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Low Back
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Safe Exercises to Do After a C-Section Delivery
Have you ever noticed how much of the natural world revolves around the number seven? Think about it…seven continents, the Seven Wonders of the World. Did you know that there are seven colors in a rainbow? We may hear [...]
Low Back Pain and the Pelvic Floor: The Surprising Connection
Low back pain has been the leading cause of global disability for the past three decades (1). Defined as “pain, muscle tension, or stiffness localized below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, with [...]
Tailbone Pain: Causes and What To Do
It’s a brisk December day and blue skies and fresh snow are tempting you to get outside for a run. It doesn’t take long for the running to go to sitting as you find yourself on your rear end in the blink of an eye. [...]
Understanding Cortisone Injections – When to Get Them & What They Do
Cortisone injections are one of the most common orthopedic treatments offered to patients today. When you go to see a doctor for a musculoskeletal injury, that doctor typically has 4 options to offer you: surgery, [...]
Sciatica Exercises & Rehab
Sciatica, is a term that is often used to describe any type of low back, hip or leg pain. You may have heard people describe back or hip pain as their “sciatic acting up again”. Despite its prevalence, many people [...]
Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Exercise
Have you ever played the game “Two Truths and a Lie”? You are given two factual statements and then one that is incorrect. Give it a try. Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common sign that is often experienced after [...]
How to Prevent Injuries to Your Entire Body
Is this actually possible without bubble wrapping your entire body and taking no “movement risks” to prevent injury to your body? We guess it could be possible with that approach but that doesn’t seem like a life of [...]
Low Back Tightness From Sitting and Exercises To Help
We’ve all been there - a long day at the office sitting in meeting after meeting, a seemingly endless drive in the car for hours on end, sitting in a beach chair all day long soaking up the sun. What do these things [...]
Exercises to Perform During Pregnancy
Does anyone else find themselves captivated and scrolling through the videos of pregnancy announcements? The shocked in-laws, crying soon-to-be uncle, surprised partners who weren’t trying, and relieved couples who [...]
Quadratus Lumborum Exercises & Stretches
Are you getting back spasms after a long day at the driving range? How about a sharp pain in the low back after putting in some miles on the bicycle or taking a deep breath after a hard bout of exercise? Both of those [...]
Oblique Sling Exercise Progressions and Assessment
Slings (also referred to as chains and/or loops) are a functional component of the musculoskeletal system. If we think of our torso as a core cylinder, there are multiple slings that wrap around the cylinder in [...]
Exercises For Disc Herniations
Have you woken up one morning and all of a sudden felt an intense pain that starts in your back and travels down one or both of your legs? As many of us have been culprits to low back pain, a specific cause of this [...]