Follow these simple tips to ensure you do your best to avoid developing back pain, a common issue plagued by many people.
Insights and Strategies for Back Pain Management
Back pain management includes a combination of factors to work effectively. Here we review both the insights and best management strategies.
Yoga Can Soothe Low Back Pain
With gentle stretches, strengthening poses and focus on breath and mindfulness, yoga can be a powerful tool to alleviate and soothe low back pain.
Six Everyday Tasks That Contribute to Back Pain
Your daily tasks can be contributing to or be the primary cause of your back pain. Here’s how to correct those issues in a few simple steps.
Understanding Upper Cross Syndrome
Sedentary Lifestyle and Poor Posture are Key Factors in Upper Cross Syndrome In today's digital age, most of us spend hours hunched over computer screens and smartphones or sitting in comfy chairs watching TV. This sedentary lifestyle, combined with poor posture, can...
Unlock Flexibility with a Full Body Stretch
In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, we often neglect the importance of stretching and relaxation. The Supta Utthita Tadasana, also known as the Full Body Stretch Pose, is a yoga asana that can help you combat stress, improve flexibility, and rejuvenate your...
Malasana Pose Benefits Lower Body, Hips & Back
A Comprehensive Guide to Building Lower Body Strength, Hip Mobility and Alleviating Back PainA Key Yoga Pose that Benefits Lower Body, Hips and Back Malasana, also known as Garland Pose, is a fundamental yoga pose revered in yoga practices for centuries. Whether...
Exploring Back Pain Through Cognitive Functional Therapy
Back Pain is Not Always About InjuriesBack pain is a widespread ailment that affects millions of people worldwide. While many assume that back pain is primarily caused by injuries or physical trauma, this isn't always true. In fact, various factors, including...
The Link Between Hiking, Proprioception and Back Pain
There’s an important link between proprioception, body awareness and the reduced likelihood of developing back pain. Find out more.
Improving Back Pain: Adopting the “Failure is not an Option” Mindset
Back pain mindset has a big impact on improvement. Determination and a never give up attitude often prevents failure and improves success.
Enjoy Gardening Without Back Pain
If you’re prone to back pain when gardening, there are a few simple things you can do to enjoy your hobby without back pain getting in the way.
Three Exercises to Strengthen Your Abdomen for Less Back Pain
Strengthening your abdomen is a key part of core strength that helps reduce or even potentially prevent back pain.
Strengthen Pelvic Floor Muscles to Reduce Back Pain with 5 Simple Exercises
How Your Pelvic Floor Can Affect Your Lower Back Having weak pelvic floor muscles can contribute to, or even be the primary cause of, low back pain. Strengthening your pelvic floor can be an effective way to help reduce or eliminate low back pain. Low back pain is a...
Back Pain Got You Down? Try Practicing Breathwork
Breathwork is essential tool to help prevent back pain. Understanding how to breathe properly will help you avoid unnecessary back pain.
Spinal Stenosis: What is it, Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
Spinal stenosis is when the spinal canal narrows and causes pressure on the spinal cord or the nerves that branch off it. Know the symptoms for early detection which will improve treatment success.
Piriformis Syndrome Treatment, Symptoms and Causes
Piriformis syndrome: When the piriformis muscle is irritated or inflamed. Identify the symptoms and cause to ensure accurate treatment.
3 Stretches to Release the Psoas Muscle
Use these methods to determine if your psoas muscle is tight and out of balance and try these 3 stretches to correct issues you have associated this muscle.
Low Back Pain: How Common is It?
Low back pain is one of the most common causes of disability. Approximately 80% of adults will experience low back pain at some point in their life.
Lower Back Pain Stretches
Stretching techniques are integral to reducing and improving lower back pain. Here are stretches and videos that key to improving back pain.
The Power of Positive Thinking on Back Pain
Positive thinking is extremely powerful and it can be the key element in helping you reduce and recover from back pain and injury.
The Importance of Shoulder Muscles
Many underestimate the importance of shoulder muscles. If shoulder muscles are weak or inactive, it can lead to poor posture and discomfort.
Shoulder or Neck Pain – It Pays to Know the Difference
A study by the National Institute of Health found that approximately 60% of adults aged 65 and older reported experiencing some form of neck or back pain in the past year.
Less Back Pain, Better Posture
Bio-mechanics and spine anatomy are the primary factors in chronic back pain. Improving your posture within various body positions and movement activities, greatly reduces back pain issues.
Causes of Lower Back Pain
About Your Lower Back Pain :: Improving your fitness is one of the best things you can do if you want to live a healthy, active life and prevent lower back pain. First, it is essential to understand the anatomy of YOUR spine and its supporting structures. The spine is...
How to Strengthen Your Core Muscles
When you're not feeling your best, you can't expect to be your best That's why it's essential to take care of your body with regular exercise, including workouts that target your core muscles. Core muscles have a significant impact on how our bodies function. They...
How to Naturally Manage Your Chronic Pain
The most effective treatment to naturally manage chronic pain includes both a variety of traditional medical and complementary techniques.
Difference Between Chronic and Acute Pain
The biggest difference is that acute pain starts quickly and goes away where chronic pain is ongoing typically lasting longer than 6 months.
The Benefits of Yoga
The benefits of yoga go beyond improved flexibility. Studies have shown it improves strength, balance, mobility, pain, awareness and more.
Back Friendly Tips
Improving back pain doesn’t need to be complicated or expensive. Here’s a few simple back friendly tips that will help improve your back pain.
Improving Back Pain Requires Belief & Determination
Just like many other businesses, I get client referrals from local physical therapists. Periodically I check in with them to keep the relationship going. I’d like to share the most significant part of a recent conversation with one physical therapist. The conversation...
Proper Walking Techniques
Proper walking techniques are essential to keep your body aligned and assure that your muscles work efficiently and effectively.
Do you need an MRI for your back pain?
Sending a patient for an MRI has become one of the first tools in the medical doctors’ toolkit, but it’s not necessarily the best option. Decide what’s best for you.
Proper Alignment: What’s YOUR Pandemic Posture?
Proper alignment is essential as we find ourselves sitting more than normal. To be in proper alignment when sitting follow these simple guidelines.
Working From Home
Our workspace can be the cause of future aches and pains. When working from home, don’t overlook the importance of a proper workspace.
Strong Abdominals Help Reduce Back Pain
Holding your stomach in creates a number of problems physically. Strong abdominals are key to avoiding those problems and offer many benefits at the same time.
Does Mindfulness Help with Chronic Pain?
Studies show that mindfulness meditation practice effectively helps reduce pain and improve quality of life for those living with chronic pain
Neck Pain from Sleep
The way we sleep and the pillow we use can result in neck pain. The key is to maintain proper head alignment and ensure the type of pillow we use is ideal for our sleep position.
Posture Awareness for Better Overall Health
Improper alignment, it affects us in many negative ways. It’s important to have posture awareness in order to correct damaging behaviors. Here’s why and also how to identify your own alignment issues.
Posture Corrector
A posture corrector is a device useful to a very limited group of individuals. It’s not something to be used by anyone and here’s exactly why.
Common Causes of Headaches, Neck Pain & Shoulder Pain
Head, neck and shoulder pain are often linked to inproper alignment. Technology use and sitting are the primary causes of the misalignment.
Common Causes of Headaches, Neck Pain & Shoulder Pain
Headache, neck pain and shoulder pain are common issues that frequently have common causes. Here’s what they are and how to avoid them.
Reduce Back Pain
Back pain can be different for each of us. Try some of these tried and true methods to help reduce your back pain and get back to living pain free!
Quad Muscles: How to Keep them Strong and Balanced
Quad muscles play an important role in our body, but they can also cause us a lot of discomfort and pain. Use these simple techniques to relieve tight quad muscles and get back to living pain free.
Sciatica: Understanding and Managing Symptoms
Sciatica symptoms are hard to ignore as they can be both painful and concerning. Here’s exactly what it is and ways you can manage, lessen and even help prevent sciatica pain.
Does Standing Cause Back Pain?
There is so much information about how sitting is bad for you. Many experts suggest that standing is better, but is it? Standing can also cause back pain. See why.
Recovery from Back Pain
Too often people ignore pain in the hopes that it will go away. Here, one client shares the story of how he went from crippling back pain to a full recovery.
Strengthening Your Core
Here are the benefits and exercises to develop, maintain and strengthen your core. These are many issues associated with having a weak core.
Preventing Back Pain
There are many reasons why people experience lower back pain. Here I explain the 5 most common reasons and what you can do to prevent your lower back pain.
How to Avoid Back Pain: Simple Tips for a Pain-Free Life
Follow these simple tips to ensure you do your best to avoid developing back pain, a common issue plagued by many people.
Insights and Strategies for Back Pain Management
Back pain management includes a combination of factors to work effectively. Here we review both the insights and best management strategies.
Yoga Can Soothe Low Back Pain
With gentle stretches, strengthening poses and focus on breath and mindfulness, yoga can be a powerful tool to alleviate and soothe low back pain.
Six Everyday Tasks That Contribute to Back Pain
Your daily tasks can be contributing to or be the primary cause of your back pain. Here’s how to correct those issues in a few simple steps.
Understanding Upper Cross Syndrome
Sedentary Lifestyle and Poor Posture are Key Factors in Upper Cross Syndrome In today's digital age, most of us spend hours hunched over computer screens and smartphones or sitting in comfy chairs watching TV. This sedentary lifestyle, combined with poor posture, can...
Unlock Flexibility with a Full Body Stretch
In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, we often neglect the importance of stretching and relaxation. The Supta Utthita Tadasana, also known as the Full Body Stretch Pose, is a yoga asana that can help you combat stress, improve flexibility, and rejuvenate your...
Malasana Pose Benefits Lower Body, Hips & Back
A Comprehensive Guide to Building Lower Body Strength, Hip Mobility and Alleviating Back PainA Key Yoga Pose that Benefits Lower Body, Hips and Back Malasana, also known as Garland Pose, is a fundamental yoga pose revered in yoga practices for centuries. Whether...
Exploring Back Pain Through Cognitive Functional Therapy
Back Pain is Not Always About InjuriesBack pain is a widespread ailment that affects millions of people worldwide. While many assume that back pain is primarily caused by injuries or physical trauma, this isn't always true. In fact, various factors, including...
The Link Between Hiking, Proprioception and Back Pain
There’s an important link between proprioception, body awareness and the reduced likelihood of developing back pain. Find out more.
Improving Back Pain: Adopting the “Failure is not an Option” Mindset
Back pain mindset has a big impact on improvement. Determination and a never give up attitude often prevents failure and improves success.
Enjoy Gardening Without Back Pain
If you’re prone to back pain when gardening, there are a few simple things you can do to enjoy your hobby without back pain getting in the way.
Three Exercises to Strengthen Your Abdomen for Less Back Pain
Strengthening your abdomen is a key part of core strength that helps reduce or even potentially prevent back pain.
Strengthen Pelvic Floor Muscles to Reduce Back Pain with 5 Simple Exercises
How Your Pelvic Floor Can Affect Your Lower Back Having weak pelvic floor muscles can contribute to, or even be the primary cause of, low back pain. Strengthening your pelvic floor can be an effective way to help reduce or eliminate low back pain. Low back pain is a...
Back Pain Got You Down? Try Practicing Breathwork
Breathwork is essential tool to help prevent back pain. Understanding how to breathe properly will help you avoid unnecessary back pain.
Spinal Stenosis: What is it, Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
Spinal stenosis is when the spinal canal narrows and causes pressure on the spinal cord or the nerves that branch off it. Know the symptoms for early detection which will improve treatment success.
Piriformis Syndrome Treatment, Symptoms and Causes
Piriformis syndrome: When the piriformis muscle is irritated or inflamed. Identify the symptoms and cause to ensure accurate treatment.
3 Stretches to Release the Psoas Muscle
Use these methods to determine if your psoas muscle is tight and out of balance and try these 3 stretches to correct issues you have associated this muscle.
Low Back Pain: How Common is It?
Low back pain is one of the most common causes of disability. Approximately 80% of adults will experience low back pain at some point in their life.
Lower Back Pain Stretches
Stretching techniques are integral to reducing and improving lower back pain. Here are stretches and videos that key to improving back pain.
The Power of Positive Thinking on Back Pain
Positive thinking is extremely powerful and it can be the key element in helping you reduce and recover from back pain and injury.
The Importance of Shoulder Muscles
Many underestimate the importance of shoulder muscles. If shoulder muscles are weak or inactive, it can lead to poor posture and discomfort.
Shoulder or Neck Pain – It Pays to Know the Difference
A study by the National Institute of Health found that approximately 60% of adults aged 65 and older reported experiencing some form of neck or back pain in the past year.
Less Back Pain, Better Posture
Bio-mechanics and spine anatomy are the primary factors in chronic back pain. Improving your posture within various body positions and movement activities, greatly reduces back pain issues.
Causes of Lower Back Pain
About Your Lower Back Pain :: Improving your fitness is one of the best things you can do if you want to live a healthy, active life and prevent lower back pain. First, it is essential to understand the anatomy of YOUR spine and its supporting structures. The spine is...
How to Strengthen Your Core Muscles
When you're not feeling your best, you can't expect to be your best That's why it's essential to take care of your body with regular exercise, including workouts that target your core muscles. Core muscles have a significant impact on how our bodies function. They...
How to Naturally Manage Your Chronic Pain
The most effective treatment to naturally manage chronic pain includes both a variety of traditional medical and complementary techniques.
Difference Between Chronic and Acute Pain
The biggest difference is that acute pain starts quickly and goes away where chronic pain is ongoing typically lasting longer than 6 months.
The Benefits of Yoga
The benefits of yoga go beyond improved flexibility. Studies have shown it improves strength, balance, mobility, pain, awareness and more.
Back Friendly Tips
Improving back pain doesn’t need to be complicated or expensive. Here’s a few simple back friendly tips that will help improve your back pain.
Improving Back Pain Requires Belief & Determination
Just like many other businesses, I get client referrals from local physical therapists. Periodically I check in with them to keep the relationship going. I’d like to share the most significant part of a recent conversation with one physical therapist. The conversation...
Proper Walking Techniques
Proper walking techniques are essential to keep your body aligned and assure that your muscles work efficiently and effectively.
Do you need an MRI for your back pain?
Sending a patient for an MRI has become one of the first tools in the medical doctors’ toolkit, but it’s not necessarily the best option. Decide what’s best for you.
Proper Alignment: What’s YOUR Pandemic Posture?
Proper alignment is essential as we find ourselves sitting more than normal. To be in proper alignment when sitting follow these simple guidelines.
Working From Home
Our workspace can be the cause of future aches and pains. When working from home, don’t overlook the importance of a proper workspace.
Strong Abdominals Help Reduce Back Pain
Holding your stomach in creates a number of problems physically. Strong abdominals are key to avoiding those problems and offer many benefits at the same time.
Does Mindfulness Help with Chronic Pain?
Studies show that mindfulness meditation practice effectively helps reduce pain and improve quality of life for those living with chronic pain
Neck Pain from Sleep
The way we sleep and the pillow we use can result in neck pain. The key is to maintain proper head alignment and ensure the type of pillow we use is ideal for our sleep position.
Posture Awareness for Better Overall Health
Improper alignment, it affects us in many negative ways. It’s important to have posture awareness in order to correct damaging behaviors. Here’s why and also how to identify your own alignment issues.
Posture Corrector
A posture corrector is a device useful to a very limited group of individuals. It’s not something to be used by anyone and here’s exactly why.
Common Causes of Headaches, Neck Pain & Shoulder Pain
Head, neck and shoulder pain are often linked to inproper alignment. Technology use and sitting are the primary causes of the misalignment.
Common Causes of Headaches, Neck Pain & Shoulder Pain
Headache, neck pain and shoulder pain are common issues that frequently have common causes. Here’s what they are and how to avoid them.
Reduce Back Pain
Back pain can be different for each of us. Try some of these tried and true methods to help reduce your back pain and get back to living pain free!
Quad Muscles: How to Keep them Strong and Balanced
Quad muscles play an important role in our body, but they can also cause us a lot of discomfort and pain. Use these simple techniques to relieve tight quad muscles and get back to living pain free.
Sciatica: Understanding and Managing Symptoms
Sciatica symptoms are hard to ignore as they can be both painful and concerning. Here’s exactly what it is and ways you can manage, lessen and even help prevent sciatica pain.
Does Standing Cause Back Pain?
There is so much information about how sitting is bad for you. Many experts suggest that standing is better, but is it? Standing can also cause back pain. See why.
Recovery from Back Pain
Too often people ignore pain in the hopes that it will go away. Here, one client shares the story of how he went from crippling back pain to a full recovery.
Strengthening Your Core
Here are the benefits and exercises to develop, maintain and strengthen your core. These are many issues associated with having a weak core.
Preventing Back Pain
There are many reasons why people experience lower back pain. Here I explain the 5 most common reasons and what you can do to prevent your lower back pain.