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Return to Exercise and Sport Safely Without Making Your Pain Worse
The good news is that with the right approach, you can return to physical activity safely and reduce the risk of aggravating pain.
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Why everyday aches and pains show up after 30 - and what actually helps
Everyday aches and pains often start to appear after the age of 30. Many people notice stiffness in their joints, muscle soreness, or occasional back pain that wasn’t there in their twenties.
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"Isn't that exercise putting stress on your back?"
Putting stress on your back is a controversial topic. But it shouldn't be.
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Does running technique matter for injury prevention?
If you get injured working out, the first thing people think is that they "lifted wrong" and they lost their technique. Similarly, with running, we often look to our gait or running patterns to fix issues with pain. Maybe we're overpronating our feet, or we're striking too much with the heel.
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When to push and when to back off? Mastering pain management
How do you know when to push through pain and when to back off? Should you ever push through pain?
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What are the best exercises for sciatica?
Sciatica is an irritation of the sciatic nerve, which runs down each leg from your lower back. Movement helps, but what exercises tend to work best?
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Can disc herniations truly heal?
A big concern many of my clients have initially is whether more serious injuries that affect nerves can heal. We're talking about disc herniations and the consequences of a spinal disc impinging on different structures in the body.
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Why isn't my injury healing?
What are you missing in a case of pain that just won't seem to go away?
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3 mistakes you're making that are keeping you in pain
You could be your own worst enemy when it comes to why you're in pain without realizing it.
Nobody wants to be in pain. But there are key mistakes I see made often, knowingly or not, that keep people in pain far longer than they should be.
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Your core does more than brace you - How to truly prevent back pain
It is often said that a strong core helps prevent back pain. However, there was no relation found between core strength and the risk of or experience of back pain.
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1 Stretching Secret to Amplify Your Mobility
We tend to compartmentalize strength training and mobility as if they're separate things, but what if we can get the best of both worlds.
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2 Reasons to do Jefferson Curls Regularly (Even if you don't have back pain!)
The biggest fear with Jefferson curls is that you have to round your back to do them. We've all been told to maintain good posture, stay upright, and brace our core to stay safe. Let's clear up why jefferson curls are so beneficial and debunk the myths surrounding them.
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The Ultimate Pain "Flare-Up" Cheat Sheet
As much as we want our pain rehabilitation to be linear, we often deal with flare-ups and setbacks along the way, especially if our pain is chronic. In these moments, you're looking for immediate relief. Here's your cheat sheet on how to get it.
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Why You're in Pain - Understanding Root Causes
Pain doesn't flare up randomly. Understanding and recognizing the signs will help you manage your pain better.
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How to Rehab ANY Injury - 5 Key Steps
Regardless of diagnosis, the process of injury rehab involves similar steps, with the end goal being a normal return to your daily activities. Let's go through these 5 key steps along with an example of this in practice.
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Get Long Lasting Relief for Chronic Low Back Pain *New Research
The premise behind the study was that most interventions for lower back pain produce small and short-term effects, but a promising new intervention called CFT showed potential for longer-term results.
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6 Pain and Injury Phrases That Need to Die
Fitness and health, like many industries, are rife with misinformation. With pain and injury, especially, there are common phrases used that give people the wrong idea at best, and cause people to do things outside of their best interests at worst.
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Safe Strategies for Returning to Running with Knee Pain
Here are three principles to return to running quickly and safely after a knee injury
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3 Strategies to Alleviate Sciatica
Discover effective strategies to alleviate sciatica pain. Learn how to manage sciatica with proven methods for lasting relief and improved mobility.
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10 Things I Wish I Knew About Pain When I Was Injured
I've been coaching people through pain and helping them get stronger for almost 10 years now. The reason I got into the field is that I had a terrible back injury that dogged me for years without proper relief.
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