by Matt Shepard | Dec 17, 2012 | Exercises
Patient is lying on their back with arms straight into the air towards the ceiling. Hips and knees are both bent to 90°. Core activation is established and coordinated with breathing. Patient then straightens one limb at a time and improves to contra-lateral limb...
by Matt Shepard | Oct 20, 2012 | Hip Pain, Exercises
One muscle that is usually weak on individuals with hip and low back pain is the gluteus medius muscle. It is a muscle that abducts the leg, or brings the leg away from the midline of the body. Think of it in this way. It works to move your leg away from your belly...
by guest author | Apr 28, 2012 | Back Pain, Exercises, Treatments
If you do not have a strong low back to act as an fixum putnam or fixed position one would not be able to generate enough force to complete most tasks in space. Proper movement of the pelvis in particular is critical in the gait cycle. A misalignment of the pelvis...
by guest author | Apr 28, 2012 | Treatments
The hip flexors are comprised of your psoas major, psoas minor, and iliacus muscles. The psoas muscle in particular is one of the most commonly used muscles in the body yet most people have never heard of it. The main role of the psoas muscle is to flex (or bend) the...
by guest author | Feb 12, 2012 | Treatments
DNS (Dynamic Nueromuscular Stabilization) is a new revolutionary European approach for a treatment to back pain, neck pain, ankle pain, and a variety of other neuro-muscular (nerve or muscle) conditions. DNS therapy is based on neuroplasticity (a big word for the...