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07/11/2016

Thanks to the earth's gravitational pull, the average adult can put up to 60 pounds of pressure on the cervical spine when bent at a 60-degree angle.

03/09/2015

This is a guest post from expert biomechanist Katy Bowman, author of Don’t Just Sit There! Tomorrow, Sept. 2, is the final day to receive the $10-off early-bird discount and several bonus items when you purchase the online multimedia program Don’t Just Sit There! Learn all the details here and gain…

08/06/2015

22/04/2015

Lower back pain? This stretch could help.

Kneel on your hands and knees and then take one hand and reach around towards your ankle. Keep your back parallel to the ground.

Muscles being stretched:

Primary muscles: Quadratus lumborum. External and internal obliques.
Secondary muscles: Iliocostalis lumborum. Intertransversarii. Rotatores. Multifidus.

Sports that benefit from this stretch

Injury where stretch may be useful:

Lower back muscle strain. Lower back ligament sprain. Abdominal muscle strain (obliques).

Note:

Keep your thighs vertical, (straight up and down) and your back straight and parallel to the ground. Balance your weight evenly on both your knees and your hand. Take it very slowly to start and stop if you feel excess pain.

Ask your manual therapist for more information.

For self-help see: www.triggerpointcentral.com

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20/04/2015

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15/04/2015

Dean Fishman, a chiropractor in Florida, was examining an X-ray of a 17-year-old patient's neck in 2009 when he noticed something unusual. The ghostly image of her vertebral column showed a reversal of the curvature that normally appears in the cervical spine — a degenerative state he'd most o…

13/04/2015

Jin Shin Jyutsu is a an ancient Japanese form of touch therapy that you can perform on yourself to help balance your energy and emotions through sti

04/04/2015

A little holiday fun for today.
We hope you all have an amazing Bank Holiday weekend.

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25/02/2015

Sure, sometimes going for a massage is a special treat, an hour or two to pamper yourself and induce ultimate relaxation. But did you know massages can also be used to soothe migraine pain, bring