Recently a woman came in to see me  who was suffering from severe plantar fasciitis pain, her arch hurt so much she could barely walk.  She’d been to several specialists and has so far bought three pair of orthotics (at $400 each!).  Plantar fasciitis is getting to be a commonplace condition in my office.  I […]

I travel around the USA teaching Julstro workshops to fitness trainers, athletes, and to anyone who is interested in learning how to stop pain from limiting their lives. One of the many questions I’m constantly asked is “What is Repetitive Strain Injury?” Basically, when a muscle is used over and over in the same manner,

So often a company is hit by high medical costs because their employees do a repetitive motion that will cause their muscles to shorten and put strain on the joints &/or nerves. Employees then end up losing work as they go to doctor appointments, physical therapy, and even surgery. Unfortunately tight muscles are too often

Lately I’ve had a lot of people telling me that they hurt more after they stretch than they did before they stretched. It doesn’t sound like this should happen, but it’s actually very logical when you consider what is happening. As you exercise, or do anything that is repetitive, a by-product of muscle action, called

I can tell that Spring has arrived because I’m getting more and more questions on my forum about chronic calf pain. This is a major concern for athletes and can stop them in their tracks.  I’ve found that while most people get calf pain from doing something that specifically causes a repetitive strain injury (RSI)

Yesterday I worked with a very fit athlete who had planned on running the NYC Marathon this past November, but was shut out of the race because of stiffness in her right hip. There are so many muscles that move your hip that I’m going to list some of them so we can talk about

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

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

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