Athletes suffer injuries every day. My job essentially depends on it. General aches and pains are a routine occurrence that will occur no matter the preventative measures. Most can be managed with treatment such as manual therapy, mobility exercises, and stability training. What happens when we experience an injury that requires more time ro recover? Practicing patience - healing can take time. Soft tissue injuries frequently take 6-8 weeks to recover. This does not mean you

I understand filling out paperwork can be a complete pain in the ass. Rarely do people want to take the time to provide a complete history, even when they have the ability to fill it out on their phone while watching old reruns of King of Queens. Unfortunately, the Devil lies in the details and the details matter quite a bit. Recently I had a runner appear at my office that has had multiple people evaluate him with several months of treatment. Reading through his history, the

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

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.”