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3 Practical Steps to Relieve Back Pain and Prevent It from Getting Worse
Back pain can disrupt your daily life, but lasting relief is possible with the right approach. Learn three actionable steps to identify pain triggers, stay active, and carve out time for recovery so you can get back to moving comfortably.
Why Do Muscles Get Tight?
Muscle tightness can be caused by everything from protective responses to prolonged sitting and stress. This post dives into the reasons behind muscle tightness and offers tips on how to find lasting relief by addressing the root cause of tension.
Why Treating Pain Isn’t Always the Same as Treating the Problem
Many people focus on relieving pain when it arises, but treating symptoms alone can lead to ongoing problems. In this post, we explore why it’s crucial to address the root cause of pain, such as movement habits and posture, to achieve real, long-term relief.
Unlock Your Body’s Superpower: The Amazing Ability to Adapt
Discover how your body’s adaptability can be your greatest asset for a pain-free, active lifestyle. Our Bryn Mawr chiropractic team offers 1-on-1 care with personalized rehab exercises, helping you build strength, mobility, and resilience to achieve long-term health goals.
Relieving a Stiff Mid-Back
What causes stiffness in your mid-back, and what can you do about it?
Understanding Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI)
Do you experience a pinching pain in the front of your hip when you squat, ride your bike, or sit for a long period of time?
While there are many causes of hip and groin pain, one of the most common causes of this specific pinching sensation is “Hip Impingement”, which is also referred to as “Femoroacetabular Impingement” or FAI for short.
The Truth About Posture
As a chiropractor, if I had a nickel for every time a patient told me “I have X pain due to poor posture,” I would be depositing a full piggy bank every month.
But, what if I told you that there is no such thing as a “bad posture”?
In this blog, we are going to debunk the myth that bad posture is the sole cause of your neck/back pain, change your perception of posture, and give you a few tips to help you make positive posture changes.
Returning to Activity Following a Lower Back Injury
Lower back pain can be debilitating. If you’ve experienced moderate to severe back pain, you know first-hand how much it can limit your ability to perform anything from a basic task to taking part in the physical activities that you enjoy.
Resolving the pain associated with these injuries is a top priority.
However, our primary goal is ensuring that we can guide our patients through the recovery process and help them get to a place where they’re not only out of pain, but also physically capable of returning to the activities they love.
When the primary goal is to return to activity, it’s imperative that we look beyond resolution of pain and focus on restoring function to 100% - if not better.
Piriformis Syndrome: A Real Pain in the Butt
What is Piriformis Syndrome?
Piriformis Syndrome occurs when contraction of the piriformis muscle compresses the sciatic nerve. Aggravation of the sciatic nerve can cause localized pain deep within the glutes, as well as numbness, tingling or weakness that may radiate down the back of the leg mimicking symptoms of “Sciatica”.
Piriformis Syndrome is not a new phenomenon, but despite the length of time it has been around researchers are still unsure of the exact cause of this type of gluteal pain.
Hip Flexor Pain in Runners
Understanding hip flexor pain in runners and what you can do to fix it.