Treatment Stories

I Have a Crick in My Neck … Can you Help with that?

On January 10th, 2012, posted in: Neck/Shoulder, Treatment Stories by 0 Comment

I occasionally get the above question, and the short answer is, “Yes, of course.” What people call a “crick in the neck” can come from a few different things, but in my experience, the majority of these painful scenarios occurs when the tissue surrounding a neck joint (called the joint capsule) gets pinched inside the..

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Fascial Changes as sources of Symptoms (Elsewhere in the body)

On May 19th, 2010, posted in: Fascia, General, Treatment Stories by 0 Comment

So 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..

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Fascial changes as sources of symptoms (in the same area of the body)

On May 19th, 2010, posted in: Fascia, General, Treatment Stories by 0 Comment

My 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..

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What is Fascia?

On May 18th, 2010, posted in: Fascia, General, Treatment Stories by 0 Comment

I’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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