The new guidelines of the America College of Physicians (ACP) for the management of low back pain for physicians, offers a multitude of suggested interventions related to chronic low back pain. https://www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom/american-college-of-physicians-issues-guideline-for-treating-nonradicular-low-back-pain/. They group back pain as acute/subacute (less that 3 months) or chronic (over three months). That said the list provided for interventions related […]
Back Pain: The 2 Word Curse
If you have back pain, well, for what it is worth you are NOT alone. About 1 in 10 people have back pain or have had it sometime in thepast. Not that this brings you comfort for your own but here are some commonly asked questions about back pain that I can answer for you: […]
Plantar Fasciitis: Self Management Tips
Any regular athlete or fitness enthusiast may also have suffered from Plantar fasciitis but so can anyone who happens to WALK. Yes that is right, just walking, sometimes in the wrong shoes, can bring on this lovely little diagnosis. Your feet are two of the most important things to have working FOR you. Their main […]
The Aging Rotator Cuff: Injury Prevention Tips
The Rotator Cuff: It’s a cuff not a cup by the way. If you have been lucky enough not to sustain a shoulder injury to this point, brilliant! As anyone will tell you, it is NOT FUN. Like any structure in the human body due to its many movements and abilities it has lot’s of […]
Lateral Epicondylitis: Tennis Elbow
Lateral epicondylitis a.k.a. tennis elbow is apparently a condition of the 4th decade and not something I was very pleased to hear from my doctor when my first bout of tennis elbow showed up. Seriously man? That is your best answer? Here I am busting my hump to get fit and you are telling me […]