There are many factors that contribute to low back pain. Some obvious, some not so. But in many cases, these factors are under your control. However, without some serious reworking of your life, you occupation is not easily changed. But does your job contribute to your back pain? Sometimes. I hear it almost daily. “If […]
As a practicing chiropractor here in sunny Mesa I can tell you that seeing injured workers in my office is a rare event. Even rarer is a patient who was injured at work who was sent in by his or her HR department to my office for care. Almost always it is a current patient […]
There are some conditions that we have been conditioned to believe need surgery. Knee meniscus injuries, disc herniations, rotator cuff tears. Carpal tunnel is on the list as well I recently had a new patient come into my office on a Monday. He’s 66 and had been scheduled for shoulder replacement surgery 4 days later […]
We all know the human body is connected, and for a chiropractor, some of these relationships are old hat, especially when it comes to back pain. I’ve just started to participate in an Industrial Commission of Arizona ad hoc committee on chronic pain management, although one of my colleagues has been on the panel since it […]
Active fascial contractility: Fascia may be able to contract in a smooth muscle-like manner and thereby influence musculoskeletal dynamics There is a manual therapy technique out there in “technique world” called Graston technique. I know here in AZ there are currently only about 8 certified practitioners, of which I am one. I have been a […]
