Category Archives: shoulder injuries

Tennis or Shoveling?

By admin | Published: December 24, 2008
Is there any wonder why visits Chiropractic offices and days off from work and recreational activities rise due to injury in the winter months here in the Northeast? We were not meant to flex and rotate our spines while holding a long lever (shovel) loaded down by external load (snow)…hundred of times an hour! Just [...]
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Rotator Cuff Scam

By admin | Published: December 18, 2008
I used to get excited when I heard athletes, doctors, trainers or just about anyone mention strengthening the rotator cuff (or rotator cup as we have all heard a few dozens times I am sure). I was happy that people even knew what it was and acknowledge that their were imbalances around the “shoulder joint” [...]
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Don’t Treat Your Customers This way

By admin | Published: December 7, 2008
I just got back from teaching a Corrective Exercise Specialist workshop in Los Angeles. The workshop was fantastic but…when I landed at LAX on Thursday night about 8:10 pm pst, weary from a 6 hour flight and feeling that it was really 11:10 pm est for me. When I arrived at the Hertz rental center [...]
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Does Your Shoulder Move Like This?

By admin | Published: December 5, 2008
Probably not. With the posture that most people display (rounded shoulders and forward head posture) it is unlikely that as their arm lifts to the side that their shoulder blade upwardly rotates as much as it should. For every two degrees of abduction (arm lifting to side) there should be one degree of upward rotation. [...]
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Shoulder Stabilization for Christmas Tree Decorating

By admin | Published: November 30, 2008
This is the earliest that I ever remember getting a Christmas Tree. It usually takes until the second or third week of December for me to get into the holiday spirit, but I had a great day with the wife and kids decorating the tree and may warm up to the season a little earlier [...]
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