Back Pain

Everyone will experience back pain. Well, almost everyone. 80 – 90 percent. Close enough to everyone. That is a ridiculous percentage, in some ways. Although I used to suffer terribly from back pain. I had it all, lower back pain, mid back pain, neck pain, back rib pain, and the ribs in the front too. [...]

I got this email today from someone with chronic back pain: Thanks you very much for providing the free info and videos. My question is, is your technique safe for someone with adult-onset scoliosis? Specifically, a thoracic shift with minor rotations at C5, T4-5, L1, with sacro-illeal strain, caused by genetically short hamstrings and a [...]

FLOOD!! Water Everywhere

I walked into the place where I’m staying in Bali to find water all over the floor. It’s a friend’s apartment, so of course I wanted to get things cleaned up, I had a bit of experience with water damage when I was working construction. Let me tell you, it’s no fun. But, before I [...]

Today’s post is from guest writer Thomas Calkins of http://www.builtfit.com. Back pain is one of the most common causes of missed time at work or from training. Due to the unique nature of the spine and its load bearing capacity, injury to the spine or muscles connected to it can be debilitating. The complex nature [...]

Lower back pain is a widespread ailment that affects millions of people worldwide.  Just about everyone has some incident of lower back pain at some time in his or her life.  According to the National Institutes of Health, the only thing more common than back pain is the headache. There are many causes of lower [...]

Since my post on how to adjust the collarbone people have mentioned that they have trouble with the video due to slow internet connection. So, I wrote this more detailed explanation so that you don’t need the video. You can go here if you’d rather watch the video.  Many people suffer from back pain every year. Millions are spent [...]

Self Adjusting Technique is a natural back pain relief technique that allows you to self-adjust many common misalignments. It is a series of gentle methods that work differently from standard chiropractic methods. Standard chiropractic methods involve a thrust. The bone is moved to the end of its range of movement and then thrust past that [...]

How to Do a Psoas Release

Image via WikipediaOne of the other main causes of lower back pain is a tight psoas muscle. It is the deepest muscle in the body. It attaches to the inside of the spine on the vertebrae of the lower back. It comes together as it moves through the belly towards the hip points on either [...]

Lower back pain is one of the most debilitating physical issues that can be experienced. It can be so bad as to make it impossible to even walk. People often learn to live with the pain. In the morning they get up moving slowly until the stiffness gets worked out. They learn to be careful [...]

A Twist for Scoliosis

Everyone has scoliosis, a side curve of the spine, to some degree or another. Mostly this goes unnoticed, but for others, this can really be a pain in the back. When the curve is in the thoracic spine, the part associated with the chest, a yoga pose can be used to help bring natural back [...]

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