by Matt Shepard | Mar 19, 2013 | Exercises, Foot pain
The Navicular Bone acts as a key stone for the boney structures of the foot. When the bone gets pulled anterior (or towards the top of the foot), the spring mechanism of the foot is altered, leading to pain at the top of the foot. A muscle (known as the tibialis...
by Matt Shepard | Jan 23, 2013 | Conditions
Pain is something that we all deal with at some point in our lives. No one gets by without some incidence of pain. But what is pain? How can we understand pain? Pain has been studied by numerous scientists for hundreds of years. There are also many theories as to...
by Matt Shepard | Dec 17, 2012 | Conditions
Sciatica or leg pain is caused by the is irritation usually usually due to cumulative injury to the nerve over time. The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the human body (about the width of your thumb), it travels down the back of each thigh, calf, and foot. The...
by guest author | Jan 31, 2012 | Arm Pain, Conditions, Video
The radial nerve is part of a network of nerve fibers (for you anatomy junkies, this network is called the Brachial Plexus) that begins in your neck and travels down the back of your arm, forearm, and hand. This nerve can be caught or trapped by several muscles and...
by guest author | Jan 25, 2012 | Conditions, Video
Tingling in your hands can be self relieved by doing a Median Nerve Floss. There isn’t one single muscle that travels all the way from your neck to the hand. But there are 3 nerves that do this – your Ulnar, Median, and Radial Nerves. Out of these 3 nerves, the...
by guest author | Jan 21, 2012 | Neck Pain, Back Pain, Conditions
Your neck pain or low back pain may be caused by the overworking of your lats muscles. The latissimus dorsi muscle (commonly called “lats”) is the most powerful muscle of the back. When this muscle gets overworked, it often shortens. When this “shortening” happens,...
