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September 15, 2025
Why Your Foot Pain Isn’t Just About Your Foot
Foot pain can be frustrating—especially when it lingers despite rest, stretching, or special orthotic shoes. If you’re struggling with heel pain, arch tightness, or discomfort that flares when you...
September 9, 2025
What If Your Headaches Aren’t Just “In Your Head”?
If you deal with regular headaches, you’ve probably heard it all: “Drink more water.” “Take this medication.” “It’s probably stress.” Maybe you’ve even tried Botox, nerve blocks, or seen...
May 7, 2025
Why Barefoot is Best for Your Health and Longevity
What’s the Right Shoe for Healthy Feet? I’m often asked about the best footwear for foot health. It’s a great question—your shoes impact everything from balance to posture to how you move. Thanks to...
April 29, 2025
The Foot *SHOULD* Flatten – Upgrading Hugo Part 2
“The foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” – Leonardo da Vinci When we talk about foot health, one word tends to get an unfair amount of negative attention: pronation . It’s a...
April 14, 2025
Upgrading Hugo – How Posture and Pain are Connected – Part 1
“Your posture speaks volumes before you even say a word.” Everything You’ve Been Told About Posture is Wrong The way we think about posture is often too rigid—literally and figuratively. Posture is...
March 26, 2025
Insoles are NOT the Answer to Foot Pain
Did you know that the very thing you think is helping your feet might actually be making them weaker? Many of us slip insoles into our shoes for comfort, support, or to ease foot pain. But what if...
March 3, 2025
Migraine Q&A – Quick Insights into a Solution
How Do You Treat Migraines Holistically? The cause of migraines is generally a pressure difference in the blood going to the brain. Several muscles can impinge on the arteries that supply the brain,...
February 18, 2025
Athletes, Prevent Injuries and Recover Faster with Active Release Therapy
Athletes push their bodies to the limit, constantly striving for peak performance. But with intense training and competition comes the risk of injuries, muscle tightness, and restricted movement. If...
January 28, 2025
Reclaim Your Posture and End Back Pain with Anatomy in Motion (AiM)
“Stand up straight, with your shoulders back.” – Dr. Jordan B. Peterson In Dr. Peterson’s best selling book “12 Rules for Life” he details the immense psychological importance in presenting yourself...
January 13, 2025
Unlocking Shoulder Freedom: How Active Release Technique (ART) Can Erase Your Pain
“Your body is not a car. Thing’s don’t just “wear out” – it’s a complex biological process and when things fall apart, there is a root cause, there is a reason. We can address these reasons.” – Me...
December 23, 2024
Supercharge Your Nervous System: How P-DTR® Can Help You Conquer Stress and Fatigue
“I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.” ― Steve Maraboli In today’s...
December 17, 2024
The 2025 Guide to Staying Injury-Free: Why Every Athlete Needs Anatomy in Motion
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t” – Anonymous As 2025 approaches, athletes everywhere are setting goals to improve their...
December 10, 2024
How Active Release Technique® (ART®) Helps You Recover from Surgery Faster
“You’ll be back to your old self in no time – just with cooler scars!” – Anonymous Recovering from surgery can be a challenging journey. Whether it’s an orthopedic procedure, soft tissue repair, or...
November 26, 2024
Breaking the Cycle: How NKT™ Can Help You Overcome Chronic Pain for Good
“In the sea of life, pain is a tide that will ebb and weave, continually. We need to learn how to let it wash over us, without drowning in it. Our life doesn’t have to end where the pain begins, but...
November 20, 2024
Pain-Free Running: How Anatomy in Motion Can Help You Hit the Pavement Again
“It’s not every day that you’ll be sidelined, so take it one day at a time. Focus on the few things that you can control and do your best to unpack why you got injured in the first place.” – Unknown...
November 7, 2024
The Surprising Benefits of Proprioceptive-Deep Tendon Reflex (P-DTR® ) for Headaches and Migraines
“No matter what stage of illness we are in, whether we’ve just been diagnosed, or we have lived with chronic migraines for decades, there are adjustments we can make to increase joy in our lives and...
October 29, 2024
Unlocking Athletic Potential with Neurokinetic Therapy (NKT): A Guide for Coaches
“The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” – Wilma Rudolph As a coach or trainer, we realize that you’re constantly looking for ways to help your athletes achieve new levels of...
October 22, 2024
Relief from Chronic Joint Pain: How Active Release Techniques® (ART®) Restores Your Mobility
“Chronic pain is not all about the body, and it’s not all about the brain – it’s everything. Target everything. Take back your life.” – Sean Mackey, MD, PhD Chronic joint pain can be a debilitating...
October 15, 2024
Anatomy in Motion: A Revolutionary Approach to Solving Foot and Ankle Pain
“If your feet are happy, you are happy.” – Dr. Jaspaul Riar If you’re one of the millions of people suffering from foot or ankle pain, you know how much it can limit your mobility and affect your...
September 24, 2024
Hip Flexor Strain: Preventing and Treating Pain
“No athlete is truly tested until they’ve stared an injury in the face and came out on the other side stronger than ever” – Anonymous Hip flexor strains are a common injury, particularly among...
September 10, 2024
Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Managing Chronic Pain
“I decided I don’t want this to define me, I’m much more than my knee.” – Unknown Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a common degenerative joint disease that affects millions of people worldwide....
September 3, 2024
Back Pain and Exercise: Finding the Right Activities
“There is probably no other medical condition which is treated in so many different ways and by such a variety of practitioners as back pain. Though the conclusion may be uncomfortable, the medical...
August 25, 2024
Plantar Fasciitis: Causes, Symptoms, and Effective Treatment Options
“Plantar fasciitis was one of the most painful experiences I have had in life.” – Steven Magee, Magee’s Disease Foot pain can be a daily obstacle that affects your mobility and quality of life, and...
August 13, 2024
Runner’s Knee: Understanding, Preventing, and Treating This Common Injury
“The pain you feel today will show itself as strength tomorrow.” – Tunde Oyeneyin All runners are familiar with the normal discomfort and pain that comes with running. But this is to be expected....
August 12, 2024
Sciatica: Understanding, Managing, and Finding Relief from This Painful Condition
“What if I told you, it doesn’t matter what side your back pain is on?” – Anonymous Unfortunately, sciatica is quite common. In fact, come estimates suggest that around 40 percent of people will...
July 23, 2024
Active Release Techniques®: A Solution for Stress-Induced Muscle Pain
“The truth is that stress doesn’t come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about your circumstances.” ―Andrew...
July 16, 2024
The Connection Between Gait and Foot Pain: An AiM Perspective
“The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy. The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose.” – Charles Dickens While we would all agree that...
July 9, 2024
How P-DTR® Therapy Can Transform Your Pain Management Strategy
“Time is not a cure for chronic pain, but it can be crucial for improvement. It takes time to change, to recover and to make progress.” —Dr. Mel Pohl, A Day Without Pain Chronic pain can be a...
June 25, 2024
Conquering the Climb: Effective Strategies to Prevent and Treat Runner’s Knee
“What I’ve learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you’re hurting like crazy and you want to give up. … Success is often just around the corner.” —James Dyson Running offers a path...
June 16, 2024
How to Prevent and Treat Tennis Elbow: Reclaim Your Grip on Pain-Free Activity
“Matt Bonner says he got tennis elbow from his iPhone 6” – 2015 NBA sports headline Tennis elbow, a common condition also known as lateral epicondylitis , plagues not only tennis players but also...
June 6, 2024
Effective Stretching Techniques for Pain Relief: Moving Beyond Pain Management
“Chronic pain is not all about the body, and it’s not all about the brain – it’s everything. Target everything. Take back your life.” – Sean Mackey, MD, PhD Living with pain can significantly impact...
May 19, 2024
The Link Between Your Muscles and Your Brain: A Critical Connection
“All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.” ― Martha Graham Our bodies are marvels of...
May 16, 2024
Why Your Brain Is Key to Pain-Free Living: Unveiling the Mind-Body Connection in Soft Tissue Therapy
“The mind and body communicate constantly. What you think can impact how you feel, and how you feel can influence your thoughts.” – Anonymous In the realm of pain management and soft tissue therapy,...
May 14, 2024
Addressing Common Misconceptions About Physical Therapy: Busting Myths and Maximizing Benefits
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger Physical therapy is a powerful tool for managing pain, improving mobility, and regaining function...
April 17, 2024
The Hidden Power of Your Body’s Deep Tendon Reflexes Explained
“Movement is a medicine for creating change.” – Carol Welch, movement therapist. Have you ever had a doctor tap your knee with a small hammer, causing your leg to jerk involuntarily? This seemingly...
April 10, 2024
The Science of Movement: What You Need to Know About NKT® and AiM
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your...
April 3, 2024
Chronic Pain Solutions: How Innovative Therapies Are Making a Difference
“Chronic pain is not all about the body, and it’s not all about the brain – it’s everything. Target everything. Take back your life.” – Dr. Sean Mackey, Stanford professor. Chronic pain. It’s a...
March 26, 2024
Exploring the Benefits of Cold and Heat Therapy in Rehabilitation
When it comes to physical rehabilitation, pain management and promoting healing are top priorities. There are a wide variety of differing techniques to achieve these goals, and two of the most...
March 19, 2024
Exploring the Connection Between Emotional Stress and Physical Pain
The mind and body are intricately connected. While we often think of them as separate entities, emotional stress can manifest in very real physical ways. And one of the most common consequences of...
March 12, 2024
Understanding the Impact of Sleep on Pain Recovery and Physical Performance
Sleep is often seen as a time for rest and relaxation, but its importance extends far beyond simply recharging our batteries. During sleep, our bodies undergo a series of critical restorative...
February 26, 2024
Innovations in Wearable Technology for Pain Management and Performance
The world of wearable technology is constantly evolving, offering groundbreaking tools and opportunities for individuals seeking to manage pain and enhance performance. These innovative devices have...
February 19, 2024
The Role of Nutrition in Muscle Recovery and Pain Management
Muscle soreness, aches, and pain are common experiences for individuals engaged in physical activity, whether they are weekend warriors or seasoned athletes. And this can be especially true for those...
February 12, 2024
Integrating Mindfulness and Movement to Enhance Pain Relief
Sarah, a 52-year-old accountant, had been struggling with chronic back pain for several years. The pain originated from a work-related injury and significantly impacted her daily life, limiting her...
January 21, 2024
The Science Behind Proprioceptive Deep Tendon Reflex (P-DTR) and Musculoskeletal Health
Proprioceptive Deep Tendon Reflex (or P-DTR) is a revolutionary approach that is taking the field by storm. If you’ve been searching for answers to chronic pain or mobility issues, then you’re in the...
January 16, 2024
The Benefits of SFMA in Post-Surgery Recovery
Are you going through post-surgery recovery and looking for a way to regain your strength, mobility, and overall function? Look no further than SFMA (Selective Functional Movement Assessment) – the...
January 14, 2024
Correcting Postural Dysfunctions with NeuroKinetic Therapy
Are you tired of slouching at your desk all day? Do you find yourself constantly battling nagging aches and pains caused by poor posture? Thankfully, there is a pain relief solution. The solution to...
January 11, 2024
ART: The Key to Treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Are you tired of the constant pain, numbness, and tingling in your hands? Do you find it difficult to perform even the simplest tasks due to carpal tunnel syndrome? Help is right around the corner....
January 9, 2024
SFMA: Identifying the Root Causes of Musculoskeletal Pain
Are you tired of living with nagging musculoskeletal pain? Do you find yourself constantly searching for relief but never truly understanding the root cause of your discomfort? If so, we have a...
January 7, 2024
Active Release Technique for Sciatica Pain: A Path to Relief
Are you tired of the relentless pain that shoots down your leg? Frustrated with countless failed attempts to find relief for your sciatica pain? Pain and Performance Solutions is here to help you...
December 26, 2023
7 Best Elbow Exercises To Help With Tennis Elbow
“Understanding the mechanics behind tennis elbow and incorporating targeted exercises can be pivotal in managing and overcoming this common condition.” – Dr. Emily Jones, Sports Medicine Specialist...
December 26, 2023
Deadlift Back Pain Relief through Physical Therapy
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December 26, 2023
Relief For Chronic Neck And Shoulder Stress With Soft Tissue And Physical Therapy Techniques
“My neck is so stiff, I look like I’m in a silent protest against my own posture.” – Demetri Martin Do you find yourself experiencing persistent or chronic tension and discomfort in your neck and...
November 27, 2023
Cervical Nerve Impingement and Physical Therapy
“ If one chews a problem over long enough, it becomes apparent that the jaw is aching, and what started as weighing heavy on the heart ends up a pain in the neck. ” – Anthony Marais Neck pain can...
November 7, 2023
Knee Therapy Through Physical Therapy
“I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don’t. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I’ve broken my right knee many times and it doesn’t hurt a bit.” ~ Terry Fox The knee is a pivotal joint...
October 16, 2023
Posterior Shoulder Pain And How To Relieve It
Shoulder pain teaches us the value of every move we make, and the pain of taking simple things for granted.” – Richard Salinas Almost everyone suffers from some minor aches and pains now and again....
October 10, 2023
Ankle Pain Relief Through Physical Therapy
“You can have an ankle or shoulder injury, and in six or eight months, you’re healed. But if the heart stops for a few moments, that’s it.” – Nwankwo Kanu Ankle pain is a common ailment that can...
October 3, 2023
Lumbar Traction: The Dos And Don’ts
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September 25, 2023
Shoulder Stiffness And Exercises To Fix It
“That pain in my knee means rain is coming. And that pain in my neck means relatives are coming.” – Maxine in Crabby Road Shoulder stiffness can be a common and frustrating ailment that hampers your...
September 15, 2023
Ten Single Leg Exercises For Leg Day
“If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger Exercise is certainly not for anyone. And, while almost everyone can benefit greatly from...
September 9, 2023
5 Thoracic Mobility Exercises For Everyone
“I’ve been accused of being stiff and unbending. Really? They must have seen me trying to pick up my phone.” – Unknown Mobility is a critical component of overall fitness and physical health. It...
August 9, 2023
Exercises to Prevent ACL Injury in Men
“I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well, don’t. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I’ve broken my right knee many times and it doesn’t hurt a bit.” ~ Terry Fox One of the most common...
August 9, 2023
The 5 Best Core Strengthening Yoga Exercises
“Yoga means addition – addition of energy, strength and beauty to body, mind and soul.” — Amit Ray Yoga poses, known as “asanas,” may trace their origins back to ancient India, where yoga as a...
August 8, 2023
Exercises to Prevent ACL Injury in Women
Exercises to Prevent ACL Injury in Women “No athlete is truly tested until they’ve stared an injury in the face and came out on the other side stronger than ever” – Anonymous ACL tears in women tend...
July 16, 2023
Top Core Strengthening Workouts
“All physical activity begins with the body’s core. I maintain the strength in my core so that I can jump, run, start, stop, and accelerate at the highest levels.” – Derrick Rose A strong core is the...
July 11, 2023
How to Prevent A Sciatica Flare Up
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June 21, 2023
Pain Relief For Axillary Web Syndrome
“Having had cancer, one important thing to know is you’re still the same person at the end. You’re stripped down to near zero. But most people come out the other end feeling more like themselves than...
June 5, 2023
Vertigo Treatment Exercises That Help Everyone
“I have vertigo. Vertigo makes it feel like the floor is pitching up and down. Things seem to be spinning. It’s like standing on the deck of a ship in really high seas .” – Laura Hillenbrand, Author...
May 25, 2023
A Brief Review Of The Top Groin Exercises
Even if you don’t have time for a big workout, stretching in the morning and night really changes your body.” – Erin Heatherton While many of us understand the importance of the role of exercise in...
May 24, 2023
Revive the Sleeping Giant: Gluteus Maximus Activation for Alleviating Lower Back and Knee Pain
If there were a magic bullet blog post that could tackle the underlying causes of a lot of back and knee pain issues, you’d be reading it now. We’re about to delve into a treasure trove of anatomical...
May 6, 2023
Supportive Therapy for Your Tennis Elbow
“Tennis Elbow is easily curable, and here’s how: Switch to playing ping-pong. Sure, the pain is still there, but now it’s Ping-Pong Elbow, and that’s so silly it might make you rethink your hobbies,...
April 24, 2023
Lower Back Pain And Physical Therapy Relief
“Has nobody noticed the embarrassing fact that science is about to clone a human being, but it still can’t cure the pain of a bad back?” – Marni Jackson Back pain, and lower back pain in particular,...
April 11, 2023
How To Relieve Severe Neck And Shoulder Pain
“Time is not a cure for chronic pain, but it can be crucial for improvement. It takes time to change, to recover and to make progress .” – Dr. Mel Pohl, A Day Without Pain Chronic pain affects...
April 10, 2023
Relieving Lower Back Pain From Deadlift
Relieving Lower Back Pain From Deadlift “If you think lifting weights is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous.” – Bret Contreras There’s much to be said for weightlifting as a form of...
March 26, 2023
The 3 Best Posterior Shoulder Muscle Exercises
Shoulder pain can be not only aggravating, but it can often be debilitating, as well. And it can often spread to the neck and upper back, potentially creating a crippling pain condition for some...
March 23, 2023
Relieving Shoulder Pain With Physical therapy
“Chronic pain is not all about the body and it’s not all about the brain—it’s everything. Target everything. Take back your life.” —Sean Mackey, MD, PhD No one likes being in pain. And some types of...
March 22, 2023
One Leg Squats: Best Form And Benefit
“Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out.” – Jack LaLanne One of the most fundamental activities any of us can engage in to...
March 13, 2023
Everyday Activities That Can Lead to Chronic Pain
Are you waking up with aches and pains every day? Do simple tasks like brushing your teeth or carrying groceries become excruciatingly painful? It’s easy to overlook seemingly benign activities in...
March 7, 2023
Best IT Band Stretches For Knee Pain
“Fishing largely consists of not catching fish; failure is as much a part of the sport as knee injuries are of football.” – Robert Hughes Although most of us probably do not fish nor play much...
February 19, 2023
What Happens to Your Body When You Have Misaligned Feet?
Do you suffer from chronic foot pain or discomfort? Have you ever stopped to consider how your feet might be affecting the rest of your body?
February 12, 2023
How Chronic Pain Can Lead to Chronic Migraines
Are you one of the millions of people worldwide who suffer from chronic pain? If so, you know how debilitating it can be.
February 5, 2023
Unlocking the Secrets of NeuroKinetic Therapy: How It Works and Its Benefits
Most people see jerking of the arms or legs as inconvenient, but few realize the dangers it can pose to those who struggle with them. When the body becomes harder to control due to nervous system...
January 19, 2023
What Are The 7 Functional Movement Screen Tests?
“We have a brain for one reason and one reason only — and that’s to produce adaptable and complex movements.” – Daniel Wolpert Functional movement is an interesting term. According to one source, they are movements based on real-world situational biomechanics.
January 12, 2023
How to Get Neck Pain Relief
“Fairytales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist; but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” – G.K. Chesterton Life can be marked with periods of pain – often...
January 6, 2023
Exercises to Help With Tennis Elbow
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. I comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t” – Anonymous Injuries are unfortunate, often painful, and almost always frustrating and...
December 22, 2022
The Different Foot Muscles And Tendons
“No knowledge can be more satisfactory to a man than that of his own frame, its parts, their functions and actions.” – Thomas Jefferson
December 19, 2022
Frequently Asked Questions About Physical Therapy
“Rest is not the answer. Activity and therapy help healing most ” – Joerg Teichmann Most of us are familiar with the practice of physical therapy. Many of us have been to a physical therapist. And...
December 2, 2022
How to Take Care of Your Muscles With Physical Therapy In 2023
“The most important day in any running program is rest. Rest days give your muscles time to recover so you can run again. Your muscles build in strength as you rest.” – Hal Higdon Whether you are a...
November 14, 2022
Arthritis Types And Alternative Treatment
“I don’t deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don’t deserve that either.” – Jack Benny One of the dreaded “plagues” of older adults is arthritis. For some, it seems as if it is inevitable...
November 8, 2022
Pain All Over: Understanding The Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
“Chronic pain sufferers tend to minimize their pain to try to seem as normal as possible. We don’t want to be perceived as complainers, so we keep much of our pain experiences to ourselves .” ~...
November 4, 2022
Joint Pain Relief to Start The New Year
“We don’t know how strong we really are until being strong is the only choice.” – Jadine Sayer Life is filled with various pains and afflictions. Rare is the individual who goes through their adult...
October 20, 2022
Finding Victory Over The Pain Of Plantar Fasciitis
“We may well value our minds and esteem our brainpower. But let us respect our feet as well. They might be down-to-earth for sure, but do allow us to go forward and steam ahead in life.” ― Erik...
October 16, 2022
Finding Lasting Relief From Chronic Neck Pain
“We all have many more abilities and internal resources than we know. My advice is that you don’t need to break your neck to find out about them.” — Christopher Reeve Like many other parts of our...
October 16, 2022
Winning The Battle Of Compressed Nerves And Neuropathic Pain
“If I woke up in the morning and nothing hurt, I would worry I was dead.” — Unknown We can often make jokes about pain and the seemingly inevitable onset of pain from aging. But for those who suffer...
September 21, 2022
The Curse Of The Couch: Inactivity And Muscle Pain
“A new study published by The British Medical Journal found that inactivity can kill you. I mean, these are the kind of findings that just scare the hell out of Congress.” – Jay Leno. Many people...
September 14, 2022
When Lower Back Pain Keeps You From Functioning
“87% of young people have back pain. The other 13% have no computer.” – Unknown Several regions of the human body’s back, or dorsal side, are commonly subject to pain. And these regional types of...
September 7, 2022
Active Release Techniques® vs. Myofascial Release: How They Differ
*“We can’t avoid age. However, we can avoid some aging.
August 30, 2022
Always Hurting, No Matter What: Dealing With Sciatic Pain
“Some days, I amaze myself. Other days, I put the keys in the fridge.” – Unknown. A growing body of evidence points to the very real possibility that prolonged periods of chronic pain can lead to...
August 15, 2022
When Pain In Your Elbow Makes It Hard To Use Your Arm Or Hands
“Never overestimate the strength of the torchbearer’s arm, for even the strongest arms grow weary.” ― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar We take many things for granted when it comes to our...
August 7, 2022
Low-Level Stress And Chronic Neck and Shoulder Pain
“I recognize one thing about pain…It knows no color, it knows no religion, it is not prejudice. Pain is just pain.” – Juanita Bynum We talk quite a bit about stress. One might think that America is...
July 25, 2022
Treat Compressed Nerves And Neuropathic Pain Without Drugs
“Pain is your friend; it is your ally. Pain reminds you to finish the job and get the hell home. Pain tells you when you have been seriously wounded. And you know what the best thing about pain is?...
July 15, 2022
Preventing Pain While Improving Performance: Walking For Fitness
“Exercise is important, but exercise in a gym is not important. Go and take a walk outside. Skip the umpteenth coffee date and go for a hike instead. Take the stairs. Walk your errands.” – Daphne Oz...
July 5, 2022
When Walking Wrong Brings Chronic Foot Pain
“When you’re at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the next step. That’s all there is to it” ~ Samuel Fuller There are few things we...
June 23, 2022
The ‘ART’ Treating Your Body’s Soft Tissues To Bring Pain Relief
“The truth is that stress doesn’t come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about your circumstances.” – Andrew...
June 15, 2022
Treating Chronic Pain From Repetitive Stress Injuries
“Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.” – Norman Vincent Peale Repetitive motions and actions are a...
June 7, 2022
Your Knees Are Easy To Ignore – Except When You Can’t
“If I could change one thing about myself, I would have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You’re only as good as your legs, whether you’re an athlete or an actor.” ~ William Petersen...
May 22, 2022
The ‘ART’ of Treating Your Body’s Soft Tissues To Bring Pain Relief
“The truth is that stress doesn’t come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about your circumstances.” – Andrew...
May 15, 2022
When Your Hips Have Pain Making It Hard to Sit or Walk
“In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.” – Pico Iyer There are times when sitting is either necessary, as when you are working perhaps, or when it is a relief when...
May 5, 2022
When Your Elbow Has Pain And You Don’t Know Why
“She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.” – Henry James Painful movement in one or both elbows can limit our activities and make everything we do...
April 19, 2022
When Foot Pain Leads To Pain In Other Places
“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” – Leonardo da Vinci Our feet are indeed amazing structures. Composed of 26 bones, the foot and ankle make up a complex mechanical...
April 17, 2022
Oh, My Aching Back! – Back Pain Causes And Cures
“If I woke up in the morning and nothing hurt, I would think I was dead.” – Unknown It is the stuff of jokes, humorous anecdotes, and light-hearted griping. Older people nod knowingly when their...
April 13, 2022
When Your Shoulders Are Bearing The Weight Of Chronic Pain
“Often try what weight you can support, and what your shoulders are too weak to bear .” – Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Physical pain is an unavoidable reality of living. From those minor,...
April 5, 2022
When Work Is A Pain In The Neck – Literally
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.” ― Robert Fulghum Occasional neck pain or soreness is a...
March 23, 2022
Pain And Performance Can Mean Pain-Free And High Performance
“Too often people don’t distinguish between the discomfort that comes from fatigue and the feeling of pain.” – Bryce Hastings, Physiotherapist and Les Mills Head of Research No pain, no gain. We’ve...
March 15, 2022
Taking Aim At A Restored Gait And Relief From Pain
“Walking is the natural recreation for a person who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.” – Leslie Stephen As humans, most of us engage in...
March 9, 2022
When Your Middle Back Pain Doesn’t ‘Go Away’ On Its Own
While this sentiment may be humorous on its face, the truth is that many of us don’t do things that we might enjoy, or simply should do, because of a “bad back.’ Back pain can present itself in a...
March 3, 2022
Dehydration, Underhydration, And Muscle Pain
Although we use the term “dehydration” or speak of being “dehydrated” rather than underhydrated or the state of underhydration, the latter is considered technically correct. While it is not a strict...
February 27, 2022
When Chronic Hand Pain Makes Daily Life Activities Difficult
“The hand is the visible part of the brain.” – Immanuel Kant Humans are somewhat unique in the animal kingdom for a several reasons, and at the top of that list is that fact that we are bipedal – we...
February 20, 2022
Maintaining Health And Fitness While Staying Pain Free As You Age
“Home, home again. I like to be here when I can and when I come home cold and tired, it’s good to warm my bones beside the fire.” – Pink Floyd It is a simple yet inescapable fact that we are all...
February 15, 2022
Compensation Pain: When It Hurts Where It Shouldn’t
*“Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain.
February 1, 2022
New Year, New Body, No Pain
“Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” – Tony Robbins Many people look to the new year as a fresh opportunity to improve their health, their level of...
January 25, 2022
Living With Chronic Pain: Getting Better, Not Just Getting Along
“I don’t believe in pain management anymore, I believe in trying to cure persistent pain.” – Michael Moskowitz, MD, M.P.H. There are a multitude of chronic pain types and a variety of reasons why...
January 20, 2022
Middle Back Pain: What’s Really Causing It And Can It Be Relieved?
As humans, most of us take movement for granted. The vast majority of us have been moving almost thoughtlessly for as long as we can remember. For some of us, we may only have become cognizant of...
January 13, 2022
Compensatory Pain: Experiencing Pain Where There Should Be No Pain
“We have two strategies for coping; the way of avoidance or the way of attention.” – Marilyn Ferguson One could easily say that we have trained our bodies over time to cope with pain. For most of us...
January 6, 2022
Resolving To Be Fit And Pain Free This New Year
“When you’re at the gym feeling like you’ll never be one of those people who look like they’ve been at it their entire lives, remember that they all started somewhere.” – Unknown We all do it. We’re...
December 19, 2021
Pain And Depression: Staying Safe And Healthy For The Holidays
“I don’t believe in pain management anymore; I believe in trying to cure persistent pain.” – Dr. Moskowitz Anyone who has experienced and suffered from ongoing or chronic pain knows of the emotional...
December 17, 2021
Self-Care Tips For Avoiding And Managing Lower Back Pain
My favorite childhood memory is my back not hurting.” – Anonymous It has been something of a cultural meme since probably the beginning of recorded history. People complain about back pain and,...
December 17, 2021
The Unexpected Effects Of Interrupted Exercise Or Workouts
“Once you are exercising regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it.” – Erin Gray Yet, it happens. Maybe the weather became unexpectedly severe, and you had to miss out on some fitness walks or your...
December 8, 2021
Give Yourself The Gift Of Becoming Pain Free This Year
“Healing severe or chronic pain, I believe, includes transforming our relationship to the pain, and, ultimately, it is about transforming our relationship to who we are and to life.” – Sarah Anne...
November 26, 2021
7 Common Holiday Injuries That Can Sideline Your Celebrations
“Dear Santa. This year please give me a big fat bank account and a slim body. Please don’t mix those two up like you did last year. Thanks.” – Anonymous The holidays can be a joyous and heart-warming...
November 19, 2021
Sciatica And Active Release Technique®
“Having a chronic illness is like waking up and realizing it’s Monday, every single day.” — Unknown The same can be said for having chronic pain. Pain management may be necessary for pain that cannot...
November 16, 2021
The 3 Most Common Types Of Chronic Pain – And Their Causes
“The greatest evil is physical pain.” – Saint Augustine
November 11, 2021
Active Release Technique® – Taking A Deeper Look
“The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.” ― Wallace Stegner Life can be painful. There are the typical pains and soreness of everyday life, of course, but there is also the pain of injuries, illness, and physical conditions.
October 11, 2021
Avoiding Pain Through Diet And Exercise Matters
“Exercise is King. Nutrition is Queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.” – Jack LaLanne, Fitness and Nutrition Expert An eternal truth of being human is that we must eat. Another truth is...
October 6, 2021
Upper Back Pain Can Be Much More Than Simply Annoying
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein The Problem of Pain and Movement What is movement? As one source points out, “Movement is a fundamental...
August 19, 2021
Finding Relief For Chronic Lower Back Pain
“Do back exercises. Pain is distracting.” – Unknown Vast numbers of people throughout the United States suffer from varying degrees of lower back pain. In fact, at least 80 percent of all adults will...
August 12, 2021
The Downsides Of Treating Chronic Pain With Over-The-Counter Medications
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller Pain is a fact of life. Some pain is fleeting and momentary. We bump into something, sit too long in...
August 7, 2021
Carpal Tunnel, Weightlifting, And Pain – A Real Connection?
“The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment.” – Justin Langer Anyone who has pursued a goal of some kind, especially one that involves physical exertion, can readily identify...
June 27, 2021
Finding Muscle Pain Relief Naturally
“I go to nature to be soothed, healed and have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs Finding relief, rejuvenation, and improved health naturally is a practice that is no longer relegated to the...
June 23, 2021
Finding Relief From Chronic Knee Pain
“Walking takes longer, for example, than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life.” – Edward Abbey Unfortunately, if you’re suffering from chronic...
June 17, 2021
How To Find Relief For A Pinched Nerve In Your Shoulder
“I move, therefore I am.” – Haruki Murakami Movement is so essential and fundamental for our existence that we often give it little thought. It’s as natural to most of us as breathing – we move our...
June 6, 2021
When Walking For Fitness Results In Foot Muscle Pain
There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them. – Ralph Marston It seems that for decades now, the world that we know here in America has been caught...
May 27, 2021
When New Year’s Fitness Resolutions Result In Shoulder Pain Or Knee Pain
“If you are a human being, you probably use the beginning of every year to reflect on the past year, make decisions, and set resolutions for the New Year. It is a good thing to make resolutions, but...
May 20, 2021
Three Common Areas Of The Foot That Can Have Chronic Pain
“Walking is cheap, fun, safe and acceptable exercise.” – Annie Taylor Research and experience have proven that walking can be as beneficial as running or most any other exercise when it comes to...
May 13, 2021
Dealing With Chronic Knee Pain And Its Treatment
“A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.” —Paul D. White For some it’s simply time and wear. For...
May 6, 2021
Taking The Right Steps To Treating Foot Muscle Pain
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” – Khalil Gibran Our feet, though lowly and often ill-regarded, are our chief means of...
April 25, 2021
When You Train Hard, Play Hard – And Get Hurt
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke We are a society of active people. Despite the recurring news...
April 17, 2021
The Dark Side Of Technology And Pain
“Technology makes it possible for people to gain control over everything, except over technology.” – John Tudor We love our tech. It’s estimated that, on average, video gamers spend six hours and...
April 10, 2021
Considering The Common Causes Of Chronic Pain
“Healing doesn’t mean that the pain never existed. It means the damage no longer controls the lives.” – Unknown Chronic pain can range in severity from being an aggravating annoyance to being...
April 3, 2021
Getting In Shape And Staying That Way While Being Pain Free
“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.” – Hippocrates Not everyone wants to be...
March 19, 2021
When You Need Help For Your Hand: Treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
“The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.” – Jacob Bronowski Carpal tunnel syndrome. At one time it seemed that almost everyone knew someone who suffered from it or suffered from it themselves. In...
March 16, 2021
Proper Posture And Gait For Avoiding Pain
“Postural exercises such as yoga, pilates and martial arts are about avoiding pain and injury as much as helping you feel good. Attractive men and women have good posture.” – Liz Miller Being...
March 8, 2021
Finding Relief From Chronic Wrist Pain – It’s All In The Wrist
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.” – Alfred Austin With spring just around the corner,...
February 24, 2021
Preventing Pain While Getting Fit Again
“Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn’t formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.” – Lee Haney Because so many of us have had to restructure,...
February 19, 2021
Avoiding Chronic Back Pain From Desk-Bound Work
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers It doesn’t matter whether we are working at the office or working from home – at our desks and cubicles...
February 9, 2021
Eliminating The Pain Of Muscular Compensation Patterns
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February 5, 2021
Living Pain Free Is More Than Treating Symptoms
“You can’t expect to have a high quality of life if you don’t make wellness a priority.” – Gymaholic As we always stress here at Pain and Performance Solutions, one of the fundamental keys to...
January 25, 2021
Treatment For Common Types Of Foot Pain
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January 19, 2021
Treating Neck Pain And Active Release Techniques®
“No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.” – Frederick Douglass While it may be metaphorical, neck pain can be...
January 15, 2021
Getting Treatment For Shoulder Pain
“The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.” – Paracelsus Some types of physical pain are bearable. And, in fact,...
January 10, 2021
Active Release Techniques® For Back Pain
Many of us certainly would like to think that we had strong, healthy backs and shoulders, but recurring or chronic back pain can cause us to feel weak. Back pain that is constant, or chronic, can be...
December 25, 2020
Different Modes Of Walking For Fitness
“Walking is the only form of transportation in which a man proceeds erect – like a man – on his own legs, under his own power. There is immense satisfaction in that. ” ― Edward Abbey Walking, for...
December 18, 2020
The Benefits Of Regular Exercise For Pain Free Living
“Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.” – Nelson Mandela Exercise means different things to different people. For some, it simply means “staying active” which can be...
December 11, 2020
Walking And Running: How Our Gait Affects Our Bodies And Can Cause Pain
“The human body is the ultimate healer – a title belonging to no therapist.” – Gary Ward, author and founder of Anatomy in Motion If you are like most people, you know that it is probably impossible...
December 4, 2020
For Everything There Is A Season – And That Includes Rest
“During rest the body rebuilds, renews, rewires, and re-creates itself.” – Dr. Matthew Edlund, author of The Power of Rest For most people, the opportunity to rest and take a break from work and the...
November 22, 2020
Age, Pain, And Performance
“Only 20 percent of our longevity is genetically determined. The rest is what we do, how we live our lives and increasingly the molecules that we take.” – David Andrew Sinclair In spite of everything...
November 15, 2020
Active Release Techniques® And Sciatic Nerve Pain
“I decided to write ‘True Refuge’ during a major dive in my own health. Diagnosed with a genetic disease that affected my mobility, I faced tremendous fear and grief about losing the fitness and...
November 9, 2020
Cold Weather And Joint Pain
“A flexible body and a flexible mind will keep you stable and strong.” – Anupama Garg For the human body, flexibility hinges on functional joints, along with healthy muscles and connective tissues....
November 2, 2020
The Heaviness Of Chronic Pain
“Obesity affects every aspect of a people’s lives, from health to relationships.” – Jane Velez-Mitchell One of the perennial realities of the holidays for most Americans is weight gain. It’s the...
October 26, 2020
Pain-Free Living And Mental Well-Being
“Being able to be your true self is one of the strongest components of good mental health.” – Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy This quote touches at the heart of mental well-being and pain since it is...
October 20, 2020
Treating Pinched Nerves Using Active Release Technique®
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patients in care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” – Thomas Edison No one likes pain,...
October 13, 2020
Getting A Handle On Chronic Hand Pain
Hands can be used for so many purposes and, among them, is healing. However, there are times when it is our hands that are in need of healing. For most people, it is far too easy to take our hands...
October 6, 2020
Injury Recovery And Muscle Treatment
“It’s always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can’t change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than...
September 29, 2020
Chronic Muscle Pain: Moving When It Hurts
“We don’t stop hiking because we grow old – We grow old because we stop hiking.” – Finis Mitchel Being Active Sometimes Means Being in Pain Anyone who regularly works out or runs knows the discomfort...
September 20, 2020
Staying Healthy And Fit In A Troubled Time
“The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.” – Morihei Ueshiba For many people, exercise and working out is as essential to their mental health as it...
September 13, 2020
Long Term Stress And Pain
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James Anyone who suffers from stress and anxiety understands that much of it is the result of our...
September 6, 2020
Taking A Look At Chronic Foot Pain
“Walking is the only form of transportation in which a man proceeds erect – like a man – on his own legs, under his own power. There is immense satisfaction in that.” ― Edward Abbey No one likes to...
August 26, 2020
Dealing With Upper Back Pain
“Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.” – Joseph Pilates Back pain is one of the most common complaints among adults...
August 20, 2020
You Don’t Have To Take Chronic Lower Back Pain In Stride
In the United Kingdom, passengers on the Underground hear an admonition being broadcast repeatedly in the terminals, “Mind the gap!” In fact, the phrase has become a meme of sorts and shows up on...
August 13, 2020
Are You Simply Enduring Chronic Knee Pain?
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller Many of us tend to think of knee pain as something that only afflicts the elderly, or athletes like...
August 6, 2020
Avoiding Chronic Pain From Aging
“The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven’t changed in 70 or 80 years. Your body changes, but you don’t change at all.” – Doris Lessing Everyone ages. While this may seem...
July 26, 2020
Finding Relief From Chronic Neck Pain
“Some people have loved ones they will not forsake, even though they are a pain in the neck.” – Lewis B. Smedes Chronic neck pain is not uncommon among American adults and it can lead to other issues...
July 12, 2020
Poor Posture, Chronic Pain, And Active Release Technique
“A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.” – Morihei Ueshiba Of all the things that one can do to improve health and well-being , there is something so simple, so fundamental, that...
July 5, 2020
Alternatives To Drugs, Surgery, Or Simply Suffering From Chronic Pain
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” – Haruki Murakami If you have been suffering from any type of chronic pain for any length of time, you know that it can impact your mind and your...
June 21, 2020
Thinking About Chronic Hip Pain
“If you don’t stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.” – Jordan Peterson Your hip joint can manage years of repeated motion and a great deal of wear and tear. It is...
June 19, 2020
Gait Dysfunctions: When Walking Hurts
Walking is, for most people, the most basic and fundamental actions we can take. It is our primary means of locomotion.
June 14, 2020
Active Release Technique® And Shoulder Pain Relief
“You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.” – Desmond Tutu A healthy body means a pain-free body and one that will provide you with the...
June 7, 2020
Exercise, Workouts And Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
As a species, we are highly dependent on our hands. Without them we can be severely limited in what we can do and how we function. And if our hands are subject to chronic pain , it can become a...
May 24, 2020
Working Out, Body Weight, And Minimalist Fitness
Photo by Piero Nigro “There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.” —Booker T. Washington One of the best preventative measures for recurring or...
May 3, 2020
Heat, Hydration And Healthy Workouts
“Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn’t formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.” – Lee Haney A good workout puts stress on your muscles,...
April 26, 2020
Thinking About Leg Pain and Prevention
“I move, therefore I am.” – Haruki Murakami Almost everyone experiences the leg pain of sore, overused muscles occasionally. And many know the pain and crippling effect of sprained joints or tendons...
April 19, 2020
Staying Fit: How Much Activity Is Enough?
We understand that not everyone is an athlete and, in fact, not everyone intentionally workout regularly or pursue high levels of fitness. Nonetheless, people want to stay physically fit – at least...
April 12, 2020
Treating Chronic Hand Pain And Its Cause
“It is necessary to keep one’s compass in one’s eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.” – Michelangelo For almost everyone, our hands are an absolute necessity. With...
April 5, 2020
Stay (Fit) At Home With HIIT
“Working out anchors my day.” – Dwayne Johnson Staying at home or only being allowed to go outdoors for short walks or to run necessary errands can do far more than make people “stir crazy” – it can...
March 23, 2020
Staying Healthy While Staying At Home
“Want to be healthy? Cook. The food industry has done a great job of convincing eaters that corporations can cook better than we can. The problem is, it’s not true.” –Michael Pollan “Take care of...
March 2, 2020
Exercise And Your Immune System
“When it comes to health and well-being, regular exercise is about as close to a magic potion as you can get.” – Tich Nhat Hanh “The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.” – Kenneth...
February 23, 2020
Chronic Pain And Opioids
“Nature has the power to heal because it is where we are from, it is where we belong and it belongs to us as an essential part of our health and our survival.” – Nooshin Razani Anyone who has...
February 16, 2020
Vasper, Interval Training And The Science Behind It
“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.” – Mark Twain It is probably a universal truth that training your body (or...
February 9, 2020
What You Should Know About Dealing With Chronic Pain
“Time is not a cure for chronic pain, but it can be crucial for improvement. It takes time to change, to recover, and to make progress.” – A Day Without Pain Chronic pain not only hurts physically,...
February 2, 2020
Active Release Technique® And Chronic Neck Pain Relief
“Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.” – Wayne Dyer A pain-free and healthy body provides us with the freedom to engage in...
January 27, 2020
Common Pain Issues For Athletes
“Physical activity is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” – John F. Kennedy Everyone experiences physical pain...
January 20, 2020
Workouts: Can You Have Too Much Of A Good Thing?
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.” – Thomas Merton As humans we all, for the most part anyway, have a strong tendency to default to one extreme or the...
January 13, 2020
Vasper Training And HIIT
“The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.” – John Keats As humans, we are a mixed bag of emotional types. Some of us prefer to take things in...
January 6, 2020
Thinking About Working Out And Injuries
“Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.” – Brett Favre A significant percentage of Americans are physically active. This activity can range from a few visits to the health club each...
December 23, 2019
Understanding Nerve Entrapment
Most people have experienced a “pinched” or compressed nerve, often in the arm, and the resulting sensation of tingling or numbness that results. We often refer to it as having “fallen asleep” and it typically resolves itself within minutes.
December 16, 2019
Eliminating Pain With Body Alignment – Anatomy In Motion™
“Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.” – Brian Tracy In a very real way, the same can be said for your feet. Your...
December 9, 2019
Aging And Joint Pain
“Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” – Edward Stanley Our bodies age. This is both obvious and surprising to people. We know...
December 2, 2019
Avoiding Joint Pain With Hydration
“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” – Benjamin Franklin Exercise, sleep, nutrition – these all play critical roles in our overall physical health and fitness. They also contribute to...
November 17, 2019
Why We Use The Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA™)
We utilize a variety of therapies at Pain and Performance Solutions, and one of the chief methods is SFMA.
November 10, 2019
Walking – The Primal Exercise
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.” – Thomas Jefferson Humans have been walking longer than the known historical record. It is conceivable that before any...
November 3, 2019
Chronic Pain Relief: A Deeper Look At P-DTR®
“Whatever you hold in your mind will tend to occur in your life.” – Anonymous One of the universal and ancient burdens of being human is the ability to experience pain. And chronic pain is a common malady throughout the human race.
October 21, 2019
What We Do For You At Pain And Performance Solutions
“You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.” – Dr. Seuss Since no two human bodies are exactly the same, we provide a variety of therapies and techniques for treating chronic pain . Each...
October 14, 2019
The Body Health Benefits Of Sleep
“Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.” — Thomas Dekker All of us know intuitively that we function better and feel better when we’ve had a good night’s sleep. Many of...
October 7, 2019
Chronic Neck Pain Can Be Crippling – And Avoided
“The key to an ideal workplace, in one hyphenated word, is this: self-awareness.” – Neil Blumenthal While this sentiment applies to the workplace at large, it can easily be applied to the...
September 30, 2019
The Unique Benefits of Vasper Training
“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something. You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger We learned long ago...
September 16, 2019
Muscle Pain And Your Diet: Is There A Connection?
“One cannot think well, love well and sleep well if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf Food is essential for life. And for health and well-being . But can the food you eat – or don’t eat –...
July 24, 2019
You Really Can Experience Relief For Neck Pain
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” – Lance...
July 17, 2019
The Role Of Nutrition In Functional Movement
“ Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” – Hippocrates Does nutrition and diet affect movement? Well, according to PrecisionNutrition.com, “Quality movement requires quality nutrition....
July 10, 2019
Achilles Tendonitis Doesn’t Have To Keep You Sidelined
“There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them.” – Ralph Marston One of the most debilitating obstacles that can slow down or sidetrack us is an...
July 3, 2019
Sports Injuries and Neurokinetic Therapy
It would be quite easy to argue that the human machine, if we can use that phrase for a moment, is designed for action. While it is true that we can stand, sit and lie down, these seem to be inherently momentary postures.
June 24, 2019
Why We Use NeuroKinetic Therapy™
“To me, if life boils down to one thing, it’s movement. To live is to keep moving.” – Jerry Seinfeld Movement is essential to our well-being, to our ability to function in our daily lives, and to be...
June 17, 2019
A Chronic Pain In The Neck: Cervical Radiculopathy
“My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don’t think about it; I just have it.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger It is easy to go through life without giving much thought to your body, especially if...
June 10, 2019
Maintaining Proper Posture And Its Benefits
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” – Abraham Lincoln When we speak of posture we are referring to the position you maintain when you are standing, sitting or even lying...
June 3, 2019
Avoiding Chronic Pain With A Pre-Emptive Approach
“You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.” – Bob Marley It’s one thing to learn how to manage chronic pain after suffering with it for a long period of time. And...
May 26, 2019
Why Walking Barefoot Is Good For Your Health
“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” – Henry David Thoreau One of the most natural and primal things every healthy human being does is walk. Running is fine, but walking...
May 19, 2019
Managing Chronic Pain Through Avoiding Injuries
“Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.” – Egyptian Proverb Managing or dealing with pain is problematic. We may be grateful that it doesn’t get worse, but we are often resentful...
May 12, 2019
Being Sedentary Is Dangerous
“Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states.” – Carol Welch Too many people approach fitness sporadically or not at all. As humans, we have a...
May 5, 2019
Sometimes the Best Cure Really Is Prevention: Avoiding Workout Injuries
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” ― Benjamin Franklin No one likes to be in pain and no athlete, nor anyone dedicated to getting and staying fit, wants to suffer injuries. Yet it...
April 25, 2019
Pain And Performance Solutions Vs Traditional Physical Therapy
At some point, when we’re experiencing chronic pain, we try to get some professional help. For many people this means going to our doctor.
April 18, 2019
Emotions And Pain: An Inner Cause For Body Pain
Mankind has always known intuitively and from observation of what might be referred to as “empirical” evidence, that emotions have a very real and often debilitating effect on the physical body. And these emotional impacts can affect the body’s metal health, as well.
April 11, 2019
Is The Human Body "The Ultimate Machine"?
The human body really is something else. It has been compared to many things, including machines, and the scientific world is still learning more about this structure we inhabit that we call a “body.”
April 4, 2019
Perception And Muscle Pain: It’s A Jungle Out There
“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” – Sun Tzu Life is both uncertain and sometimes threatening, which can cause us to shift our perception of...
March 27, 2019
What Are The Common Causes Of Foot Pain?
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.“ – Abraham Lincoln No one likes pain, especially chronic pain. However, there are certain types of pain that can be far more debilitating and even...
March 20, 2019
How Active Release Technique Differs From Physical Therapy
For those new to manual therapy and the various techniques used to both treat and relieve chronic pain, it may seem a bit confusing. In fact, at first glance, it may seem that there are competing techniques and therapies being offered.
March 13, 2019
Common Myths About Back Pain
“I can believe things that are true and things that aren’t true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they’re true or not.” – Neil Gaiman, American Gods One of the most common complaints people have is some type of back pain. In fact, it remains one of the main reasons people miss work o...
March 6, 2019
Treating TMJ Disorder With Active Release Technique
Our bodies are both incredibly versatile, yet limited; amazingly resilient, yet fragile. Think about how quickly you can recover from a blow by someone’s elbow or fist, yet how badly a simple paper cut can hurt for days.
February 27, 2019
Chronic Pain: Why You Shouldn’t Just “Tough It Out”
“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.” ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
February 20, 2019
Why Sitting All Day Can Be Killing You
“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn Many of us would like to think that we are fairly “fit” physically, depending on how that’s defined. However, the sobering...
February 13, 2019
Choosing Physical Therapy Over Medications
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February 6, 2019
Why Physical Therapy For Chronic Pain Can Be Better Than Surgery
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January 30, 2019
Active Release Technique: Treating Neck Pain
“There’s always a reason to look up.” ― A.D. Posey It has been estimated that most people have a 70 percent chance of suffering from long-term neck pain at some point in life. A much smaller...
January 23, 2019
Treating Types of Foot Pain
“If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t walk run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but by all means keep moving.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Most of us don’t have the opportunity to fly, but...
January 16, 2019
Treating Lower Back Pain
“I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.” – Jane Fonda Lower back pain is highly prevalent in the U.S. and even worldwide. It seems that everyone suffers...
January 15, 2019
Case Study: Mind Body Connections
We are told that the mind and the body are connected, but perhaps we are not told how deeply they are connected. On the surface level, the mind is of course connected to the body. I tell my hand to...
January 9, 2019
What Are The Common Causes Of Lower Back Pain?
No matter how strong we are, no matter how conditioned or physically fit, all of us are subject to pain. And, unfortunately, some of us are more prone to certain types of pain than others. Whether...
January 2, 2019
Diagnosing and Treating Knee Pain
“The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual’s own reason and critical analysis.” – Dalai Lama Too often we fall to the misguided notion that we must treat our pain first and then try...
December 30, 2018
Using Active Release Technique To Treat Back Pain
One of the most common reasons people miss work or go to the doctor is back pain. In fact, back pain is a leading cause of disability globally and most everyone suffers from back pain at least once in their lives.
December 23, 2018
What is Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome and How to Treat It
“The ultimate mystery is one’s own self.” – Sammy Davis, Jr. It is a commonly accepted belief in our culture that athletes are more prone than most to joint and muscle injuries and pain. While this...
December 16, 2018
NeuroKinetic Therapy® 101
“Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states.” – Carol Welch At Pain and Performance Solutions effectively uses a wide range of boy work systems...
December 9, 2018
How Active Release Technique Can Help With Plantar Facsiitis
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.” – Thomas Jefferson We know today that walking is indeed one of the best forms of exercise. This is because it is one of...
December 2, 2018
How Vasper Helps Your Body Function at its Peak
“The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.” – Kenneth H. Cooper It has long been known and understood that health and well-being are intrinsically tied to physical fitness. This is...
November 25, 2018
Metatarsalgia: What It Is and How It's Treated
Recurring or chronic foot pain can make it difficult to take a walk. A common example of this is a condition known as metatarsalgia.
November 18, 2018
Using Active Release Technique To Treat Chronic Neck Pain
Everyone has suffered from a sore neck on occasion, perhaps from a poor sleep position or excessive strain during an activity or work. In addition, it has been estimated that people have a 70 percent...
November 11, 2018
What Is Nerve Entrapment and How Can You Get Relief?
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” – Hippocrates Chronic pain can have several sources, one of these being nerve pain that can range from simply annoying...
November 4, 2018
ART and Plantar Fasciitis
“I look forward to physical activity; it’s a release from stress and a nice distraction. It puts me in a better mood. I never used to take classes before, but then I tore my plantar fascia, so I...
October 28, 2018
The Numerous Benefits of Active Release Technique (ART)
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein When it comes to keeping your body moving, having properly functioning and pain-free muscles makes all...
October 21, 2018
Mimicking High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) with The Vasper System
“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.” – Aristotle While this thought may not be the best approach to living life in general, it is certainly apt for those who suffer...
October 14, 2018
Active Release Technique (ART) Physical Therapy
“I wish I would have rested the injury and listened to my body a bit more. I know now that taking time to heal will only help you come back faster rather then always trying to work through injuries.”...
October 7, 2018
What to Expect During Your First Visit
“I have learnt that rest and recovery is your friend. Pushing through injuries just makes everything so much worse off and you end up needing more time off further down the line if you push through...
September 30, 2018
Low Back Pain – Causes and Solutions
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September 30, 2018
Getting Neck Pain Relief with Active Release Technique
“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” — Jonas Salk We can’t agree with this quote any greater than we already do. The reward for doing great work is also happiness and a...
September 24, 2018
How to Diagnose Neck Pain
“I am a bull. I am Taurus. My will is awful. If I like something, there is nothing else. I was a pain in the neck. I still am a pain in the neck.” — Elsa Peretti This quote is just a fun way to get...
September 17, 2018
Treating Achilles Tendonitis
“I’ve paid the price over the years, though: a lot of injuries and surgeries related to my sports career; my hips and knees took a lot of wear and tear.” — Johnny Mathis I think we all can identify...
September 10, 2018
How the Vasper System can help you increase your exercise efficiency
“I learned a few years ago that balance is the key to a happy and successful life, and a huge part of achieving that balance is to instill rituals into your everyday life – a nutritious balanced...
September 3, 2018
Getting Relief from Metatarsalgia Pain
“I’ve dealt with a lot of injuries over the years, and you just learn about pain management and how to keep yourself in the best shape to play on Sunday, and then playing with pain.” — Aaron Rodgers...
August 27, 2018
Treat Your Pinched Nerve with Active Release Technique
The thought of having a pinched nerve isn’t a fun one. People visit their chiropractors everyday for help dealing with pinched nerves. This painful condition occurs when a nerve becomes pinched by a...
August 20, 2018
Getting Help with Radial Nerve Entrapment
If you’ve never heard of Radial Nerve Entrapment we aren’t surprised, and neither should you be. Radial Nerve Entrapment is extremely uncommon diagnosis and one that goes unnoticed and untreated because it is a rare ailment.
August 13, 2018
How Neurokinetic Therapy can help diagnose sports injuries
“Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.” – Ashton Eaton I think we all can agree that being hindered...
August 6, 2018
Managing Pain and Muscle Dysfunction with Active Release Technique
“For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I...
August 1, 2018
Common Problems that Can Lead to Plantar Fasciitis and Achilles Tendonitis
Video Transcript: Hey everyone. Julian Corwin here, Pain and Performance Solutions, Santa Rosa, California. Just wanted to talk to you today about one problem that has two names, and that is...
July 11, 2018
How your entire body can benefit from Anatomy in Motion (AiM)
“Goals should never be easy. They should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable.” – Michael Phelps I think we all can agree with the greatest Olympian of all time when he talks about goals...
July 9, 2018
Women and Neck Pain, C-sections, Body Image, and Breathing
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July 4, 2018
How Active Release Technique Can Help Optimize Athlete Performance
“For the most part, if you’re willing to work hard enough, you can recover from most injuries. Having that mentality really helps you keep moving forward.” Mike Schultz The Paralympian athlete is...
June 26, 2018
Assessing and Treating Back Pain with Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA)
“Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength, deep inside you, if you look closely enough.” Hal...
June 19, 2018
Treating foot pain with Anatomy in Motion (AiM)
Let us start this article about treating foot pain with Anatomy in Motion (AIM) by letting you know that if you are experiencing pain in your feet, you aren’t alone. According to the Journal of Foot...
June 12, 2018
Treating muscle pain with the Active Release Technique
“Sometimes my body wakes me up and says ‘Hey, you haven’t had pain in a while. How about pain?’ And sometimes I can’t breathe, and that’s hard to live with. But I still celebrate life and don’t give...
May 30, 2018
Pain Management with Proprioceptive – Deep Tendon Reflex Therapy (P – DTR)
“Most of the neuromuscular dysfunction we are trying to correct in consultation is not the result of some lesion or aberrant function inherent to the muscle under consideration. The real problem is...
May 23, 2018
Diagnosing back pain with Anatomy in Motion or AiM
“My attitude is that if you push me towards a weakness, I will turn that weakness into a strength” – The greatest basketball player of all time speaks the truth here. Whether this weakness is...
May 16, 2018
How Proprioceptive – Deep Tendon Reflex (P-DTR) can help with muscle pain
“Injury, in general, teaches you to appreciate every moment. I’ve had my share of injuries throughout my career. It’s humbling. It gives you perspective. No matter how many times I’ve been hurt, I’ve...
May 9, 2018
Treating Plantar Fasciitis with Active Release Technique (ART®) Therapy
Are you struggling with strained Achilles tendons, hamstrings or calves? Have your foot muscles become weak lately?
May 2, 2018
How Neurokinetic Therapy can help athletes with sports injuries
“It’s always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can’t change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than...
April 17, 2018
What is Active Release Technique (ART) Physical Therapy?
If you’ve come to this blog post looking to gather more information about a Physical Therapy to help manage pain, then we believe you’ll look no further. One type of physical therapy we specialize in...
August 18, 2016
Hallux Valgus & Bunions in Santa Rosa, CA
Hallux Valgus – per medical definition this is medial deviation of the 1st metatarsal and lateral deviation of the great toe. I see plenty of clients coming in with this problem, but not for this...
August 18, 2016
Plantar Fasciitis – Santa Rosa
Plantar Fasciitis, more than any other problem I encounter is something that many people have just resigned themselves to dealing with. There can be many causes, some of them take a long time to...
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