Your Jaw – the Temporomandibular Joint Painful joints frequently frustrate patients — they are unable to do what they want, when they want, or how they want to do so. But in my experience, the most frustrated patients do not have a sore neck, back, shoulder, or knee. No, the most frustrated patients present with […]
EXERCISES FOR MY… NECK? Our neck is extremely adaptive. Look up and down, left and right, or any combination of those movements and you get a sense of just how much freedom of movement we have. But as with any body part, using it in a similar ways consistently leads to adaptive changes. Consider “text […]
How do I know if I have a migraine? Migraines are an awful, unwanted condition that nobody wants to experience. They can be short-lived (a few hours) or persistent (multiple days!). Depression, irritability, neck stiffness, visual flashes of light, pins and needle sensations, sensitivity to sound and light, nausea and vomiting, and of course, severe […]
Shoulder Anatomy The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that make up part of your shoulder (see Figure 1). These muscles each attach to the shoulder blade (scapula) at one end, and the top of the arm (humerus) at the other. Three of these muscles (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor) are located at the back […]
Infographic – Carrying Objects People often wonder what kind of daily activities could impact them long-term — and the simple answer to that type of questions is: all of them. Here is an example of something to that effect. Carrying objects is an extremely common activity. We pick things up, we put them down. We […]