Ellen’s recent hip issues have brought the subject of hip pain and degeneration to the forefront of our attention. She is likely looking at needing a hip replacement surgery. Why? Hip replacement surgery is now among the most commonly performed orthopedic procedures in the developed world. Yet in hunter-gatherer populations and traditional cultures, severe hip […]
Standing tall is something most of my patients want to be able to do. It is kind of like wanting to be able to tie your own shoes and dress yourself in the morning. It is not a major life goal, but something we figure we should be able to do without thinking about it. […]
There comes a point in the recovery process of each patient with low back pain where we have to address the stabilizer muscles of the low back. Address is a gentle way of saying we have to work those muscles and make them stronger. Most of the time it was weakness or imbalance in these […]