Did your doctor sit you down and tell you that your pain would go away if you would just lose the weight? Did you feel like your knees must be painful because you needed to lose 30 pounds or more? Did you figure that your low back pain would improve if you lost that beer… Continue reading Why do I still have joint pain after losing weight?
How to prevent pain and injury when cycling - 6 exercises that are beneficial for any healthy rider to stay healthy.
TMJ (the temporomandibular joint) is the joint where your lower jaw connects to the skull. It's directly in front of the ear and can be tender on a lot of people if you push inwards just in front of the base of your ear. It is much more tender if you tend to clench your… Continue reading The dreaded TMJ – what can MFR do for this difficult to treat joint? A lot!
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Cupping and Myofascial Release FAQ By Dr. Lisa Wilcox What is cupping? Cupping utilizes plastic or glass cups and adds a form of suction to draw the tissues up into the cup. This creates a negative pressure rather than the compression that is normally used within different massage and soft tissue mobilization techniques. This negative… Continue reading What is Myofascial Release? How about cupping?
Health insurance is a requirement as a US citizen, but what does it actually cover? Every plan is so different and things change so often - how can anyone actually know what their benefits are? As I tell all of my patients - get online or call your insurance carrier so that you understand your… Continue reading Be a better healthcare consumer in 2018
I have personally been through this 3 times. The first time was in high school - I saw a PT and was treated with microcurrent and ultrasound, some foot massage, given some calf stretches and fitted with $400 custom orthotics. To my parents dismay, my $400 custom orthotics were pretty uncomfortable and didn't fit into… Continue reading Is foot pain keeping you from your favorite activities, or even just getting out of bed in the morning?
When a patient comes to me with shoulder pain, I immediately try to determine if there is involvement from the rotator cuff tendons, ligaments, capsule, or labrum. These are all structures that are located in the general area of the shoulder joint and could be the culprit. Very rarely do I find that these singular… Continue reading Shoulder, shoulder blade, upper back pain and/or pain radiating down the back of the arm? Could it be DNS?
I don't complete just traditional PT, I've specialized in so many other "manual therapy" techniques that don't fit into just the PT category - I'm now calling it PT and BodyWork
Low back pain can come on suddenly, often without a known injury, and can bring a person to their knees. Sometimes 1 small move can cause horrific pain that renders the person immobile and they are not sure where to go or what to do. The following are 5 exercises that can help with low… Continue reading 5 Exercises to Decrease Low Back Pain
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