Are Deadlifts Safe? Yes. Here Is Why, and What Actually Makes Them Dangerous
The Myth That Will Not Die I am a chiropractor who spends a significant portion of my week treating back pain. And I am here to tell you: the deadlift is not the problem. The narrative that deadlifts are inherently dangerous, that they are a spine-wrecking exercise...
IT Band Syndrome: Why Stretching Alone Is Not Enough
What IT Band Syndrome Actually Is IT band syndrome is one of the most common overuse injuries in runners, cyclists, and athletes who do high volumes of repetitive lower extremity movement. The pain is characteristically sharp and located at the outer knee, typically...
Can You Deadlift After a Disc Herniation? Here Is What I Tell Every Patient.
The Fear That Follows a Disc Herniation There is a moment that happens with a lot of my patients after a disc herniation diagnosis. They get the MRI report, they see the words "herniated disc" in writing, and something shifts. Suddenly, every movement feels dangerous....
A Rotator Cuff Tear, a Golf Swing Worth Protecting, and the Combination That Got Him Back on the Course
How He Found Us He had been dealing with right shoulder pain for about eight months before he came in. A recreational golfer, late 50s, playing three to four times a week. The pain had started after a particularly heavy range session and had gradually gotten bad...
She Was Scared She’d Have to Sit Out Her Senior Season. Now Her Knees Have Never Felt Better.
What She Came In With She came in scared. A D1 commit, her senior season eight weeks away, and bilateral knee pain that had been building for most of the summer. She had been pushing through practice after practice on knees that were talking to her, quite a bit, and...
Isometrics for Tendon Injuries: Why the Research Points to Holding Still to Get Better
The Patient Who Had Tried Everything The patient sitting across from me had been dealing with Achilles pain for seven months. He had rested it for six weeks at his doctor's direction, stretched it twice a day, and completed two rounds of anti-inflammatories. He was...