Author: Dr. Elyse Dinan, DPT If you’re experiencing low back pain, it can be hard to get through general daily activities, let alone workouts, without it stopping you. While these foam roller exercises are not long term solutions, they can at least provide you a window of relief to get your pain to subside […]
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The Position Is The Cure: Why Bending Your Back Will Actually Make It Stronger
Author: Dr. Colin Butler, DPT, ATC Low back pain is as much a part of the human experience as is getting the common cold: virtually everyone is going to have a run in with it during their lifetime, and how bad a case of it is unpredictable (all possible traumatic causes aside). What’s equally […]
Read MoreWhy Your Low Back Pain Might Not Actually Be A “Back” Problem
Author: Dr. Shannon Russell, DPT, CSCS, USAW-1 Think you have a “bad back”? Maybe it’s time to check your knees and hips instead! Sometimes pain is not always what it seems. The body is a very strange and complex system and each part has an influence on one another. We think of body “parts” […]
Read MoreThe Top 3 Things Your MRI Isn’t Telling You About Your Back Pain
Author: Dr. Artem Imnadze, DPT A common question or concern that often arises in the clinic is whether physical therapy treatment for lower back pain will work if there are positive finding on an MRI or X-Ray. This is an understandable concern as traditional thinking would have you believe that structural issues found on […]
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