Johnny, age 41 had been coming in as a patient for 9 weeks. Johnny sought postural correction care for the chronic pain that he felt at the base of his neck and across both shoulders. As Johnny described it, “I feel like I have a ton of bricks pushing on my neck. It kills me…
Archives for July 2016
3 Reasons Your Clients Want Posture Tape
The utilization of Functional Tape has become increasingly popular in recent years. Although the utilization of traditional taping methods to restrict range of motion have been used for a long time in rehabilitation, the utilization of Functional Tape is rather new. Kinesio Tape, along with other brands, is considered Functional Tape. Unlike the traditional taping…
Traumatic Sports-Related Cervical Spine Injuries
Marcus, the 17-year old senior MVP of his high school football team swears by the FITPosture athletic postural correction program. Marcus had suffered a serious injury the year before causing him to miss the championship game at the state tournament of his junior year. Marcus was devastated; he had worked so hard and yet finished…
Race to Health: Proper Posture for Efficient Energy Expenditure
“David has more energy than he’s had in years, he is running again, and at 59 years old he is in better shape now than at 40 years old!” This is the statement Rosa used to explain her husband David, who had been suffering from severe depression just a few months prior. Once David began…
Head Posture Restoration to Relieve Orofacial Pain
35 million Americans are just like Rosa. They present with painful temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder and regular headaches that are affecting their home and professional life. What most patients don’t realize is that orofacial pain and headaches are directly associated with their postural presentation. For correction of TMJ dysfunction, structural head posture restoration is indicated….
Text Neck: the Health Epidemic of the Tech Era
Did you know that looking down at your phone while texting can cause dramatic health effects to your body? “Text Neck” is the condition of looking down at your phone for prolonged periods of time completely mindless of your postural presentation. We have all seen it… and we are all likely guilty of it. However,…