Head/Neck

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is a fairly common diagnosis, affecting approximately 8% of the population. Pain with TOS often presents anywhere between the neck, face, occipital region or into the chest, and shoulder, [...]

Day to day, it’s easy to lose sight of how interconnected our bodies truly are. For example, we rarely consider the position of our feet influencing stress on our knees and hips, and we don't often think about the [...]

Are you dealing with a nagging discomfort in between your shoulder blade and your spine? No matter how many stretches you do, or how much time you spend foam rolling it, does it still persist? Pain in this area often [...]

So what's the honest truth behind the upper traps? Compared to many other muscles, it's admittedly pretty polarized. It's not like the biceps brachii or glute Maximus, which are frequently trained with intention and [...]

Have you ever experienced pain in or around your jaw from chewing, yawning, or even with simple mouth-opening movements? Do you experience a clicking sensation when you open and close your mouth, or that you are unable [...]

Do you have a headache after a whiplash injury? Do you experience pain that seems to start in the neck and then spread to one side of your head or arm? Does moving your head seem to start your headache or exacerbate [...]

The perfect working desk posture is something that every worker in the world is trying to obtain. But what is it, exactly? Is it the classic seated position with hips, knees, and elbows all bent to a perfect 90 [...]

Cervical radiculopathy is defined as cervical nerve root compression. Many times, what causes this so-called compression is things like herniated disc material or arthritic bone spurs. It's essentially the "sciatica" [...]

A concussion is a mild form of traumatic brain injury (TBI). It is considered part of the mild spectrum because there is no observable pathology; meaning that on standard imaging, you cannot see a concussion injury. A [...]

The neck is an area that often gets neglected in regards to exercise, and therefore is not our strongest asset! Having weakness and poor recruitment of the deep neck muscles has been correlated with increased pain and [...]

Neck pain is one of the most significant health problems worldwide, as it is estimated that 22-70% of the population have neck pain at some time in their lives. It has also been suggested that the incidence of neck [...]

The importance of the deep stabilizing musculature of the neck for spinal segmental support and control has been demonstrated in clinical research, which indicates that many patients with neck pain have inadequate [...]