In many of my article, I talk about how or why the injury happens and what to do to help yourself. One of the most important aspects in prevention of injury and a speedy recovery is nutrition. You are made up of what you put or do not put in...
Next level in recovery: CRYOTHERAPY
What is Whole Body Cryotherapy? Impact Whole Body Cryotherapy Units give competitive athletes an edge by enhancing preparation so they can train harder and maximize performance. Impact Cryotherapy, the leading equipment engineered, designed and manufactured in the U.S., developed a new octagon exterior design with advanced user features, including new interior...
What is stroke: Background & Definitions
Only have a few seconds?.. Check take home points at the end of the articleWe all can think of a loved one who suffered one or multiple strokes during their life time. It effects everyone financially, physically, emotionally and mentally challenging. Understanding how and why it happens, will help you preventing stroke. ...
Preventing low back pain when lifting
Whether your job consists of lifting and packing or you are picking up groceries from the floor, using correct lifting biomechanics is very important when it comes to saving you from onset of back pain. There are three main factors that will help you achieve good lifting biomechanics: Core stability,...
ACL series: mechanism
ACL (Anterior cruciate ligamant) is one of the ligaments in the knee which prevents excessive shear forces to improve stability. The most common non-contact ACL injury mechanism includes a deceleration task with knee going into excessive extension and buckling in as the body shifts over the injured knee while the...
Prevent neck and shoulder pain post crossfit
Crossfit is getting really popular for the past 10 years and as the interest from many people grows, there are many crossfit gyms that are opening in every corner. If you have never done it or not sure what it is, here is a little summary. What is crossfit? Crossfit combines...
Importance of rehabilitation during pregnancy
Besides many, one of the most common complaints that you can hear from a pregnant women is "my back hurts." Some factors that can create back pain during pregnancy are losing muscle mass, postural changes, developing baby and hormones. Even though, soon-to-be-mom cannot do much about losing muscle mass, and certainly...
Core strength and back pain
Common reasons to why we suffer from back pain are trauma, poor posture, poor lifting biomechanics, prolonged positions that pushes our body to its limits such as sitting 8 hours a day at work. Two types of injury that we clinically treat are acute and chronic injuries. Acute means a sudden injury...
Gluteal spasm: can mimic herniated disc symptoms
Did you know one of your hip muscles can mimic herniated disc symptoms? Meet my patient - AJ. Of course, that's not his real name, I got consent to share his story but still want to respect his privacy. I started treating AJ for his elbow and he was very...
Facial Palsy during the Covid-19 pandemic
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7821573/pdf/BRB3-11-e01939.pdf Codeluppi L, Venturelli F, Rossi J, Fasano A, Toschi G, Pacillo F, Cavallieri F, Giorgi Rossi P, Valzania F. Facial palsy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brain Behav. 2021 Jan;11(1):e01939. doi: 10.1002/brb3.1939. Epub 2020 Nov 7. PMID: 33159420; PMCID: PMC7821573. Idiopathic facial palsy (Bell's palsy) is a common cranial mononeuropathy...