DOES POSTURE MATTER? anterolisthesis back pain back pain relief ergonomics low back pain retrolisthesis sitting sitting posture spinal fusion spine spondy spondylitis spondylolisthesis wfh Jan 28, 2022

Reprinted, with permission, from my Australian colleague, Dr. Andrew Locke.

Dr. Andrew's response to the question "Does posture matter?" was intended for the professionals spewing nonsense all over social media on this topic.

Instead of re-writing the whole shebang, I've just added a few [notes...

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SPINAL DECOMPRESSION: PART 1 back pain back pain exercises back pain relief back rehab backfit pro ddd degenerative disc disease herniated disc low back pain retrain back pain slipped disc spinal fusion spinal traction spondy spondylolisthesis stenosis traction Nov 23, 2021

Did you know that gravity causes your spine to compress by about fifteen percent during the day?

Did you also know that sitting is notably more compressive for your vertebral column than standing or reclining?

This is generally good to know, but what can you do about it??

Besides...

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LIMBIC LOVE REDUCES BACK PAIN back pain back pain relief back rehab chronic back pain degenerative disc disease herniated disc low back pain low back pain relief retrain back pain spinal fusion spinal surgery spondy spondylitis spondylolisthesis stenosis Nov 07, 2021

Have you ever had an ache or a pain that wouldn't go away? Or when it does, it seems to reappear in a different part of the body? Sometimes it hops from one side of the body to the other.

One of the issues I see with current back pain treatment is that it's largely "mechanistic", going after the...

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SPINAL DECOMPRESSION, PART 2 back pain back pain exercises back pain relief back rehab back stretches back traction degenerative disc disease low back pain low back pain relief modic changes spinal fusion spondy spondylolisthesis stenosis Nov 01, 2021

My friend and colleague, Dr. Jerome Fryer, in British Columbia has conducted a pilot study on loading and unloading the spine using a seated spinal decompression technique. He has graciously given me permission to reprint (and reword) one of his recent blog articles, relating to his...

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WHAT'S A BACKFITPRO? back pain relief back rehab back stretches backfitpro backpain degenerative disc disease disc herniation herniated disc low back pain low back pain relief retrain back pain spinal fusion spinal fusion rehab spondy spondylolisthesis stenosis Oct 24, 2021

I don't flash my credentials around much. But it might be helpful to lay out the groundwork for where I'm coming from in order to understand why Retrain Back Pain is proving to be so successful.

I've been working in nutrition and therapeutic fitness for twenty-two years. I may have met some of...

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THE SPINAL FUSION SCAM back pain back pain relief back surgery low back pain spinal fusion spondy spondylolisthesis spondylolysis Jun 21, 2019

Lumbar fusion surgeries have increased 62.3%* since 2015.

Why? There are no checks and balances in the medical industry. This spinal fusion scam involves blatant workers comp fraud, $25k kickbacks to unscrupulous surgeons to perform fusions and counterfeit hardware that’s made in a...

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