Improving posture is a love, hate, love relationship. Consider this story: Pete breaks his arm and goes to his orthopedic medical doctor who puts his arm back in place. Once it’s in place the doctor sends Pete back without any type of brace or any instructions on modifying his day to day life. He says READ MORE
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Back Self Treatment: Find the Best Exercises With the Traffic Light Analogy
Everyone has an exercise, a trick, and new device to help treat low back problems. “Do a plank while twisting like an owl in the downward Pidgeon position with your eyes squinted to make sciatica go away!” “Never bend forward.” “Never bend backwards.” With contradicting recommendations online, how do you determine which low back exercise READ MORE
Back Self Treatment: Good vs. Bad Changes in Symptoms
Some people say “It hurts so it must be working!” and others say “It hurts so it must be bad for me!” The most important first step in the self treatment of your low back is understanding how to interpret what you feel as a good or bad result from an exercise or activity. There’s READ MORE
Back Self Assessment and Treatment Series: What is it and who should do it?
The Baldi Movement Group believes that everyone deserves an evaluation regardless of background and social class. That’s why we’re dedicated to creating simple to follow guides for self assessment and treatment for the most common orthopedic and spine problems people face. Since low back pain is the #1 orthopedic problem experienced by the general population READ MORE
The Disc Model of Neck, Back, and Referred Pain
The disc model is very helpful for understanding back, neck, and referred pain from the spine. Especially for those whose pain is worse when sitting, rising from sitting, raising their head, and other similar activities.
I Threw Out My Back! Emergency Advice: Stop, Drop, and Prop
Need EMERGENCY BACK PAIN advice? More importantly, do you need a poem to remember said advice? Look no further!