A 38 year old fit mother of two little ones was referred by a professional acquaintance to my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston for treatment of twelve years of chronic headaches. There had been no accident or initiating event. They had come on insidiously and had grown steadily worse to the point that the quality […]
When low back pain is too severe to exercise and you can’t stay in bed, here are some simple stretches you can do at your desk to keep the muscles moving and the blood pumping. Movement of any kind helps. Even random movements increase blood flow which brings the repair and rebuilding cells, nutrients and oxygen […]
Structurally, the low back is the lumbar spine (five vertebrae) and the sacrum (the triangular bone at the base of your spine below the waist) with the coccyx (tail bone) at the tip. The lumbar spine is curved to make an arch in the small of your back. It is built to support weight. The […]
In the case of Dave B.’s back pain from lifting, Neuromuscular Therapy treatment at my Metro-West Boston clinic was as follows: The first job was to flush the tissues. Metabolic waste products accumulate from the body’s automatic response to the injury as well as those from muscle hyperactivity. Presence of these wastes feel like the […]
Back pain can be debilitating when unwise lifting or shoveling techniques cause strain in the muscles of the low back. Dave B., a slim man in his late twenties came into my Neuromuscular Therapy center in Metro-West Boston for treatment of back pain that came on suddenly while lifting cement blocks. There were no sounds […]
When your muscles tighten up from sitting still for too long it can cause hip pain. Here are some things you can do to limber up and relieve that discomfort. First, get out of your chair and move around for a few minutes at least every hour. Breathe deeply to oxygenate the blood and release […]
As a Neuromuscular Therapist, how do I think about acute hip pain, particularly in the case of Addison G.. In acute pain cases, I have to determine quickly where the pain is originating. Since Addison was sure this was not a back problem or bursitis or joint disease, the most logical source was a gluteus medius Trigger Point which refers […]
In the case of Addison G., treatment for acute hip pain was as follows: The culprit was the gluteus medius as I had suspected, but other muscles were involved. All were treated with Neuromuscular Therapy techniques in my greater Boston clinic. The gluteus medius radiated hot pain all around one specific Trigger Point site. It’s […]
Addison hobbled into my Neuromuscular Therapy office near Boston for emergency treatment for acute hip pain. For no reason that he could figure, his hips and sides were in spasm. He knew from years of experience that this was muscular pain rather than spinal nerve pain. I had only 30 minutes between other patients to […]
Neuromuscular Therapy treatment for foot pain involves releasing the tension and Trigger Points in the calf muscles and then keeping them stretched to prevent shortening. Flushing comes first to clear accumulated wastes that cause pain from the calf and increase blood flow to bring nutrients, oxygen and healing cells to the muscles. Compression of the muscle […]