In this video, I demonstrate how to desensitize scars and reestablish the neural pathways to the affected area.
SCAR DESENSITIZATION
How to desensitize your scars
Side Planks are quite popular as a core exercise but may create lateral facet shear if the person performing it has a hypermobile lumbar spine (like me).
An alternative to the popular side plank is Dr. Stuart McGill's Side Squats. This exercise mimicks a squat, but changes your relationship...
Look around Instagram, it’s full of lithe bodies in exotic locations doing extraordinary things with their bodies.
In this photo (google image: “free to use and share”), our model is not back-bending as much as she is hinge-ing in one place. That same place...
What you're looking at is an x-ray of an individual in an extreme pose of spinal extension. I don't know the individual or their medical history.
It begs the question: Can you be too flexible? Let's see...
Contortionists, gymnasts, dancers, yogis, all of these athletes excel at their sport...
HERNIATED DISC
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It is high time to retrain the misinformation pipe line regarding back pain! Today let’s look at hermiations
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Disc herniations are common
Despite imaging results, disc herniations are often found in asymptomatic individuals
This may not be a consolation if...
Virabhadrasana One can tweak the sacroiliac joint, hip, knee and/or ankle. Try these simple adjustments to create dynamic strength.
RETRAIN BACK PAIN® WARRIOR ONE RE-DO
W1 can tweak the sacroiliac joint, hip, knee and/or ankle. Try these simple adjustments to create dynamic...
A testament to the importance and the impressive power that the humanistic component of clinical practice has in the treatment of acute and chronic pain.
Let's be clear: Catastrophizing is not a word.
That doesn't stop us from doing it. We all catastrophize when we experience pain or fear.
Even...
I didn't know that regular people could actively thrive for 30+ years without an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Professional athletes with kickass professional therapy support, yes, but normal people?
Three decades ago, my orthopedists were clear that I would not be able to live an active,...
If your physical therapy isn't helping, try a different physical therapist (or 3 or 4) before you give up. Just like the teachers you had in school, some are better than others and each has their specialty.
For example, let's say you've been experiencing sacroiliac joint discomfort. Consider...
"Feeling better" is nice but it may be an illusion, indicating just a temporary improvement.
"Getting better" means:
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You understand what aggravates symptoms
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You understand what helps
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You are an active participant in your recovery and rehabilitation
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You move more frequently with greater...
Change requires action. Most of us have become experts at psyching ourselves out yet we hardly even realize when or how it’s happening.
Following is a partial list of various mental states that lead to paralysis, inaction and delayed healing:
1. THE COMPLAINING GAME - Complaining is so much...
You probably know you should drink more water but maybe you don't remember exactly why.
Hearing that "your life depends on it" is just vague enough for most of us to be able to ignore it.
So allow me to remind you of some of the relevant ways in which water is the elixir of life and how it is...