I’m getting back into walking again, an injury sidelined me for over a year and it’s been a challenge to get started running again. This morning I went out with a friend and her new running partner. The running partner is a real novice and yesterday she tried to run a lot faster then she […]
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I’ve never mentioned that I have a bi-monthly newsletter that has interesting articles about releasing sports injuries and chronic pain issues, diet, exercise, sports psychology, and lots of other great information. Also, have you looked at all of the articles that are posted on https://julstromethod.com? There are topics such as “Sciatica – A REAL Pain
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A client came to me suffering from pain in his big toe. The pain was actually on the bone at the base of his toe, which is the first metatarsal, the long bone along the inside of his arch. Normally this problem is caused by tension in the muscle that runs along the outside of
After spending a weekend with my granddaughters, watching them text their every thought, it reminded me of an article I wrote a few years ago titled “Blackberry Thumb. Is This Leading to The Next Generation of Hand/Wrist Problems.” After watching the girls I realized that now, way more then in 2008 when I wrote this
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A client came into the office today and told me that his thumbs were sore, so much so that he could hardly hold the steering wheel to drive to my office. He’s a tennis player and a few days ago he played right after a heavy rain, so the tennis ball was soaking wet. He
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Trigger Finger Release – Muscles Need to Be Treated: Trigger finger release techniques are simple to do when you learn just a few focused points in your forearm. The debilitating effects of trigger finger are caused by the flexor muscles that move your fingers down (so you can tap on the table) and the extensor
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I’ve been moderating a forum on my websites for many years, and also I’m the Repetitive Strain Injury expert on www.allexperts.com.my for about 8 years. All of the threads on the different forums are about everything from headaches, whiplash, frozen shoulder, carpal tunnel syndrome, to low back pain, sciatica, knee pain, shinsplints, plantar fasciitis, and any other
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Stretching is NOT a Good Calf Cramp Remedy! One thing that I’ve seen repeatedly over the years is that when a person gets a sudden Charlie horse, or violent calf cramp in his/her calf, the first remedy they try to do is stretch. This is the exact opposite thing of what you need to do,
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by Julie Donnelly – The Pain Relief Expert I moderate several online forums and today a runner posted a message about pain in his big toe joint. He only feels the pain when he curls his toes down. He had been to the foot doctor, who couldn’t understand why it only hurt on the downward curl and
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This morning I was watching my grandson’s soccer game and I ended up helping one of the parents who had a serious headache that ended up being the result of tight muscles pulling his cervical vertebrae out of alignment. He was amazed when I started to tell him about the levator scapulae muscle and how
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