joints and they all moved. Problems began whe

Low back pain in the morning is commonly caused by swelling of discs while lying in bed. The Cat Camel exercise can reduce disc height to re

Fairly often I have a patient that states “I stretch all day long and I still feel tight.” The obvious solution for many seems to search stretches for the affected body part and keep working. Muscles become tight for a reason. Every muscle in the body crosses at least one joint. The muscles function to create movement and provide stability across the joint(s). Chronic hypertonicity of musculature is likely as sign of an underlying pathology oversimplified as a “tight muscle.”