Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a compression of the median nerve as is passes through the wrist crease and into the palm. When this compression happens for too long or is severe enough, a person may experience issues. These symptoms may include numbness/tingling of fingers...
Elbow pain is a common occurrence in our society. It is common because of the time spent time typing on computers, thumbing smart phones, and playing video games. At the same time, these individuals also do other repetitive tasks. These tasks include: yardwork, house...
Is it a problem if a person can “pop” their shoulder in/out? On occasion individuals have increased mobility in their shoulder. This increased mobility enables them the ability to “pop” it in out (i.e. Mel Gibson’s character Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon)....
Shoulder pain is a common complaint of tens of thousands of people daily. Quite often people will say their shoulder hurts every time they do (fill in the blank). This leave people frustrated and searching for answers. Frequently when searching for answers, people...
People often ask if x-rays are necessary to know how to treat their neck pain. In most instances, outside of some kind of physical trauma (i.e. a fall or car accident) or concern for serious health issue, the answer is 100% NO. But doesn’t the provider need to know...
For individuals with neck pain, it is common to experience referred pain into the shoulder blade region. Descriptors for this pain include: burning, tingling, or numbing. Often the sensations will be intermittent as opposed to constant. While it may be difficult to...
The “I can’t turn my head to check my blind spot (driving)” comment is a common one. And it is not a good one for someone to make. It is rather important to be able to turn your head to look over your shoulder when driving. Safety is paramount and if someone cannot...
For some people with neck pain, cracking the neck is something believed to be helpful. Yet, for many with neck pain, that crack just does not do much (as in only temporary relief). Plus, it isn’t the noise that makes the difference (which is no different than cracking...
Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal reasons to search and seek care for in the US. Stretching is a common solution for many with neck pain. HOWEVER, for many the pain remains. Why is it that even with daily stretching of what seems to be a tight neck...
It is not uncommon for an ankle sprain to hurt months after the initial injury. But why is that? Even though the swelling subsided and the tissues have healed (or mostly), the “fine motor” control can be impaired. This fine muscle control is necessary to make up for...