What do the ITB – and the lower-back, hips and knees have in common?Quite a bit actually. Building on our previous videos about the ITB which involved triggering the area and using a foam roller to relieve tension, Dr Leah Madden takes you through an effective stretch to try. The ITB is important because it attaches toContinue Reading »
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“A single part of your body doesn’t fail on its own…” Dr John WhiteOsteoworks When people have pain, they don’t realise that something can’t fail on its own. For you to have a failed tissue, a muscle soreness or a ligament strain – something else has let that happen. For that to have happened, there has toContinue Reading »
Morning Lower-Back Routine
Last week, Jay took you through a simple routine that you can do every time you need to bend down to pick something up off of the floor. A lot of patients come into the clinic with a stiff lower back which is aggravated first thing in the morning. We’ve touched on alleviating tension in theContinue Reading »
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Sore Lower-Back? Tight Hamstrings? This Will Help
Quit Slouching From Sitting at Your Desk for Too Long
Here’s a stretch that you can do at work to get you out of that slouched desk posture. It’s an easy exercise that you can do every 30-60 minutes, requiring little effort for a huge gain. It’ll get you sitting up nice and tall and allow you to breathe with greater capacity and ease. Apply forContinue Reading »
Shoulders Rolled Forward? Here’s How to Set Them Back
Pectoral Minor Stretch – Posture Recharge
Here’s a Pectoral Minor Stretch that will instantly improve your posture. Building on last week’s desk posture exercise, this pec-minor stretch will further enhance your posture, by helping open your upper-thoracic spine. By maintaining your pec-minor, not only will this help posture – but will also help prevent shoulder injury. Enquire About Cost and AvailabilityClick HereContinue Reading »
Sore or Unstable Ankles? Help Them in 4 Minutes.
Ankle mobility is important whether you’re an athlete, someone who just goes to the gym, or every day stepping up and down and changing direction. Decreased ankle mobility is a problem because without the range of movement through the ankle itself, our body compensates in ways that it isn’t necessarily built for – resulting in potentialContinue Reading »
Sore Hips & Knees? Fix Them With These Exercises
The ITB is a large tendon that runs down both sides of your legs from your pelvis, to your knee. It is common to get a lot of tightness in the ITB if you do running, cycling and lots of activities in the gym. If it gets tight, it can be responsible for hip and kneeContinue Reading »