Changing the ergonomics for computer workstations was certainly a positive step in helping people avoid the repetitive stress injuries so commonplace at one time. Carpal tunnel syndrome seemed to affect almost everyone before positive steps were taken to identify the culprit in this new epidemic. Many of my patients that work at computer workstations even [...]
Many people seem to want to know if you can just exercise lower back pain away. Is it only about exercise? That is, did you end up with lower back pain due to a lack of exercise? Or could it be something else? Your back pain is not necessarily caused by a lack of exercise, [...]
There are many signs that you’re developing a posture problem. Back and shoulder blade pain is a common one. These areas of the body are under a lot of additional stress and pressure when your spine is not in a good position all day. If your daily activities require you to sit in front of [...]
We can narrow down this from all afflictions of the back that cause poor posture to just those that you weren’t born with. In the chiropractic arena, we generally understand that most spinal conditions (that you aren’t born with) are due to some kind of trauma. That trauma may be as easy to remember as [...]
When determining that you want to do exercises for shoulder pain, you first need to determine which part of your shoulder needs to be exercised (that is, which part is causing the pain) and whether or not something more serious has happened like a tear of the muscle, ligament, tendon or even cartilage. Your injury [...]
