back pain can be very limiting in life and when back pain strikes we can get frozen in fear. movement becomes our enemy with back pain with the thought that any movement will cause reinjury. one area with chronic back pain I see patients all the time fearful of strength training for the spine. one of the most important areas of spinal recovery is to improve healing rates reduce acute pain, and then get back to a strengthening program. in todays podcast I will discuss how to safely return to lifting weights and strengthening the spine without injury risk and allow for proper spine recovery without reoccurring back pain.

There is a growing number of non-contact based knee injuries happening with athletes. there are growing concerns that the surfaces we are playing on may be the driving force this increased injury risk, however I think it is more complicated than just the artificial turf we are playing on more regularly. Footwear is playing a bigger factor to the increase risk of knee injures especially non-contact knee injuries. sit back and enjoy this weeks podcast going dow the road of why we are seeing more non-contact knee injures and how we can work on preventing or limiting this number from continuing to increase.

In todays Podcast I will discuss about what are the most important muscles to keep strong to allow for successful aging. there has been research that has found certain muscles groups if you keep strong will have a much better time later in life to perform activities that keep you happy and enjoying life. I will also discuss ways to achieve and keep these important muscles strong.

Golf is a great game that can be played very late in life. for some back pain can be a limiting agent for golf play later in life. In this Podcast I will discuss the areas of improvement older golfers can make to limit lower back pain with play. areas of the body above and below the lumbar spine are intended to move much more than the lumbar spine itself with a proper golf swing. learn how to improve your movement pattern in a golf swing and limit the severity of your low back pain with play.

Heel pain can limit the enjoyment walking and standing tasks in life. some heel pain issues can last for months or even years. during that time period your body can go downhill due to lack of walking and standing due to heel pain. some patients can get relief from heel pain from injections or orthotics, but most do not get proper relief from those treatment options for heel pain. during todays podcast I discuss a patient I treated recently that suffered with heel pain and plantar fasciitis for four years without relief. she had to modify work requirements and had to completely alter her every day life to manage the severity of heel and foot pain. in 4 session we had noticeable improvement with foot pain and walking distance and time. learn how I achieved these outcomes for this patient and how I can achieve similar goals for you and your foot pain.

Todays Podcast is a treatment testimonial on a patient care post surgical with ACL and lateral meniscus repairs. If you have had knee surgery and had a hard time recovering or are about to have knee surgery and want inside on what to expect with recovery enjoy this podcast.

It is 2025 Happy New Years everyone! with the new year comes new challeges and goals to be set for your personal growth. goals for the new year can be set for strength personal goals or life goals they all rewire the same planing regiment. listen and learn how to achieve your goals this new year.

Part three of our pain discussion focuses on managing and removing causes of chronic pain. when pain lasts for more than six months it is considered chronic. when chronic pain starts it shifts how the brain perceives pain and stress hormones can be out of balance also worsening the symptoms of pain. We will go into more details on what YOU can do to improve the severity of pain, but also touch on other drivers such as emotional pain and stress that can worsen your injury pain. I will also give advice on other heath care specialists that can help with reducing and relieving your chronic pain.

Part 2 on pain explains the different systems involved with pain and specifically chronic pain. Many systems in the body play a part with improving or worsening pain symptoms. Genetics also play a part with pain tolerance and pain thresholds. If you have been in pain for more than 6 months and no improvement has been felt there is something missing with your care. In this Podcast I will discuss other body systems that play a part in pain responses and preception of pain. Autoimmune conditions and chronic inflammation or inflammatory diets can perpetuate some of the chronic pain symptoms that may have been started from an injury that the body has not successfully healed. Next podcast will cover solutions for pain issues and chronic pain problems.

Pain is something we all have experienced to some degree in our life, and everyone would admit they do not like pain or would like to try and minimize pain as much as possible. One aspect of pain that gets overlooked is unknown causes of pain that result in fear and suffering from the pain. once someone knows the what, why to their pain it is much more easy to understand. In this Podcast I start on a long journey to help you understand better what is pain what causes it and what makes it worse and what helps it go away. This first part will cover primarily what pain is and what types of pain there are and what is the difference between chronic pain and acute pain and why does acute pain sometimes result in chronic pain. I will also explain in this three part podcast what other systems of the body affect severity of pain rating and what you can do to improve your pain and get back to a life you love living with less pain.