Shoulder pain can be extremely debilitating. Think about instances where you don’t use your arms. Not that many, right? Shoulder pain is a common complaint frequently related to overuse or overload. Terms you may have heard are frozen shoulder, impingement, rotator cuff syndrome, biceps or suprapinatus tendinopathy and even instability. Some terms are outdated but …
Is my posture correct? The short answer is…….. if you’re not in any discomfort, it probably is. The word is out and new research shows that there is no single correct posture. So we can relax a bit on attaining this hard to achieve perfection. Then what is poor posture? A ‘poor’ posture could be …
1. Flexing the spine fully first thing in the morning. Did you know that your discs hydrate while you sleep and are a lot fatter in the morning. So when you bend, the fluid displaces more than it would at the end of the day making it a higher risk for back pain especially if …
As with many medical questions, there is no consensus on what the best sitting position is. There is more consensus that sitting commonly exacerbates and perpetuates low back pain. Poor sitting posture has also been implicated in the development and perpetuation of neck pain symptoms. It makes sense that somebody who is 6 foot 5inches …
It is financial year end for many of us and that means more time in front of the computer. When the pain sets in from hours of sitting with a curved spine, you suddenly remember those threats of ‘sit up straight or else’. My question to you…so how comfortable is it to sit up as …