Shoulder pain can make it tough to get dressed
Back in 2003 or 2004, I developed a fun, somewhat inconvenient way to put on and take off t-shirts. I would bend at the waist and use my left arm and the assistance of gravity to wiggle my head in or out of the shirt while guiding my dangling right arm through the sleeve. You
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.
Plantar fasciitis and its treatments don’t make sense
Imagine waking up in the morning, putting your foot down on the floor, and feeling like someone had replaced your carpet with a sheet of thumbacks (pointy-side up). That’s roughly what it’s like to have a real good bout of plantar fasciitis. It’s not pleasant, but what’s even less pleasant is the list of standard treatments for it.
The inflammatory myth of tennis elbow
You probably know someone who’s complained about tennis elbow in the past. And their doctor probably mentioned epicondylitis or tendinitis. And if you’ve been alive long enough to hear “-itis” a few times, you know that that suffix means there’s inflammation, and you should ice the heck out of it.
Guess what? Research shows that tennis elbow ISN’T about inflammation. In fact, the pain from repetitive motions isn’t from inflammation at all! Whether it’s typing, tennis, or track and field…
Injected relief is a dose of long-term damage
In pain in San Diego and considering a cortisone shot? You should seriously reconsider that option.
Back surgeries back fire!
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Can your body really change?
A lot of people ask me, “Can I really change my posture?” And the answer is an unequivocal yes. Your posture shows us what your muscles are doing. Your muscles are positioning the bones in specific pattern. If you can change the muscle actions, you can change the bone patterns. That’s as complex as posture
Is your head on straight?
Yes, I tend to talk a lot about posture, but this time around I don’t mean that question in the postural sense. I am asking about your attitude toward challenges in life. Thomas Jefferson once said:
