Home Office for Laptop Users: 3 ERGONOMIC HACKS
So, you're working from home, and all you have to get your work done is your laptop. That's great, but you've been finding yourself pretty uncomfortable these past 2 weeks. Maybe it's time to make a few adjustments. Here are a few of the best and simplest...
That Pesky Neck Pain- 7 Quick Tricks
Neck pain is a nuisance for many of us. It can take many forms: a general tension, an ache, or a sharp burning pain. Pain can radiate down the arm, or even into the head. Worst of all, it’s impossible to ignore. We’re going to talk about a few neck pain tips that can help your ailing neck.
Not in Your Head: When Actual, Physical Problems are Causing Your Headache
Headaches can't be ignored. They affect everything and prevent you from being you. Finding a good medication can do wonders, but many times that falls short. Why? What else could be at play here? What many people don't know is that the majority of...
5 Secrets for a Healthy Spine
Today we’re going to talk about how to maintain wellness in our spines. This is extremely important, because, as I’ve explained before, if the spine isn’t happy, other parts of your body won’t be happy. Walk Our bodies aren’t designed to sit. They aren’t...
Why Your Spine Health Is Most Important of All
Years ago, before or during PT school I think, I was talking to my friend Will about exercises we did to stay in shape. I told him, in amazement, how everything in my body was stronger and less achy when I kept up with core exercises. “Well, yeah Tim...That’s why they...
The 6 Most Important Habits for Physical Wellness
How do we maximize our physical wellness? What maintenance should we do on a regular basis to stay as active and healthy as possible? “Maintenance” may be a dirty word in physical therapy, since it doesn’t often get reimbursed by insurance, but I think it’s great....
Why Pronation Gets a Bad Rap
Pronation, or flattening of the foot, is associated with shin splints, Achilles Tendon pain, and maybe even plantar fasciitis, a nasty pain on the bottom of the foot. Over the years we have heard of the dangers of over-pronating, and having low arches. We are sold...
Why Your Physical Therapy Exercises Aren’t Working
Exercise is extremely important to our overall health. After all, it has 50% of the old aphorism for anyone seeking wellness: “Diet and exercise”. It is good for our joints, our circulation, and the health of all our tissues. Why is it then, that exercises...
Headache Hygiene: 4 Healthy Habits
Headaches are bad news. Not only is there pain, but you lose your concentration, and you lose being yourself. What most people don’t realize is that very often, headaches are mechanical in origin, just like any ache or pain in our bodies. (Read: Not in Your Head: When...
Still Have Hip Pain? 4 Things Most PTs Overlook
Hip pain can take several forms. This ball-and-socket joint is actually deep in your groin. If it gets irritated, pain usually presents in the groin, but can extend down the front-inner thigh all the way down to the knee, and sometimes even in the buttock. Pain and...