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October 13, 2024 Why Cortisone Shots Don’t Work for Sciatica If You’ve Ever Suffered From Sciatica – Then You Don’t Need Me To Tell You How Debilitating The Condition Can Be. From shooting and searing pain into your buttocks that can run all the… Read it October 6, 2024 Three Ways Stress Can Cause Back Pain In our fast-paced world, stress has become an almost unavoidable part of daily life. From work pressures to personal challenges, it can be quite overwhelming at times. But while stress… Read it September 29, 2024 Why Walking is Essential for Your Health After 50 Walking Is One Of The Most Underestimated, Yet Accessible And Beneficial Forms Of Exercise For Folks Over 50. As we age – the saying “use it or lose it” gets closer to home – and… Read it September 22, 2024 5 Reasons to Ditch the Pills and Embrace Exercise as Medicine Our bodies are built for movement, yet modern life has us sitting far more than we should. Compared to our ancestors, we’re moving less and sitting more – sometimes for over half the… Read it September 1, 2024 Could Back Trouble Be the Root of Your Knee Pain? One of the most important things to get right when it comes to successfully resolving knee pain is to make sure you’ve correctly identified the root cause. Sometimes, your knee pain is… Read it August 18, 2024 How Fear Can Worsen Your Injury: The Hidden Dangers of Avoiding Movement Fear Is A Natural, Protective Response To Injury. But sometimes it can do more harm than good if you’re not careful. Reason being… When we experience pain or injury of any kind – while… Read it August 4, 2024 Why Surgery should be your Last Resort for Knee Pain Arthroscopic knee surgery is one of the most common surgeries performed – despite research telling us that it’s not nearly as effective as most people are led to believe. Furthermore,… Read it July 14, 2024 Enjoy Flip-Flop Season: Strategies to Prevent and Treat Foot Pain Flip-flop season is officially here – but unfortunately – that also means we are about to see an influx of foot pain – otherwise known as “plantar fasciitis”. Here’s a question someone… Read it June 23, 2024 Why Strengthening your Core Won’t Cure your Back Pain As a back pain expert, I talk to folks numerous times per day about the best things they can do to get rid of their back pain. The most common topic that comes up? Core Strengthening.… Read it June 16, 2024 5 Signs Your Headaches Are Coming From Your Neck Headaches impact approximately 47% of the population and are one of the most common disorders of the nervous system. If you suffer from headaches regularly, then you already know how… Read it June 9, 2024 Tips and Solutions for Morning Back Pain One of the most common complaints from chronic back pain sufferers is back pain first thing in the morning. For some folks, it rears its ugly head on occasion and appears out of… Read it May 19, 2024 Three Ways to Keep your Back from “Going Out” Four out of five people will experience a debilitating back pain episode at one point during their lives. For many this will be from a pulled back muscle. Typically, we put more effort… Read it May 5, 2024 Four Surprising Contributors to Lingering Knee Pain Approximately 25% of adults suffer from lingering, chronic knee pain without any clear reason why. For some, aging and arthritis is to blame, and it’s something to just “live” with.… Read it April 21, 2024 Torn Meniscus? Is Surgery Worth it? It’s estimated that approximately 750,000 arthroscopic knee surgeries are performed every year – the majority of them being due to a torn meniscus. But at a cost of about $4 billion… Read it April 14, 2024 Six Tips to Improve Knee Pain Naturally and on Your Own When you’ve got persistent, nagging knee pain – it can have quite the impact on your quality of life. But the good news is there is plenty you can do naturally and on your own to help… Read it March 24, 2024 Ace Your Game Without Knee Pain: Expert Advice Inside! Struggling with knee pain but not willing to give up your favorite sports like pickleball and tennis? You’re in the right place! At Manual Medicine Spine & Sports Physical Therapy, we… Read it March 4, 2024 How to Know If You’re Getting Quality Physical Therapy I’ve been a Physical Therapist for just over 25 years and I’ve seen a lot of changes in my field over the course of my career. One of the biggest (and saddest) changes I’ve seen is the… Read it February 25, 2024 Three Red Flags Your Hamstring Strain is Probably Something Else A hamstring strain is a common injury I see in active patients aged 40 and above. But sadly – it’s also one of the most common mis-diagnoses I see as well. First, what does a true… Read it February 18, 2024 Why Knee Pain Gets Worse When You Exercise & How To Ease It I’ve had a lot of questions about knee pain coming in recently. I wanted to tell you about this as it is a common problem I see people come into the clinic for. I Got this question… Read it February 11, 2024 Tips to Combat Arthritis this Winter People tell me all the time: “I don’t need to check the weather anymore, my joints tell me what’s coming.” And as winter approaches, I know I’m going to be hearing more and more of… Read it January 28, 2024 Neck & Shoulder Pain: Say Goodnight To Neck Pain For Good Let’s talk about one of the most common causes of neck and shoulder pain – sleeping! However, to be clear it’s not just sleeping, but the way we sleep (and even what we do before we… Read it January 21, 2024 Do Cortisone Shots Work on Herniated Discs? A recent conversation with someone regarding whether or not they should get a cortisone shot in their back to help a herniated disc inspired me to write this article. Why? Because in… Read it December 17, 2023 3 Tips to Avoid Unwanted Aches and Pain from Holiday Stress The holiday season is a time of celebration, joy, and cherished moments with loved ones. However, it often brings with it a flurry of activities, responsibilities, and – unfortunately… Read it December 10, 2023 How Stress leads to Pain People are dealing with more stress than ever right now and it’s impacting people in different ways. Many folks I speak with have been experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions, and… Read it

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