Tag: knee pain

Huh; The symptom was knee and ankle pain but the problem was in your upper body.

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Huh; The symptom was knee and ankle pain but the problem was in your upper body. Every healthcare practitioner should at one time or another ask themselves “If what I do is so effective, why are our results so uneven” Depending on what your expectations are, healthcare providers are taught about diseases, diagnoses, and treatments for these problems.   They are taught that one size fits all.  A shoulder is a shoulder, a knee is a knee, a foot is a foot, and so on.  This is why we have a specialist for everything model and primary care is no more Read More »

Wearing Foot Orthotics: Is It a Life-Long Necessity?

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Wearing Foot Orthotics: Is It a Life-Long Necessity? One of the most common reasons for back, neck, shoulder, and even knee pain begins at the feet.   While having low arches or flat feet does not necessarily cause back and neck problems, asymmetry of the feet is an inherited trait. You look like your parents and probably walk like them too because of genetics.  Some of us need help to be more symmetrical in how we walk and move about which reduces stress on our bodies. What do foot orthotics do? Foot orthotics level the hips.  While they do provide arch Read More »

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 are so many women injuring their knees playing professional World Cup soccer?

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Why are so many women injuring their knees playing professional World Cup soccer? Anterior cruciate tears are more common in women going through puberty than in males the same age.  Recently, the NY Times reported that there is an epidemic of these injuries in professional soccer players in their 20s. Understanding how the knee works is in the eye of the beholder. The ankle must move to absorb shock at the hip.  When this does not happen, it will affect the knee, which is a joint that is combined with the pully mechanism in the kneecap. They there is asymmetry, Read More »

Abdominal scars from surgery resulting in chronic back problems. We can help.

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Abdominal scars from surgery result in chronic back problems. We can help. According to the March of Dimes, the C-section rate in the U.S. is at 32.1%. According to iData research, there were over 1 million hernia repair surgeries performed in the U.S.A. in 2020. In 2019, it was reported that there were a reported 140,000 yearly Tummy Tuck, A.K.A. abdominoplasty surgeries performed yearly according to Summit health. Many of these patients later developed or had worsening problems with their neck, shoulders, lower back, knees, and hips.   Is there a connection? The growing problem of active scars. What is an Read More »