How To Fix Chronic Acromioclavicular Joint Pain The key to fixing an inflamed, painful acromioclavicular (AC) joint involves two things: improving the position and movement of the shoulder blade movement and releasing the sternoclavicular (SC) joint. If the shoulder blade sits in a poor position it causes torsion and stress on the AC joint. The…
A Pre-Gym Exercises To Protect Your Rotator Cuff Are you starting to get pain in the top or the side of your shoulder, especially with overhead exercises? Getting a bit worried about rotator cuff issues and shoulder impingement? Learn how to protect your shoulders with this important pre-gym exercise… If your shoulder blade is tilting…
Stretch Your Pec Minor & Rectus Femoris After EVERY Workout Neglecting to stretch certain parts of your body after a workout can set you up for some lower back issues and knee and shoulder injuries. These two stretches in particular–one for the bottom half, one for the top half–are essential after every workout. Let’s start…
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…
Which type of mattress and pillow is the best for your body? A bad mattress can cause back pain, hip pain, or shoulder pain. And the wrong pillow can give you neck pain and headaches. So, here’s how to choose a good mattress and pillow… BEDS You need a new bed when the mattress is…
Should You Crack Your Own Spine? I’m a chiropractor and yet when I see people showing me how they ‘crack’ their own neck or back in my chiropractic office in Barcelona it makes me cringe. Why? The answer to this is ‘specificity’. Let me explain… When spinal joints get stuck in a poor position, causing…
How useful are Posture Correctors? Chiropractors see a lot of forward head posture and rounded shoulders, and a lot of people ask about the effectiveness of posture correctors, so let me explain… When we spend a lot of time with our head forward—reading, looking at computers and mobile phones—and the more time we spend in…
What happens when a Chiropractor crack you. Do joints need to crack? There’s plenty of misconceptions about ‘cracking’ joints and chiropractic so in this blog I’ll explain what these cracks are, why they happen in some chiropractic techniques, and whether this is important or not… Sometimes joints in the spine get restricted in a certain…
How To Release Jaw Tension, Headaches, and TMJ pain TMJ problems and tight jaw muscles often go hand in hand, so whether you get pain in your Temporomandibular Joint pain, OR headaches on the side from clenching, OR grinding your teeth… do all of these exercises as a complete set. For each exercise make sure…
Gluteal Trigger Point Release for Instant Pain Relief. Trigger points in your gluteal muscles—areas of muscle stuck in a contracted state—are a very common cause of pain and tightness around the belt line AND down your leg. So what causes these trigger points? Well, there’s two main causes of this problem: (i)overworking the muscles (by…
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