Relieve Neck Tension With This Homemade Tool
By Biagio Mazza
In a previous blog I talked a little bit about how it's not a good idea to do broad stretching with the neck (read it HERE). However, I did mentioned in there that you definitely can stretch the base of the skull. It's a tough area to get to to stretch really, really well. You have to be very specific with how your head movements allow you to stretch that.
One of the ways that you can work on this at home, if you're havin...
Posted on 2018-11-26
BEFORE YOU EVER STRETCH YOUR NECK AGAIN, READ THIS!
By Biagio Mazza
One of the questions that we get a lot is, "How should I stretch my neck?" Or, "Should you stretch the neck?"
The answer is, "It depends." It definitely depends on the type of issue that you're having.
I will tell you one thing that I see people doing a lot, that you should never do, and that is taking the neck in a certain direction and stretching throughout the entire range. If somebody taught you -- and I learned th...
Posted on 2018-11-20
ARE YOUR HEADACHES COMING FROM YOUR NECK?
By Biagio Mazza
Today we are going to discuss trying to figure out whether or not your headaches are coming from your neck, or from some other area of the body.
There are lots of things that can cause headaches, but one of the prime causes is your neck. The neck can refer pain up to the headache. The neck can trigger migraines. It can do all sorts of crazy things that are really started from an area other than your head itself that can still creat...
Posted on 2018-11-16
THREE CHOICES FOR TREATING LOW BACK PAIN
By Biagio Mazza
If you are suffering with low back pain you are not alone, and you have three choices to help relieve and treat your pain. At Elite Sports Medicine & Physical Therapy we realize that any time somebody has low back pain, or, really, any kind of pain, they feel like they have a lot of different choices: you could go to a massage therapist, a chiropractor, your doctor, a physical therapist, get acupuncture, etc. -- you can do any ...
Posted on 2018-11-05
SELF TESTS FOR LOW BACK PAIN
By Biagio Mazza
How can you tell if it's your back that's causing some of your problems?
Now, that may seem silly. You may think, "Well, it hurts in my back so it's coming from my back." That may be true, but going through some of these tests can give you an idea and a frame around what's going on with your back even a little bit farther. Let's take a look at these self tests.
1. Low Back Range of Motion Testing - There's really four directions that we're going...
Posted on 2018-10-30
