Sep 21, 2017 | Body Regions, Client Knowledge Center
Will I need spine surgery? Progressive nerve deficits are one of the few indications for spine surgery. Most people with back pain do not need surgery. More research shows the long term benefit of surgery is not much different than non surgery options. In conditions...
Sep 19, 2017 | Body Regions, Client Knowledge Center, Treatment
Do I need to see my primary physician for my back pain? No, contrary to belief physicians are not the provider of choice for the treatment of back pain. In other countries they act to coordinate treatment and point people to the care they need. Most of the time that...
Sep 14, 2017 | Client Knowledge Center, Treatment
Can You Share The Details Of Your Sex Life? Sex is a normal part of life. Yet it remains a taboo to talk about it. Even the most sex positive people will not tell random strangers details about their sex life. This is a problem when it comes to healthcare and how pain...
Sep 12, 2017 | Client Knowledge Center, Injury, Sports
The Case Against Football I never played football as a kid, apart from flag football and touch football, but never “real” football. With the knowledge of concussions and the effect they can have in the short and long term I am glad I did not. This is...
Sep 8, 2017 | Client Knowledge Center, Treatment
Ergonomics Are Not As Impressive As People Think When it comes to ergonomics we have all heard that if we have a good setup at our desk we will have less pain. The research on the benefit of an ergonomic setup is small. In a review of the literature I was able to only...
Sep 6, 2017 | Body Regions, Client Knowledge Center, Injury, Treatment
Is Physical Therapy Effective For Your Pain? An important question to ask of any treatment is whether or not it is effective. If an intervention will help you or not is a key question because no one wants to waste their time on something that will not help them feel...
