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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