Tag: gait

What are your core muscles and why is your core stability so important?

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What are your core muscles and why is your core stability so important? Dozens of articles regarding the importance of a strong core have been written but what is the core and why does it need to be strong? According to Wikipedia, The body’s core region is sometimes referred to as the torso or the trunk, although there are some differences in the muscles identified as constituting them. The major muscles involved in core stability include the pelvic floor muscles, transversus abdominis, multifidus, internal and external obliques, rectus abdominis, erector spinae (sacrospinalis) especially the longissimus thoracis, and the diaphragm. ” While this sounds complicated, the core is required for proper breathing and movement. A Read More »

Why do humans walk this way according to Wired magazine?

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Why do humans walk this way according to Wired magazine? Walk this way is one of my favorite songs from the American band Aerosmith and then reprised with Run DMC. As a Chiropractor, I have always studied gait and learned that there is not only one type as we are all genetically from different backgrounds, different heights, and different genders which affect how we walk and run. The way we walk and run upright has evolved over hundreds of years and is peculiar in the animal kingdom.  There is also a genius to it as it allows us to move Read More »

Balance and gait; recognizing these warning signs can prevent your next fall.

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Balance and gait; recognizing these warning signs can prevent your next fall. Poor balance abilities, being clumsy, falling, and tripping over things is a common experience for many people.  If you are younger, a fall may hurt but it is not likely to cause a major injury. On the other hand, older folks can break a wrist, arm, shoulder, or hip.  These types of injuries can result in a permanent loss of function. A need for a surgical repair requiring risky anesthesia in the elderly can be devastating. If you have poor balance when you are young, it is likely Read More »

Did you know your feet can make your back hurt?

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Did you know your feet can make your back hurt? A study in the Medical Journal of Rhumatology1 suggests that women who walk with flat feet are 50 percent more prone to lower back pain than those who have high or normal arches. While this has been suspected for many years, and researchers such as Brian Rothbart2 have written about this with his concept of bio implosion, there is more to back pain than just flat feet, high arches and being female. Body style and asymmetry, combined with flat feet or lower arches almost guarantees you will experience lower back Read More »

CNN reports on the back pain surgeons won’t find; check this out

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CNN reports on the back pain surgeons won’t find; check this out Back pain has always been a strong point of the chiropractic profession, however, is it just the lower back that is the problem or the way we walk that may determine who is most likely to suffer from back problems. Should we have MRIs and other expensive procedures even though the problem according to CNN often resides in a malfunction of certain joints in your hips. Check this article out. It likely explains why chiropractors and manipulation should always be the preferred methods for handling lower back problems Read More »