Running Form and Injury Risk: What the Research Actually Shows
She had been running her whole life, through high school track, through the years after, training now for her first half marathon. Then the right hip started doing what her left hip had done in high school. The one that cost her her senior track season. She knew how...
The Biggest Mistake We See: Quitting Care When the Pain Goes Away
The pain is better. Significantly better. The patient comes in, reports improvement, moves more freely than they have in weeks, and says some version of: "I think I'm good." This is the moment where the most important conversation in rehab happens, and where, in my...
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...