Category Archives for Joint Health / Pain
When Is It Okay To Ignore Pain?
All of you who like getting injured, please raise your hands. Right. No one does. If you’re active, you’re always on the edge of getting hurt. Comes with the territory. And a question
Continue readingDoes Foam Rolling Work? Or Does it Just Hurt A Lot?
Reader Nancy says, “Perhaps you could address whether the foam roller really helps or is it just a torture device.” Thank you, Nancy, for the suggestion. I tend to agree with you that
Continue readingFive Ways to Toughen Up Your Back
Most musculoskeletal (muscle, tendon, fascia, ligament, bone, etc) symptoms appear when the physical demand exceeds your physical capacity; your inability to produce and / or absorb sufficient force. A
Continue readingA Solution For Traveler’s Back Pain
Travel by air is, well, not as fun as it once was and sitting in seats that don’t fit you or being confined in a small space for several hours, can give your lower back fits. Find out more about
Continue readingAn Easy Fix For Knee Pain?
I would guess the man was in his mid-forties. Seated at a small two top in Starbucks with a woman maybe about his age, I was nearby and happened to hear some of their conversation. Now, I don’t
Continue readingThree Simple Fixes To Avoid Neck And Shoulder Pain
The unwitting victim of the sedentary lifestyle is the upper back: the region from the shoulder blades to the base of the neck. Sitting, looking ahead or even worse, down, at a computer screen hours on
Continue readingHow to Beat Big Toe Pain
Pain in your big toe is a real pain in the butt. Hurts to walk, or move quickly and sometimes just wearing shoes hurts. I smashed my right big toe up against a dumb bell in a an odd, how -is-that-possible
Continue readingWhy This Simple Everyday Activity Creates Low Back Pain and What to Do About It
A few years ago, a client of mine had a complaint of low back pain and one thing that seemed to aggravate it was a common house hold task. Washing dishes. “I don’t get it. I’m really
Continue readingWhy A Good Morning Exercise Can Lead To A Bad Day
There are some exercises that you just shouldn’t do but you may not know it. Health and fitness sites, magazines, trainers, maybe friends, may suggest certain things to do. And after all, it’s
Continue readingGet Tougher Abs with This 30 Cent Tool
Crunches? No, that’s free (and not so good for your spine either). Sit ups? Same thing. Or how about crunches on a Swiss Ball? Well, a Swiss ball costs more than 30 cents and it’s not such
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