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The iliopsoas muscle known as the hip flexor can be a huge culprate to why your lower back hurts. I can think of many lower back pain patients that I have had in the past that were tight in these muscles. The muscles have attachments to your lower back and pelvis and then extends downward and attaches to the top part of your thigh bone. As the muscle is named, it flexes the hip or marches the leg up. It also imparts actions at the pelvis and lower back. It tilts the pelvis fo

It is amazing what huge problems a small organ in our body can cause! The organ I am talking about is called the vestibular organ and it is housed within our inner ear, inside the temporal bone of the skull. The organ looks a bit like a snail. The organ sends signals to our brain and detects when we have moved. It also plays a key role in balance and spatial awareness. There is fluid within the organ that move in response to head movements, the moving fluid triggers the nervo

As with any service company there are many options to choose from. There are many factors that play into the final decision of what company to go with depending on quality of service, reviews and cost. In health care, not only is the company important, but what health professional you get in that company can make a huge difference in the outcome you want in your health. The same is true with selecting a Physical Therapist. So many patients that I have had in the past just ge

I have been hearing about so many elderly people falling these days. Falls which result in broken shoulders and hips, of which can be disastrous and deadly to people in their older years. The reason for this rise in falls is due to people staying at home more due to COVID-19 and not getting the necessary exercise and fitness one needs in a day. People are staying home more, staying in bed longer or sitting on the couch longer to read a book or watch TV. Our muscle and nervou

It's now 2021 and it looks like much will be the same regarding stay at home orders and gyms being closed. Many of our nation's elderly are fearful of leaving their home and choose to only do the bare essentials for out of home tasks. People are socially distancing themselves away from friends and family which is leading to a rise in depression, drug use and suicides in our nation. So many people are just staying at home and not doing many active things, and they are paying a