Get your hands up! – A shoulder self-test
Wondering if your shoulders are able to do what they’re supposed to do? Test their range of motion with this easy, gentle test.
Here’s the answer to an age-old question
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?”
What do the MRI’s on my wall mean?
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 pain?
What does Jenga have to do with posture and pain? Find out what lessons a recreational game can teach you.
Who wants to walk with a cane?
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.
A stem cell doctor weighs in on alignment
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 restoring
Burn your pain as fuel
“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
Which domino would you blame for back pain?
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, we can put
What you see is not always what you get
With the amazing technological advances in the medical field, it can be hard to remember that not all advances give us what we actually want. In a previous post, I mentioned that medical imaging doesn’t tell you the cause of your back pain. Today, I want to tell you that it also doesn’t necessarily tell
More on MRIs and back pain
MRIs, though used all the time to “pinpoint” the cause of back pain, has been scientifically shown to be a virtually useless diagnostic tool for people trying to nix the aches in their backs.
