Is the Multifidus the key to stopping chronic lumbar pain? Scientists have recently discovered something very interesting about chronic, recurrent low back pain. One muscle tends to atrophy in people whose low back pain keeps coming back: the multifidus muscle. It appears to waste away from disuse, predisposing people to endless bouts of low back…
Increased Lower Back Arch Everyone should have a bit of a forward tilt to their pelvis—it’s part of the shock absorption of the spine—but if the tilt is excessive, it increases the arch of the lumbar spine too much, compressing the spinal joints. Compacted joints can cause inflammation, lumbar pain, and even sciatica or degeneration…
Upper Lumbar Pain On One Side Flank pain at the side of the lower back always needs to be checked out carefully by a professional to see if it’s kidney related. But in many cases it’s actually a pain that comes from the lower back. Certain positions can overstretch muscles on the side of the…
Relieve A Stiff Back With A Pulsating Massage Gun Pulsating massage guns can be quite useful for mid and lower back pain & stiffness. The vibrations increase blood flow to the muscles of the back and glutes, but they also stimulate movement receptors in the joints. Triggering these receptors causes a reflex relaxation of the…
The Best Exercises To Manage A Scoliosis What are the signs of a scoliosis? high shoulder prominent ribs leg length discrepancy shoulder blade prominence high hip Can exercise help scoliosis? Eighty percent of all scoliosis are “Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis”. The spine starts to curve in the early teenage years as it grows, but once we…
Physio or Chiro? A lot of people find it difficult to know if they should see a chiropractor or a physiotherapist for their ailments. One is not better than the other, they just do different things. Physiotherapists are the people you want to see for rehabilitation after surgery or an accident. They work more on…
Exercises To Help A Sore Thoracic Spine: Mid-back soreness and stiffness is often quite easy to improve yourself. The majority of problems in this area come from sitting in a slumped posture. This causes the vertebrae to become jammed up (which then causes muscle tightness). These 5 exercises focus mainly on mobilising the spine… and…
Lumbar Back Pain Relief and Prevention Do you get a painful or stiff back when you try to put on your shoes, bend, or get up out of a chair? For some low back pain relief, and to help prevent lower back issues, here are THE BEST 7 exercises… NOTE*** There are a large amount…
When to Apply Heat and Ice Packs I find that a lot of people get confused about when to use heat and when to use cold for musculoskeletal problems. They get it wrong. Here’s a simple explanation on how to use the two. The body is always trying to maintain it’s core temperature, so in…
What sleeping positions & pillow heights should you use? A very common reason for headaches, neck pain, back pain and shoulder pain… are bad beds, pillows and sleeping positions. We spend a great deal of our life in bed, so we need to make sure we get this right. Let’s look into it. The most…
Español
Català