When Shoulder Pain is Really Neck Pain in Disguise Are you suffering from shoulder pain? Have you tried “shoulder exercises” from YouTube, TicTock, or Chat and the shoulder seems to be no better? Have you had shots to your shoulder with no effect? Are you worried that you are headed for surgery. Well, a recent study discovered that upwards of 80% of Shoulder pain is Neck Pain in Disguise. So, you may be treating the wrong joint. This is not to say that “nothing is going on i

Chances are if you are reading this, either you or a loved one is suffering from neck pain or any of the many things that could be a neck issue in disguise. This could be migraines, tension headaches, TMJ(jaw pain), and even dizziness, shoulder pain, or nerve issues like carpal tunnel or ulnar nerve neuropathy. These conditions can be all consuming. It can be impossible to find a comfortable position to sit, stand, or sleep let alone try to make it through the day. It often

Do you suffer from migraines or tension headaches? For many headache sufferers, they are often only offered medication that, though it helps the headache, the medication leaves them wiped out and dependent on it just to make it through the day. Their 'Migraine Plan' is often just a dark room and a cold compress… and sad to say, they don't have a plan—they have a prison. Most chronic headaches aren't 'brain' problems; they are 'neck' problems. They also notice that not only ar

You know the feeling, the lights getting painful, things seeming too loud, the stomach feeling off. There’s a creeping ache at the base of your skull that creeps up and over the top of your head. Sometimes it happens on the right, sometimes on the left, and sometimes it just sits behind one of your eyes. You’ve been told by your doctor that it’s a migraine, they might have even given you medication for it. If you’re like most people, you don’t like how it makes you feel. Y

The 2026 Guide for Natural Relief for Low Back Pain and Sciatica Chances are if you are reading this, either you or a loved one is suffering from sciatica or low back pain. This condition can be all consuming. It can be impossible to find a comfortable position to sit, stand, or sleep let alone try to make it through the day.

So you’ve just got your MRI results back and the radiologist says that your back has stenosis. If you’re like most, this diagnosis comes as a shock and it sounds really bad. For many, just the name stenosis calls to mind a steady progression from bad to worse without much that can be done about it. But…there is hope. A lot of hope actually. "Your scan is not your story." Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is incredibly common in people who have no back pain or leg symptoms at a

So you’ve just got your MRI results back and the radiologist says that your back has a disease…Degenerative Disc Disease. If you’re like most, this diagnosis comes as a shock and it sounds really bad. For many, just the name Degenerative Disc Disease calls to mind a steady progression from bad to worse without much that can be done about it. But…there is hope. A lot of hope actually. Because… Degenerative Disc Disease (we’ll use DDD from here on out) is found in completely

Does this story sound familiar? I just recently was working with a 31 year old who had low back pain and was told by their doctor “You know, you’re getting older and back pain is part of that”? The doctor didn’t stop there. This person is a runner and a mom who wanted to be active and be able to play with her kids and also get the stress relief that she got from running. But her back pain made it so that she was not even able to bend over and lace up her shoes let alone make

So you’ve just got your MRI results back and the radiologist says that your back has a bulging disc. If you’re like most, this diagnosis comes as a shock and it sounds really bad. For many, just the name bulging disc or slipped disc brings up images of something that can’t be healed. But…there is hope. A lot of hope actually. Because… first, discs actually heal(even in people who are still in pain).

You might be surprised that a simple no cost breathing exercise helped sufferers of neck pain, migraines, tension headaches, cervicogenic (neck originated headaches), and TMJ (temporomandibular joint aka your jaw joint) both lower pain scores and also disability according to a recent study in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. So, how might breathing exercises help with neck pain, headaches or jaw pain?

houlder pain can be one of the harder things to train through at the gym. Whether it is painful with overhead lifts, bench presses, or just holding a dumbbell, how the shoulder is provoked gives clues as to how to both heal it AND train around it while it is healing.

One of the hardest injuries to exercise with is back pain or sciatica. Literally everything you do seems to flare it. On top of that, there are so many opinions on what to do, should you stretch it, strengthen it, just focus on “core”, avoid squats or overhead strength? Are there machines you should avoid?

Do you suffer from tension headaches? For many headache sufferers, they often find that not only are they dealing with a tension headache but that they often seem to have tight tender shoulder and neck muscles(usually those on right by their neck(the upper traps/trapezius)) and tender muscles between the shoulder blades(rhomboids and levator scapulae).

New research out showing that dry needling to the knees has better pain relief than NSAIDS like ibuprofen, stretches, or strengthening

If you’re an avid pickleballer, the last thing you want to hear from your doctor is that you need to take time off from the courts because of an injury. You definitely don’t want to just put a band-aid on it in the form of advil or the next “miracle arthritis erasing brace” that somehow never seems to fix the problem.

Are you really condemned to lose 10% of your muscle every decade after 60? Is age related muscle loss(sarcopenia) inevitable? Did you know that by regaining muscle you can help or prevent many of the diseases of aging like insomnia(sleeplessness), depression, diabetes, heart failure, vascular disease, kidney failure, stroke, osteoporosis, hip fracture, arthritis, and even dementia?

Have you been suffering from hip pain for longer than you care to remember. Whether it’s a sharp pinch to the front of your hip when getting up from a chair, exercising, or on stairs to the dull ache that wakes you up in the middle of the night on the side of your hip, hip pain can be a maddenly difficult thing to overcome. What’s more, when you go to your GP or Urgent Care, all they seem to want to do is give you steroids and send you on your way(with a referral for a surgeo

Has sciatica or low back pain been threatening to rob you of your independence? The main reason people suffer from back pain longer than they should is because they’ve been told just to rest, take some pills, or that its just an age thing.

Learn how dry needling is a safe and natural alternative for relieving shoulder pain including rotator cuff, frozen shoulder, and arthritis.

Traveling this summer? Worried about pain ruining your vacation? For many, when suffering from back, neck, or even shoulder pain, the...