If your pain has been confusing you by moving around to different parts of your body then I can understand your frustration. Some days it may be on the left, then the next day on the right. Sometimes it’s in the shoulder blade and sometimes it’s neck pain. Maybe that ankle pain is starting to spread up to the knee as well. These are all common patterns that confuse people and make them wonder how many problems they actually have. If you are not making progress it may because

A collaboration between Full Stride Spine & Sport Chiropractic and PRESS Modern Massage Summer Was Great. Your Posture... Maybe Not. Summer has a way of changing our routines. Between traveling, working remotely, weekends away, and simply spending more time outside, many of us get a welcome break from the same desk, chair, and commute we’re used to during the rest of the year. Then September arrives. Suddenly, it’s back to hours at a desk, carrying a laptop around the city, c

If you have been working on recovering from back pain and are confused on what you can and cannot do then you are not alone. It can be hard to tell when to push and when to pull back on activity. It may even be scary sometimes when you have been having a lot of improvement and then have a day of increased back pain and you don’t know what it means. I understand how frustrating they can be so managing back pain flare ups is a conversation that always has to happen. Resting and

If you feel like your stiff upper back is losing range of motion and is starting to spread to other parts of your body then you are probably right. Especially if you keep working on these other areas and the pain just keeps coming back. Focusing on just one region of your body might be why you are not making progress. If you are lacking ra nge of motion in one region then it’s neighbors are going to pay the price. If you keep getting flare ups of the same issue the joint by j

Isometric exercises may look easy at times but they are a great way for active adults to train their muscles and joints at any phase of a training or rehab cycle. You can easily Holding isometric for shoulder flexion scale these up to be some of the most difficult exercises in your program. Read along while I outline how these can be implemented for different situations from rehab focused all the way to high level sport performance. If you are unsure if these are helpful, th

TMJ issues are a common problem in our population. There are a lot of factors that may be the root cause for this pain such as grinding your teeth, general stress and the position of your neck. The key for a lot of TMJ rehab involves exercises and lifestyle modifications. In some scenarios it can even make sense to get a night guard as well. An often overlooked treatment for TMJ issues is manual therapy. If you have been doing all the above without the mobility results then y

Have you been confused on how to better manage your sciatica? People often come into the office with the complaint of back pain shooting down their legs or neck pain shooting down their arms. Sciatica and disc issues are frequently very painful conditions that cause sufferers to seek care. The most difficult part of tracking progress with these issues are that they can be so variable. Pain intensity can change so quickly it can be hard to measure progress. The number one ind

Low back pain is one of the most common complaints in our health care system. The first step to properly treating is is to make sure we are looking at the correct area. Just because you have pain over your Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) does not automatically make that the problem. Pain can radiate or be referred from other structures. We don’t want to chase pain, we want to find the root cause for sports recovery. So if you feel like you are not making progress I can understand your

If you find that you are getting back pain when lifting then you may need to reevaluate your warm up. Hopping on the bike for a few minutes is going to get the heart rate up but it is not going to prepare your muscles and joints for lifting and isn’t going to decrease pain. The following exercises can be a good general starting point. These exercises can also be utilized toward the end of your workout for a more functional recovery. The best warm up is an easier version of th

Whenever someone experiences pain shooting down a leg or arm their first question is what is this coming from. It can be scary, being unsure of why this is happening to you. I understand that fear and can hopefully explain it a bit better. Typically it is a spine issue and a sign that a nerve is being agitated causing radiating symptoms. There are only a handful of ways that the nerve could be irritated and we need to figure out which one it is so we can make it better. Once

As a collegiate runner I have had a lot of injuries from sports. It has given me helpful insights into being an injured runner and a healthcare professional managing said . Lot’s of people are out there treating runners but not all of them know what it is like to go through a full training block just to have that race day yanked away from you due to poor timing. Having an experienced trustworthy provider can help you to manage these issues. My biggest injuries I have had are

If you have had imaging done to one of your joints and been told that you have some scary sounding diagnosis I know how that can feel. You were probably told that you have a tear or herniation with no context and then told to just move on to figure it out. Although these diagnoses sound scary they are actually quite common - even in healthy people without any pain. A lot of these imaging findings are normal wear and tear that happen in a joint. It’s kind of like your hair go

Uhoh! Your achilles is starting to hurt when you run. This is a common issue that people will encounter at some point in their running career. Panic may start setting in and you think you have to start taking some time off. We both know that you don’t want to do that so let’s see if we can have a positive experience and make some active changes instead to alleviate pain. Achilles tendonitis is a common injury found in runners both new and old in the sports medicine world. An

If you have been told you have an issue with your rotator cuff or shoulder tightness and have been doing banded rotation exercises for weeks without improving then I understand your frustration. Your tight shoulder may not be from tight muscles! Even though the muscles of the rotator cuff function to rotate the shoulder, that is not their primary function. They also pull the shoulder deeper into the capsule to stabilize it during motion. So yes, banded rotation can be helpful

Have you been in search of pain relief from manipulation / adjustments / “getting cracked”?Although it is just one piece of a larger treatment it can do a lot for improvement of joint health and decreasing pain. If you feel that you have gotten relief from manipulation this may be the reason why. Over time if a joint is not used efficiently it will get more and more stiff with lack of movement. As it settles into not being used that can effect how the joints surrounding it f

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PRESS Modern Massage x Full Stride At PRESS Modern Massage, we’ve always believed that wellness is most powerful when it’s connected. Healing isn’t one-size-fits-all — the body responds best when different practices come together, addressing not just symptoms, but the root causes of pain and tension. That’s why we’re so excited to collaborate with Full Stride Spine & Sport Chiropractic, led by Dr. Steven, who now shares space with us at our Williamsburg location. Having both

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