Knees are complex joints that perform a simple job: They synchronize the work of the hips and ankles. We could easily reverse the statement and say that the knee is a simple joint doing a complex job. Both are true. The knee is also an elegant solution to a fiendishly...
Chronic pain is a traumatic ordeal no matter what its source or symptomatic profile, but chronic back pain has an all-consuming urgency that drives many of us to opt for drastic treatment without stopping for a second thought or opinion. The best time to treat chronic...
As the musculoskeletal system ascends past the thoracic back, its load-bearing capacity becomes more and more dependent on a stable foundation of muscles, joints, and bones. Above the shoulders, an intricate balancing act takes place without the direct assistance of...
If we were to name the one musculoskeletal component that is undergoing the most serious devolution, it would be the shoulders. We don’t use them much these days. Our world of motion has been squeezed into an invisible 3-by-4-foot box that hangs in midair directly in...
When the upper back is in flexion, pulling forward on the skeletal components of the upper torso, the opposing muscles of extension, rotation, and lateral movement tighten in reaction. This leads to restriction of motion in the upper back and shoulders. In addition,...
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