There are many causes for waking up in the morning with back or shoulder pain. Our last blog identified a soft mattress as one of the culprits. But, if the bed isn’t the problem, there could be other causes. Here we explore some of them:

As people age, they can find themselves grappling to maintain their flexibility. However, even younger people are not immune to struggles with flexibility, particularly if they coincide with specific jobs and behaviors. Today, we're going to examine some of the reasons people lose their flexibility, range of motion, and mobility.

When a healthy person develops shoulder pain, it can be somewhat surprising. But, after digging into some of their habits, they can usually find the cause.

The one thing that all patients with back pain agree upon is that there are very few positions one can stand, sit or lay down which don’t involve some back movement or support. About 85-90% of us will have back pain at some point in our lives. Here we discuss who is more likely to get back pain caused by muscle strain, treatments, and what doesn’t work.

A common, and certainly painful injury which requires physical therapy is a torn rotator cuff. Whether it’s the result of an injury or an accident, a torn rotator cuff may or may not need surgery. While surgery is sometimes not required, physiotherapy is needed as the muscles in the upper arm and shoulder can quickly atrophy and range of motion is compromised. Here we explain some things which may be a part of a torn rotator cuff injury:

“I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!”

We all chuckled at the melodramatic wail of Edith Fore, a retired nurse who played ‘Mrs. Fletcher’ in the 1987 Life Alert commercial. She pulled herself out of obscurity with the line, which she says she created for the scene in which she speaks but doesn’t fall. Her voice was dubbed in after a stunt person enacted the aftermath of a fall. Fore said she’d fallen enough times in her life and didn’t want even to pretend to play the victim.

As chiropractic and physiotherapy experts the one thing we can tell you of which we are confident is that experts have very little understanding of how pain actually works in the human body. Studies are ongoing to try to understand this horrific and debilitating sensation which may or may not be associated with injury. The best we can do for now is to take the knowledge that we already have about pain and apply it to the care of our patients.

One of the most significant problems with an auto accident is that afterward, it can leave your body hurting and the pain can interfere with your work, home life, and joy. But injuries aren't always noticed or recognized right away.

All over the world, people perform a variety of jobs: construction jobs, sedentary jobs, active jobs, driving jobs, and everything in between. But, regardless of the job a person performs, one of the ways to avoid work injuries and even aches due to fatigue is by having a regular stretching routine.

Stress occurs in everyone’s lives to some degree or another, either short or long term. Stress can be a positive experience when it offers a person the drive to achieve their goals.

About forty percent of all automobile accidents on the road today are rear-ended collisions. There can be severe injuries to the occupants of a car which is involved in a rear-end collision. Today, we’re going to talk about some common injuries we see to the occupants of a vehicle involved in a read end collision.

In our last blog, we talked about how minor car accidents can cause whiplash and how those symptoms linger if a patient doesn’t get adequate treatment. Today, we’re going to talk about some of the symptoms of whiplash, which isn’t always caused by a car accident.

We are always amazed when we see an automobile accident which annihilates the car, but the driver emerges from the wreckage unharmed. By the same token, when there is an accident in which the vehicle is barely scratched, it seems incongruous to see the driver hauled away on a spine board.

We all look forward to a vacation, regardless of the circumstances. Whether we’re planning a trip to the beach or a visit to Aunt Marcella, anticipation runs high.