Tag: Low Back Pain

  • Why should eye-hand coordination matter to your spinal tension?

    Why should eye-hand coordination matter to your spinal tension?

    Eye-hand coordination is more than the idea of see and catch. What matters to most people is to move and to perform at a comfortable level. If you look at the brain, almost a third of your mind is dedicated to using your eyes! That should give you an idea of how vital your vision…

  • Common 3 structures in your lower back that you need to know before having lower back surgery.

    Common 3 structures in your lower back that you need to know before having lower back surgery.

    You have back pain that is tight, stiff, or sharp. Your morning pain could be something you are having a hard time shaking off. Or is it the idea of picking something off from the floor? With many people experiencing lower back pain, there are only a handful of lower back pain diagnosis that account…

  • Physical Therapy for Sciatica: Everything You Need to Know.

    Physical Therapy for Sciatica: Everything You Need to Know.

    There are many causes of low back pain; sciatica is just one. However, the tingling in the legs and pain in the hip and glutes can be debilitating and affects 10-40% of the population. The good news is that there are solutions. One of the most common treatments is physical therapy for sciatica. Read on to learn more…

  • How to Tone Your Arms Safely While Having Back Pain

    How to Tone Your Arms Safely While Having Back Pain

    Many head to the gym to work out with a purpose of losing weight or to build muscle.  If you are looking to shed fat and firm up your body (aka “tone up”), but have back pain, you are left guessing with a trial and error system. You either try a weight machine, hoping that…

  • How to Exercise While in Pain (Part 1)

    Everyone knows that exercise is important.  Did you know that exercise impacts all but one system in your body?  Exercise makes you look and feel younger.  When you are in acute or chronic pain, there are no clear guidelines besides rest…and maybe more rest (until infinity and beyond).  Okay.  I have two children so I…

  • How to Undo Butt (Gluteus Maximus Muscle) Amnesia or Just Get a Rear Lift

    Do you suffer from knee pain? back pain? neck pain? hip pain? ankle sprains or pain?  Do you want to walk up the stairs easier, carry your grandchildren, play golf or tennis with your friends, jump higher, move faster?  The gluteal region is important for everything but we sit on it all day long.  Technology and society…

  • Let The Lion Eat Me!

    “Let the lion eat me!” said a middle aged, well kept lady diagnosed with fibromyalgia. What?!!! Are you kidding me? I said in my head. I am suppose to teach her how to handle life’s curveball NOT throw me one. Shocked and confused what is the right response to that will be. “Ummm…” It took…