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Category Archives: Spine Health
Shoulder Exercise – Wall Angel Glide
Once you have mastered the floor angel glide exercise, you can progress the wall angel glide, then the seated angel glide. The shoulders and arms position are the same as floor angel glide. However, you will likely to notice that … Continue reading
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Shoulder Exercise – Floor Angel Glide
Many people with shoulder injury because there is a postural imbalance in the shoulder girdle including the shoulder blade (scapula). In order to truly strength the shoulder and prevent further injuries, retraining the scapula is very important. Here is the … Continue reading
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Tagged shoulder exercise, shoulder pain, shoulder rehab
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Exercise Principles
Many people like to go to the gym to get stronger. However, some people ended up injuries while exercises. We have patients with injuries are trying to get back into regular exercises too soon. So when we should do what? … Continue reading
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Calf Stretching
This video demonstrates a few various of calf stretching. Stretching the inside calf (medial Gastrocnemius) Stretching the outside calf (lateral Gastrocnemius) Deep layer of the calf (Soleus) These stretches can benefit for those who suffers from plantar faciitis, calf injuries … Continue reading
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Tagged achilles injury, calf, lower extremitiy, plantar faciitis, stretching
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Bird-Dog Exercise
This is a very popular exercise prescribed by your physio, chiro or trainer. Bird-dog. I love the use of a stick to ensure a proper setup and posture. Make sure you have also mastered the basic core exercises.
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Tagged back exercise, Backpack, chiropractic, physio, trainer
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Inner Core-Part 2
If you have mastered the basic muscle recruitment of the inner core as demonstrated in Inner Core-Part 1, please go ahead to try the more advance exercises with more dynamic movements as demonstrated in this video. Once you have mastered … Continue reading
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Tagged chiropractic, core strength, Exercise, Low back pain, personal trainer
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Inner Core Exercise-Part 1
Weak core trunk muscle can certainly contribute to recurrent low back pain. Many people would try to strengthen the core by doing a bunch of sit ups. While sit ups and plank exercises are great to shape that 6 packs … Continue reading
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Spinal Osteoarthritis
Originally posted on Be Active Be Healthy:
Doc, I was told that I have arthritis in my neck and lower back. Is it genetic or is it just aging? This is a very common question I hear nearly daily. Some…
Posted in Bone Health, Musculoskeletal, Orthopaedics, Spine Health
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Acetaminophen Ineffective for Arthritis
Over the years, many back pain sufferers have been prescribed one of the most commonly known pain medications – Acetaminophen (i.e. Tylenol ®). According to a systematic review and meta-analysis published by Australian researchers in the British Medical Journal on … Continue reading
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Tagged Acetaminophen, osteoarthritis
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Leg pain? It may be back-related.
“Doc! My leg is hurting me, but my back is ok. Can you help?” I hear this frequently in my practice. Many leg pain can actually be originated from the back with or without experiencing back pain. A proper examination … Continue reading
Posted in Musculoskeletal, Orthopaedics, Spine Health
Tagged Back pain, chiropractic, Exercise, home exercise, leg pain, Spinal manipulation
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