4 things you can do at home to keep your shoulders healthy and pain free   Much emphasis gets put on the rotator cuff and it’s importance to shoulder health. Yes the rotator cuff is very important, but the rotator cuff consists of only 4 very small muscles, whose primary function

Preventing Carpal Tunnel and Elbow Pain   Preventing Carpal Tunnel and Elbow Pain in the Workplace   When people sit and type all day they often get concerned about carpal tunnel and elbow pain. The repeated typing, finger flexion, and wrist flexion tightens down our finger and wrist flexors creating

Desk Ergonomics: For comfort and pain relief   How to Set Up your Desk Your computer set up whether sitting or standing should look like this. Computer screen directly in front of you at eye level. Bring your computer to you. If you have to lean forward to see your

Take a look at some of the best athletes in the world and their posture.   All these athletes have very strong postures. Notice the

  In the past several blogs we have gone over various stretches for helping with flexibility. My favorite stretch, Tight Hamstrings, and Fix those Knees However, we always have to ask the question, “Why is a muscle tight in the first place?”   Muscles can be tight for several reasons

  You are in a time pinch and you feel tight. You have been sitting all day at your desk, what can you do quickly to loose up?   My favorite exercise to do after prolonged sitting is “The Couch Stretch”.   When we sit for long periods of time with

Tight hamstrings!!  “Why are my hamstrings always so tight, I stretch them all the time?”   A common question we get from patients all the time. You can have tightness in the hamstring area for a multitude of different reasons such as posture/pelvic positioning, neural tension, disc herniations, or previous