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A comment was posted to my blog on "Cervical Stenosis" with some very good questions:
"I am wondering which Mckenzie neck excercises did you perform? All 7? 8 times a day? I am concerned about doing #2 and #7. I am in the same situation that you were...
I used to have periodic "pain in the neck", especially in the years of keeping my head in the books in college and graduate school. But since I was introduced to the McKenzie method and became certified in it, there has been hardly any episode of...
If you have low back pain and even have radiating symptoms from the lumbar spine, you need to FIRST take care of that before getting into all the other strengthening or cardio exercise for weight loss. Remember all mechanical problems in the back...
A wife of a patient asked me how to treat a spondylolisthesis. She said that she thinks her husband had spondylolisthesis and he responded to the exercises from the "Treat Your Own Back" (TYOB) by Robin McKenzie, but needed pointers to continue...
There is the formation of fibrosed tissue (scar tissue) in the process of a derangement (bulging disc, herniation...) being reduced and healed in our spine. If there is nerve root involvement in the episode--i.e. radiating or referred symptoms occur,...
Someone recently raised a question regarding numbness and weakness resulting from a low back pain episode. He recently had a low back injury from squatting and reaching down to pick up an object. After performing extension exercises according...
Effective neurological treatment is given by adequate knowledge base as well as much understanding in neuroscience. Normal movements require a fine control and balance between facilitating the right muscle group (agonist) while inhibiting other...
This is to target spinal symptoms and all peripheral musculoskeletal injuries to achieve effective long-term outcome within minimal amount of visits. Expertise in mechanical symptomology for effective patient education is essential, because it empowers...
While the traditional, unscientific approach of physical therapy and manipulative therapy fail to give long-term relief to low back pain patients, many people resort to think that they have to live with their low back pain (LBP) for...