Why You Still Need Resistance Training Even If You Work a Physically Demanding Job
I hear this one regularly: "I don't need to lift weights. I get enough exercise at work." The arborist with chronic low back pain said something like this. He climbs trees for a living. He hauls equipment, pulls himself up with his arms, carries weight across uneven...
What Is GPP? The Most Useful Training Method You’ve Never Heard Of
You have probably heard of SPP, specific physical preparation. Runners build running fitness. Swimmers build swimming fitness. Powerlifters train the powerlifts. What most people have not heard of is GPP, general physical preparedness. And in my experience as both a...
Cervicogenic Headache vs. Migraine: The Difference That Changes Your Treatment
Getting the diagnosis right matters more for headaches than almost any other condition I treat. Not because the stakes are higher (though for some presentations they are) but because the treatment approaches are genuinely different, and applying the wrong one...
Dry Needling for Neck Pain: What’s Happening and What to Expect
"In the morning it is a ten. It's a ten. I wanna cry." She is a teacher's aide. She spends her days walking classroom floors and reaching for five-year-olds, working a job that is built around her body being available and functional. The arm pain had been building for...
Sports Injury Chiropractor in Westerville OH: Getting You Back to the Thing You Love
Two patients came in within the same month with the same specific fear: that the window they had been working toward was about to close. One was a professional tennis player. Six weeks into the early-career tournament season, ranked, with a specific US event that...
Chiropractic for Shoulder Pain: More Than Adjusting Your Spine
When people think about chiropractic care for shoulder pain, they often picture an adjustment to the cervical spine and call it a day. The reality is more comprehensive than that, and for many of the shoulder presentations I see, the cervical spine is only part of the...