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February 13, 2022 3 Tips to Protect your Knees as you Age Knee pain is the second most common musculoskeletal complaint behind back pain. It impacts one-third of all Americans at one time or another – and its prevalence has increased… Read it February 6, 2022 Your Pain’s Location May Not Be Its Source Pain is such a confusing topic. And there’s lots of advice out there on what you should and shouldn’t do about it. Should you rest? Should you exercise? Apply heat or ice? Do you see a… Read it January 30, 2022 Inversion Tables – Are They Safe for Your Back I probably get asked this question at least once per week… “What do you think about an inversion table for my back – should I get one?” Inversion tables have become a popular home… Read it January 16, 2022 Ignoring Back Pain Could Ruin Your New Year’s Resolutions Now that the Holidays are behind us – many people start to shift their focus to New Year’s resolutions. According to statista.com – the three most popular New Year’s goals are: ✓ Doing… Read it January 9, 2022 The Snow is Here: 5 Tips to Avoid Hurting your Back While Shoveling It’s not that often that we get 5 + inches of snow in the DMV area, and there is no doubt that at some point you have to shovel that snow. There are some pros, like, it, being a good… Read it December 26, 2021 Why Arthritis Feels Worse in Winter – and What You Can Do About It The cold weather is here and winter is on its way… do you dread this time of year because you just know your arthritis is going to act up? If so – you’re not alone. There’s a very good… Read it December 14, 2021 Keep Your Back from “Going Out” – Three Easy Ways It’s that time of year (pandemic or not) where stress levels tend to rise, our lives feel a bit rushed in the midst of Holiday season, and sometimes we get snow – which means… Read it December 12, 2021 Tips for getting through the Holidays Stress and Injury free Stress has been a big topic at our clinic lately. Many people, maybe even you, feel stress in certain areas of their bodies. We’re only weeks away from the Christmas Holiday – and… Read it December 5, 2021 5 Easy Ways to Stay Active and Moving this Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is one of my favorite Holidays and it’s right around the corner! While rest and relaxation may be all you’re thinking about – our spine and joints don’t like to be… Read it November 21, 2021 Stretches Not Working? Not a week goes by where someone doesn’t ask me what the best stretch is for [insert body part]. Why are they asking? Well… usually it’s because they’ve been stretching now for a… Read it November 14, 2021 5 Tips to Treat Back Pain on your Own and Avoid Surgery Back pain impacts approximately 31 Million Americans at any given time, and our health care system spends $50 Billion per year on low back pain treatment. It’s the single leading cause… Read it November 7, 2021 Why Strengthening Your Core Could be Hurting Your Back As you probably already know – we specialize in back pain and core strengthening and stabilization. So why on earth would I be writing to you about how strengthening your core could… Read it October 24, 2021 Back to running after chronic hamstring pain The other week I wrote about chronic hamstring tightness – and what it means when it doesn’t go away. Well… one of our clients Susan was dealing with something very similar. I want to… Read it October 17, 2021 Hamstrings Always Tight? This Could be Why If you’ve ever felt tightness in your hamstrings, the typical advice you get from friends, family, and even well-meaning healthcare professionals is to stretch them. But what if your… Read it October 3, 2021 Three Reasons your Physical Therapy didn’t Work Have you been to physical therapy once, twice, maybe even three times for the same thing and wonder why it didn’t work? Or perhaps you went to physical therapy and it “worked”, but… Read it September 26, 2021 Does your back pain keep coming back? I get emails from people every single day telling me… They’ve tried “physical therapy” multiple times before but their back pain keeps coming back – what makes us different? Well Jan… Read it September 19, 2021 Failed cortisone shot? Here’s why 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 –… Read it September 5, 2021 Are You Over-Doing it on “Vitamin I”? A few weeks ago, when asking a new client what he had already tried for his back pain – he replied – “Vitamin I”. He could see I was puzzled – so he quickly clarified – Ibuprofen. It’s… Read it August 15, 2021 Golfing and Walking Again After Months of Back Pain and Headaches I Want to Share With You a Quick Success Story From One of Our Clients… Janet – who’s in her 50’s – is successfully back to walking 10 mi per day and golfing with her husband again –… Read it July 18, 2021 Getting and Staying Fit when you’re over 50 The importance of being healthy and fit has taken center stage these last 18 months – but especially for the over 50 crowd. Most people aged 50+ who want to get and stay fit struggle…… Read it July 11, 2021 Should Age be a Reason to Avoid Certain Exercises? We’re continuing with our topic of the month – Getting Fit After 50 – and people have been asking me… Are there certain types of exercise I should avoid once I hit a certain age? The… Read it July 4, 2021 Getting Fit After 50 with Knee Pain – a Case Study Our focus for this month is all about Getting fit after 50 – and what it takes to get you there. When I ask people about what’s currently stopping them – one of the most common answers… Read it June 27, 2021 Tips for Avoiding Injury When You’re Over 50 A good amount of folks in our community are aged 50+ and staying as active as possible as they age is a BIG priority for them. As we get older, our bodies do need more care and… Read it June 20, 2021 Should You Rest Your Back When it Hurts? It’s the number one question I get from people who’ve hurt their back. The short answer is “No”. But I understand why this is confusing… It’s scary to move, or know which exercise is… Read it

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