Why sit-ups are causing your back pain Sit-ups should not be done. Period. One reason that that sit-ups are hard on your back is that they push your curved spine against the floor (flexing your lumbar spine) and engage your hip flexors. You can go to any local gym and see...
X-rays Before Treatment
One question that we often hear from new patients is “Do you take X-rays?” We do not routinely order X-rays. At our examination we perform a thorough case history, orthopedic, neurological, range of motion and functional tests. If after our examination an X-ray, or other imaging is found to be clinically...
Non-invasive Treatment to Bulging Discs
With the exception of the first two vertebrae in the neck, there is an intervertebral disc between each vertebra of the spine. Discs act as a shock absorber and a shock distributor, and provide us with flexibility. The discs are made up primarily of water. The structure of a intervertebral disc...
Hip Hinge and Its Relationship to Back Pain
The hip hinge is a method of forward bending where the “bend” is coming from the hip joint instead of the spine. It requires us to load our hips. By loading our hips we use the big muscles of the glutes and hamstrings reducing compression on our intervertebral discs. Study after...
