The hip flexors are one of the most common indirect causes of low back pain that we see in our office. And this is because of where the hip flexors lie. The hip flexors originate from the front of the lumbar spine, travel down through the pelvis, and attach to the front of the hip joint. A lot of times when they are tight, they pull the spine into an into extension. This extension compresses the joints in the back of the spine, so a tight hip flexor can lead to low back pain.
Did you know that 50% of the adult population suffers from disc injuries? If you are a young adult, disc injuries usually happen after some sort of trauma, like a sports injury or a car accident. And if you’re a bit older, they usually arise slowly from doing things over and over again for many years, like sitting. There’s good news and there’s bad news for these people who suffer from disc injuries.
Chronic pain has become one of the most debilitating medical conditions that our country deals with in today’s day in age. Every year there are millions of dollars that are sunk into researching and treating Chronic pain, and this is not counting the millions of dollars that are lost in workman’s compensation
Each morning millions of students across the nation are racing to the school bus or scurrying to their classrooms with an overstuffed back-pack slung over one shoulder. While carrying a back-pack to school each morning might seem harmless, it can cause painful back and neck problems for your children who do not pack or carry their back packs properly.
One of the most common questions that I receive from my patients is how to attain proper posture. First we must understand what exactly posture is. In simple terms, posture is the relationship with the skeleton to the earth’s gravitational forces. The skeleton is designed to disperse forces from the top of the head, through the feet and eventually to the floor. With a totally “neutral” posture, the body is designed to disperse these forces with minimal impact on the surrounding tissues of the body.
