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This Sally doesn’t sell sea shells by the sea shore, but she’s got a story about her posture that you have to see. Her experience at Upright Health proves that age is just a number. It’s possible to help your body look, move, and feel younger at any age — and all it takes is [...]
You can’t tuck your shirt into the back of your pants anymore. It’s impossible to reach up into the cupboard for a coffee mug. Your shoulder hurts, and it hurts bad when you try turning, raising, or rotating your arm. You’re not alone.
How would you like to be a part of a much happier [...]
Wondering if your shoulders are able to do what they’re supposed to do? Test their range of motion with this easy, gentle test.
How did my posture get this way?!
When people come to Upright Health, they know (or strongly suspect) that their posture is a part of the pain equation. They want to try to fix the posture and nix the pain, and the question that they need answered is “how did my posture get this way?”
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If you’ve ever been in my office, you’ve seen the MRI’s on the wall. Did you know that without them, Upright Health might not even exist?
What does Jenga have to do with posture and pain? Find out what lessons a recreational game can teach you.
If you have pain in the hip or leg and find yourself needing a cane, you’ll want to read this nurse’s story. Find out how she got her life back on track.
In his e-book, Orthopedics 2.0, regenerative medicine and orthopedic stem-cell doctor Christopher Centeno, M.D. talks about the importance of posture and alignment. To him, repairing joints and helping them regenerate is about more than just injecting stem cells and hoping that the soft tissues simply regrow and heal.
He talks about the necessity of [...]
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” ~Kenji Miyazawa
I came across this quote last week and found it particularly poignant.
When I was in the worst throes of pain, I used to feel hopeless and helpless. There seemed to be nothing that could be done. The doctor’s orders were [...]
When thinking about back pain, we have long been trained by the medical system to think about disc and bone abnormalities. If we can just find the disc that’s bulging, we can fix the problem. If we can find the nerve that’s being pressed on by the disc that’s out of place, [...]
BECOME A FAN OF GOOD POSTURE
