So are you planning on “getting back in shape” in 2012? Like every January before, gyms, running trails, and “boot camps” around the country will see a flood of new people who haven’t exercised regularly since earlier the previous year. There are a number of things that keep people from staying active and sticking to..
read moreSo now that we have a better idea of how fascial distortions can cause pain in the same area, I’d like to explore an example of how they can lead to pain elsewhere in the body. The patient I am about to describe is actually quite common, though I often see patients like him after..
read moreMy Fascia has a twist, tear, separation, adhesion, or some other sort of distortion from normal … why does that necessarily cause pain? Well, these things Don’t always cause pain. This post is not about the mechanisms of pain generation in the body, so I’ll keep this part brief and simplified, but pain is only..
read moreI’m starting my posts with a focus on Fascia because I believe it has so much more to do with musculoskeletal pain and injuries than most give it credit. Over time as I write about a variety of injuries and conditions, a common factor in these discussions will be the role Fascia plays, so it..
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