Tight hip flexors can cause lower back pain. This stretch will help prevent it. Kneel on the floor in a lungeposition but with your back knee on the floor. Push your hips forward so you feel a stretch in the muscles in the front of your back leg. To increase the stretch, raise the arm…
By focusing on three basic characteristics, one can find athletic shoes that can help to avoid back and neck issues during summer sports activities. The beautiful summer weather signals an increase in physical activity for many people who have hidden indoors throughout the rainy winter months. With great exuberance, many forget that selecting the proper…
Dr. Michael Janssen and the rest of us at CSD are very proud to announce our new relationship with Synthes! The hard workers at Synthes develop, produce and market instruments, implants and biomaterials for the surgical fixation, correction and regeneration of the skeleton and its soft tissues, and are the providers of the ProDisc Surgeon…
How much should a backpack weigh? What is the proper way of carrying it to avoid back injuries? Parents often complain, “My kid is having back pains, but we don’t know what’s causing it.” More often than not, improper backpack use and packing is the cause of such pains. Backpack-related injury is a serious issue…