Hip Pain

Hip Pain

Hip pain is a common diagnosis for many people.  But what is the source of the pain?  Click HERE for some possible causes.

"If You Keep Picking At It, It Will Never Heal"

"If You Keep Picking At It, It Will Never Heal"

Recovering from a lower back injury is similar to any other injury.  If you fall and cut your knee, the healing process will be postponed if you constantly pick at the scab.  When you are rehabilitating from lower back pain, the more frequently you irritate the injury, the longer it will take to heal.  This means that you must protect your spine during everyday routine activities.  

Stu McGill describes your lower back as a savings account, advising you not to "spend" it frivolously.  If you continue to unnecessarily involve/mobilize the spine in activities that do not require its involvement/mobility, then when you do "need" the spine, it will not be there for you at 100%.  

One example of this is...click here for full article

When Verbal Cues Are Not Enough, Continued...

              When Verbal Cues Are Not Enough....Continued

In the previous post, we discussed how providing verbal cues some times does not get our clients or patients to perform therapeutic activities using proper technique.  Therefore, we must use other, more physical cues in order to reach our goals.  Another common every day functional movement that we perform is the Lunge.  Upon initially asking a client to perform a lunge, we may see this....


                      

In the second and third images, you can see a forward head posture and rounded upper back (protracted scapula), as well as a slightly rounded lower back.  I can choose to verbally overwhelm the client as she moves from static stance into her lunge position by asking her...(read more)