Ouch! My Aching Back!

The feedback I have been getting from you all lately has been quite gratifying! Each month, I write two posts, with information that I have thoroughly researched and I know it will help you lead healthier lives. Much of what I share has to do with living without pain because I believe that no one…

Bountiful Mosquitoes & Ticks Again This Year – Yuk!

This year scientist are predicting we’ll be inundated with insects – oh, joy! I was out doing some gardening this past weekend, and the mayflies were abundant! They don’t bite, but are quite annoying as they fly into your nose, ears, eyes, mouth – YUK! I didn’t see any mosquitoes yet, but they are never…

Do You Stand At Attention, or At Ease…?

Remember when we were kids and were taught how to “stand up straight”? It was a raising of the shoulders, pushing them back and down, then sucking in the gut… Well, thanks to technology, we know a lot more about the body now, and this is not the way to treat our bodies! Today’s video…

Ouch! Back Pain Again!

Today is the first day of Spring – are you ready? I certainly hope Mother Nature is ready for Spring; we’ve had enough of this white stuff in the last couple of weeks to last well into next winter! Speaking of snow shoveling, quite a few people have come in with back issues in the…

Chair Exercise For Back Pain Relief

What Can You Do In Your Office Chair? Plenty! In today’s video I demonstrate an exercise that stretches all those muscles around your hip. In fact, they’re same ones we stretched a few weeks ago in the video that talked about the piriformis. The best thing about today’s exercise is that you don’t even have…

Do You Know Your Psoas!?

Today, I’d like to get back to my series of videos on how unevenness in our pelvic area can cause some pretty nasty back pain, and what you can do about it. Our previous discussions revolved around having one hip higher than the other and a simple exercise that you can do to remedy that;…

Is Your Butt Tight?

Is there such a thing as a “too tight butt”? I couldn’t resist asking that one, but the answer is, YES; especially when one cheek is tighter than the other. Perhaps you have a diagnosis of Piriformis Syndrome? Well, that’s what this diagnosis means. Your piriformis muscle on one side is tighter than on the…

Are You Off Balance?

Is your doctor still handing out pain meds like they’re the only solution that works for back pain? Well, I’m here to tell you that you have other options that are safer! Today, I’ll be starting a conversation about how your hip/pelvic area becomes uneven, and what you can do about it. Over the next…