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What if I’ve injured a nerve due to trauma?

Anytime the body experiences direct trauma, the chances of nerve damage is always possible. The bigger the trauma, the more likely nerve injury is present. Let us begin by outlining ... Read more

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What Causes Nerve Pain?

When can you suspect that nerve pain is present? For many folks, pain is something more than a dull ache, annoying tension, or that light irritation that has just become ... Read more

Why do I have pain between my shoulder blades?

What is the cause of mid-back pain? While there are many different reasons that pain may persist between the shoulder blades, one of the most common culprits is poor posture. ... Read more

When is elbow pain “tennis elbow”?

What is tennis elbow? There are a variety of different reasons an elbow may present with pain. Elbow pain that presents on the outside, or lateral side, we refer to ... Read more

Tight Hamstrings

Why are my hamstrings always tight? This is the million-dollar question! It is very rare to meet a person whose hamstring don’t feel tight and uncooperative. What most people are ... Read more

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Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar Fasciitis is a condition that affects a sheet of tissue on the bottom of the footcalled the plantar fascia. It is defined by chronic inflammation in the bottom of the foot.

Sciatic Pain Has Many Causes and Treatments

What is Sciatica? Sciatica is a condition that is defined by irritation of the sciatic nerve. This irritation will often create pain that travels down the side or back of ... Read more

Repetitive Stress Injury

What is a Repetitive Stress injury? While many injuries have a specific diagnostic box they fit in, there are plenty of others that are considered non-specific. What this means is, ... Read more

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Splint or Shin Splint?

Managing Shin Splints from the start What exactly are Shin Splints? Shin Splints, sometimes referred to as medial tibial stress syndrome, is a condition that is mostly defined by the ... Read more

Your Back Pain May Be Lower

Even though your spine hurts, other areas may be involved too Like we talked about in our first blog, one strategy for a tight and painful low back is to ... Read more

Finding Answers In The Carpal Tunnel

What is the Carpal Tunnel and the syndrome associated with it? Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a condition that creates pain, numbness, and dysfunction in the wrist, hand, thumb, and fingers. ... Read more

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Species vs. Specialist

Functional movement vs. Fitness movement I wonder sometimes when the moment happened in human history. Surely, having made it as far as we have, a standard for movement has always ... Read more

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