When a patient comes to me with low back pain that radiates down their leg, then I know I have the potential to affect their quality of life in a dramatic way. This is the line between having great results from conservative therapies in a chiropractic office, and more invasive surgical procedures. When you come […]
Category Archives: Back
Is there even an ideal posture?
This morning, Greg Lehman’s new video is making the rounds amongst my social media channels. Greg Lehman is a biomechanist, a chiropractor, and an educator. In this video, he argues that there are certain biomechanical faults that you can safely ignore, in certain situations. And in other high-impact-heavy load situations where biomechanical positioning becomes more […]
Toe touch progressions
In Gray Cook’s Lectures, of which I listen on Audible, I learned this morning of the importance of toe touching progressions. Apparently, when Gray Cook use to lecture on stage for Reebok and for Perform Better, he would pull people on stage and demonstrate that most adults cannot do a toe-touch. For many of us, […]
Be the one who never has back pain.
The musculoskeletal system is the most important system in your body for your quality of life. No other system has such a profound impression on the way you live your life moment to moment. You might rely on your heart to pump blood to your organs and your brain. You might rely on your lungs […]
Does chiropractic care change when you are in pain?
A new study came out this month, published in JMPT, that talks about an experiment that the researchers performed. They hooked up electrodes to the patients, and they measured the response that their back muscles had when they were adjusted. We know that when you have your low back adjusted, there is a reflex response […]
Why Are My Hamstrings Always Tight? | Run Coaching, Ironman and Triathlon Specialists – Kinetic Revolution
Introducing The Concept Of Relative Stiffness So many of us speak of tight hamstrings after running. The description has become a bit of a throwaway line. Video Source: Why Are My Hamstrings Always Tight? | Run Coaching, Ironman and Triathlon Specialists – Kinetic Revolution
The Surprising Way To Heal Injuries Faster | Inside Fitness Magazine
Since 90 per cent of what our brain perceives is interpreted through the visual field, it’s important that doctors do everything they can to create a positive influence on healing. A study in the journal Environment and Behavior demonstrated that by simply dimming the lights while a patient is undergoing his or her treatment, clinical […]
How a Lower Cross Syndrome in your Low Back can Cause Pain in Your SI Joint.
A common muscle imbalance I see in my patients consists of weaknesses in the glutes and tightness in the low back. This leads to postural distortions. These postural distortions from weak and tight muscles can “gap” the sacroiliac (SI) joints, and cause pain in a part of the back that is already vulnerable and […]
San Francisco Trigger Point Therapy Workshop
On tuesday evening, March 10, I will be leading a trigger point therapy workshop at Rincon Chiropractic. This will be a workshop where we will pair off and take a hands-on approach to caring for your trigger points with either the help of a partner, or for yourself. To prepare, I’ve been watching Youtube videos […]