I recently received an article from one of my clients about the explosive growth of stretching in America. There are many franchised stretching companies across the country that have grown exponentially. The article discussed the debate about assisted stretching...
When you stand for any period, do you get that sharp back pain on the outside edge of your low back? How about if you rotate slightly? It can feel like a knife sticking into your back. I bet you have tried everything to relieve back pain. My guess is you have used...
To relieve knee pain and body aches begin with your feet. When I say this to people, they look at me like I have lost my mind. However, if you study the human body from a balancing perspective, what you’ll see is the importance of the feet and how we, as a society,...
Anyone who has ever worked with me will have heard me say, “You will unlearn more than you will learn.” The other favorite saying is, “It isn’t about the pressure, but the release.” The question is, what does that mean? Both sayings are about the inaccurate...
The muscles of the human body are an interesting system in that there is a lot of chatter about them. Unfortunately, some chatter has led to people making mistakes when stretching. How much do we really understand muscles? I remember in my anatomy classes, at the high...
Is texting wrist pain here to stay? More and more people are texting constantly on their smartphones. It has become the best way to connect with our friends and colleagues. While it is very convenient, there are bad side effects to it. Today we will dive into the...
Do you get a pain on the inside or outside of your elbow? Does it get worse when you use your lower arm, like playing tennis, golf, lifting something, or even pulling something? Three percent of all people in America suffer from elbow tendonitis according to the...
According to a recent Georgetown article on the Health Policy Institute website, nearly 65 million Americans reported a recent experience with back pain. Of the nearly 65 million, 16 million reported chronic back pain. Chronic back pain is the sixth most costly...
Too many times when I speak to people about stress, most think of a person that is a worrywart, depressed, and/or overwhelmed. We all know people who fit this description and we hate to see our loved ones suffer like this. This is not what I am talking about today....
Stress of all sorts may cause many of you to grind your teeth just thinking about what you had to do. Did you know that about twenty percent of Americans grind their teeth? That is according to a December 2020 article in “Sporting Smiles.” The author of the article is...
