Category: Spine

Presentation: If you are experiencing shortness of breath, if you can hear a audible wheezing sound , obvious deformity to the skin at the site of injury or extreme pain please go to ER at your local hospital. These signs and symptoms indicate damage to the lungs and you must immediately address them. Pain can […]

Presentation: Pain which is isolated to the central neck and radiates to the neck muscles, but does not refer (pain, pins and needles, numbness) into arms, hands, fingers. Can definitely cause headaches. Stiffness and inability to move the neck is the most common complaint. Most commonly, the neck pain starts when you wake up in […]

Presentation: Pain in the jaw near the ear. Grinding / locking / clicking sounds originating from the jaw when opening the jaw or chewing food. If you have received a head knock lately, it can damage the joint. If you grind your teeth when you sleep, it can cause early wearing of the joint and […]

Presentation: Pain in the spine between shoulder blades. Pain can radiate to the side of the ribs and around the front of the chest and rib cage. Sharp stabbing pain and hurts to bend backwards and turn / twist the spine to the side. Can also feel like chest pain similar to suffering from heart […]

Presentation: Headaches, neck pain, loss of ROM in any direction, tightness into neck muscle. Pain into the upper back between shoulder blades. Pain on the lump at the base of neck where your necklace sits. Sore to touch neck muscles. Poor posture, forward head posture and rounded shoulders. Treatment: Perform the following techniques for 1 […]

Presentation Visible dip in back, chronic in nature, x ray reveals slip > 2mm, fall / accident when 2- 15 years of age. Stress fractures as a young kid and adult. Pins and needles and numbness in legs. Treatment X-ray or CT scans is a must to reveal extent of the damage. Grade 1 will […]

Presentation Knee to chest whilst laying on back gives relief, standing straight is sore, extension (bending backwards) nil, feels good to sit, SLR (Straight Leg Raise) decreased. Hurts to walk upright. Pins and needles into legs, numbness into legs, foot drop. SS is an aging spine condition. Treatment Avoid stand, prone (laying on tummy), supine […]

Presentation Affected side is sore in the buttock and causes sciatic symptoms down the leg, tight piriformis and glute med (buttock muscles), sitting increases pain, all other tests for lower back are inconclusive. Pain down the leg is reproduced with performing a piriformis stretch (refer to video “Piriformis stretches”) or pushing on the piriformis in […]

Presentation Extension sore (bending backwards), hyperextension is really sore on the side of injury and only mildly sore on the opposite side, flexion sore (bending forward), bending to the sides is very stiff and sore. Sitting and standing tasks aggravate the back. Unable to lay on affected side for too long (20 minutes). Sharp electric […]

Presentation Forward flexion and bending backwards restricted, pins and needles, leg and buttock pain, or numbness. Hurts to sit, lift, bend forward and walk. Very stiff in the morning. Unable to perform straight leg raise. Bending to the side feels really stiff and sore. Unrelenting pain and it feels constantly sore. Treatment Avoid sitting, bending […]