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When it comes to chronically stiff muscles – tight hip flexors are the second most common complaint I hear after tight hamstrings. Tight hip flexors are annoying, achy, and they often contribute to lower back pain. When your hips are always tight, it can interfere...
I recently polled my readers regarding their most important concerns when it comes to their musculoskeletal health. In other words, what questions were they desperately seeking answers for related to back, neck, knee, hip, shoulder, or ankle pain? Here is a great...
We see many clients in our office after “failed” cortisone shots. Just the other day – a woman came in frustrated because she had a cortisone shot to her shoulder – which did nothing – and the next step suggested for her was surgery – something she did NOT want....
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)? If you suffer from chronic back pain – there’s a good chance you have. Perhaps it’s even been recommended to you? It’s a common procedure used to disable nerve fibers that are carrying the pain signal to your brain. Your brain is what...
The research continues to show that the best treatment for back pain is exercise. But what do you do when exercising hurts your back instead of helps? What most people do when exercise flares their back up is they just stop. They simply wait for the pain to go away...
Over 30% of people report they have neck pain, and of those, 50% will continue to have problems without any real answers or solutions. The last 2 years of the pandemic saw people becoming generally less active, falling off their routines, and working from home in...
It’s Shoulder and Neck Pain Awareness Month here at Manual Medicine Spine and Sports PT – and I wanted to bring your attention to some extraordinary shoulder cases I’ve been working with recently. The first success story I want to share is about “Penelope”....
“If you’re ever had pain in your shoulders when you try to raise your arms overhead, pull off a sweatshirt, grab a gallon of milk from the fridge, or place grocery bags on the counter – you were likely dealing with shoulder impingement syndrome – also known as...
“No pain no gain” is a common phrase we hear but is it accurate? Not always. And it’s important to know when it’s safe – and not safe – to “push” through your pain. While unpleasant – pain provides us with important information that when understood – can be...
Spring is here in the DMV – which means gardening is on the mind for a lot of you. Gardening has so many health benefits and it’s no surprise so many people fall in love with it… It gets you outdoors in the fresh air, exposes you to vitamin D, it’s meditative,...