This is a series on arm and hand pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to the “Checklist of Causes.” In my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston, I treat arm and hand pain caused by texting and computer use. The opponens muscles of the little finger and thumb are on the outsides of the […]
This is a series on arm and hand pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to the “Checklist of Causes.” In my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston, I treat arm and hand pain caused by texting and computer use. When using the computer keyboard, typing often involves reaching out to the side (abducting) with […]
The role of acid levels in our bodies and the contribution that high acid levels make to chronic pain has been a big question in my mind. I treat chronic pain patients in my Boston area Neuromuscular Therapy office and have experimented with this idea, having patients test their urine pH and make changes to […]
Who would have thunk! The delivery to my Boston area Neuromuscular Therapy center of my latest professional journal last week brought this interesting news. Dr. James Oschman (Ph.D) who authored the surprisingly believeable book Energy Medicine reports that “recent research has documented a variety of benefits from the transfer of charge from the earth to […]
This is the second in a series of posts on groin pain. If you missed the case study on which this series is based, go back to Groin pain Part 1: The case of Enrique L. When a patient comes to my Boston area office with groin pain, what do I think about as a […]
Here is a simple and effective stretching routine for knee pain originating in muscles that move the knee joint from the thigh and lower leg: quadriceps, hamstrings, popliteus and gastrocnemius. 1) Stretching the quadriceps in the front of your thigh: Standing on one leg (hold on to something for balance) bring your other knee up […]
For anyone with piriformis syndrome, restless leg syndrome, low back pain, hip pain, buttock pain, sciatica pain, thigh pain and back leg pain, these 5 specific stretches will help. If you feel discomfort or pain when you stretch, that’s the place that needs it. You won’t harm yourself even if it hurts if you stretch […]
According to Travell & Simons in their Trigger Point Manual, “In patients with chronic myofascial pain, attention to perpetuating factors often spells the difference between sucessful and failed therapy.” Perpetuating factors in the case of Krystal S. were an important consideration in reducing the need for continued treatment for restless leg syndrome at my Neuromuscular […]
When muscle tension and hyperactivity from Trigger Points are the cause of RLS, Neuromuscular Therapy is very successful in relieving symptoms and sometimes eliminating this disturbing condition. When an initial series of appointments works, but symptoms return, underlying or perpetuating factors need to be discovered. Treatment in the case of Krystal S. in my Neuromuscular […]
So how do I think about RLS? What jumps out at me is the “restless” part. The muscles are hyperactive. What can cause that? Well, I’m a Neuromuscular Therapist and when you’re a hammer everything looks like a nail, so I go right to Trigger Points! Trigger points are hyperactive. They are working 24/7. They […]