ASTYM is a treatment that rebuilds and heals the soft tissues of the body. ASTYM uses tool designed by and backed by evidence-based practice to create micro trauma at soft tissue to reignite the inflammatory process and regenerate soft tissue. This is a great way to help things Read more…
We all have it – that kink in the neck that makes us wince each time we check our blind spot. If you’re like the rest of us, you’ll likely take some ibuprofen, put some heat, and hope that it goes away. But usually it doesn’t. It lingers and lingers Read more…
What if your low back isn’t the problem with your lower back pain? Too often I have folks walking through my door with extreme pain in their low back. After a complete assessment using the Selective Functional Movement Assessment I find all too often that the patient’s back is working Read more…
Upper crossed syndrome and lower crossed syndrome are the two most common faulty upper body posture that we see in the clinic. If you have a job that is primarily computer or desk-work, spend an extensive amount of time using the computer or watching television, or spend a lot of Read more…
Between the well meaning but often under informed television shows, your friend’s cousin with low back pain, and the abundance of information online, there is an overload of information in regards to low back pain. Some information is good, some is bad, and some is just absurd. Over the course Read more…
One of the most important aspects of patient recovery while in physical therapy, yet is frequently underperformed, is the home exercise program. Let’s start with an analogy. You have a friend who is hoping to lose weight. He follows up with a nutritionist and is given an outline of Read more…
Lower back pain is pervasive in today’s medical society. Being dubbed “the common cold” of muscular pain, it’s likely you have experienced, or will experience it in your time here on earth. Pain can range from mild to severe depending on the origin of the dysfunction. In my practice, the Read more…
This weekend I had the opportunity to take Functional Dry Needling Level 2 from Kinetacore. For the first level, I took it in Colorado, but thankfully I was able to take this course here in Phoenix for the advanced level. I can’t say enough good things about this company. They Read more…
Super excited for out next interview! Jeremy Jones from Funktional Fitness is letting me come to his shop! We will talking about principles of training and he will be running me through the FMS! Tweet Follow @e_s_christensen
We aired these tips and tricks live last week – but in case you missed it, here is the copy of the video! Chandler Physical Therapy is a family owned and operated Physical Therapy clinic in Chandler, Arizona. We treat active adults who are looking to keep themselves pain Read more…
When you come to physical therapy, patients have certain expectations and assumptions. Patients assume that we will work tissue and mobilize/manipulate joints. They assume we will give them a workout and home program. They assume that we will make their symptoms get better. They assume we will find out what’s Read more…
Posture is more important than ever. We live in an age where we spend more time sitting, driving, and slouching than ever before. As a species, humans are designed to move. We have the spectacular ability to use our upright posture to drop our centers of gravity – taking stored Read more…
More than 50% of my caseload is low back pain. Recent estimates suggest that upwards of 632 million people suffer from low back pain worldwide. At some point, it is thought that 60-70% of the population will suffer from low back pain. Pain suffers come from all walks of Read more…