Category: Spine

Presentation Pins and needles, numbness, weakness in legs. Hurts to stand up straight. Sitting down helps reduce pain. Very stiff in the morning. Walking and standing increases pain. Sleeping on the side helps decrease pain and sleeping on back and tummy aggravates the back. Sciatic pain into the legs. All movements are restricted. Treatment Avoid […]

Presentation Extension sore (bending backwards), hyperextension is really sore on the side of injury and only mildly sore on the opposite side, flexion sore sometimes (bending forward), LF (bending to the side) to sore side is painful, LF to opposite side is OK, TOP (Tenderness on Palpation) and spasm sometimes present. Sitting down sometimes relieves […]

Presentation Forward flexion (bending forward) is restricted, occasional pins and needles, leg and buttock pain, or numbness. Hurts to sit, lift, bend forward and walk. Very stiff in the morning. The pain feels like it radiates away from the back like a belt. The key with this injury is abide by the guidelines of healing […]

Presentation Extension (bending backwards) is sore, hyperextension is really sore on the side of injury and only mildly sore on the opposite side, flexion (bending forward) is sore sometimes, LF (bending to the side) to sore side is painful, LF to opposite side is OK, TOP (Tenderness on palpation) and spasm sometimes present. Sitting down […]

Presentation:    Pain in the lower back, including into the buttocks, nil pins and needles, nil numbness. Treatment: Avoid lifting Avoid sitting more than 20 minutes without changing position Avoid standing more than 30 minutes without changing position Avoid reaching Avoid pushing and pulling Pain killers if necessary, from doctor, or oral Nsaids for 1-2 weeks […]

Presentation Forward flexion restricted (bending over to touch the toes), extension (bend backwards) give relief, right QL 46cm – 66cm (left QL approx. 43cm), left SLR ¼ – ¾, left piriformis tight, left sciatic pain posterior into hamstring, calf and foot, Left L1-S1 tender on palpation and left and right spasm, foot drop. Pins and […]

Presentation: Base of the skull pain, side of head pain (temporal), pain on or near the eyes. Treatment: Perform UT relaxation exercise (refer to video) to see how much of the headache is coming from neck tension. The most important time is 10 minutes before bed. You must go to bed with zero neck tension, […]

Presentation: Inconsistent nature (good days and bad days), loss of ability to touch toes and bend to the sides, am stiffness, family history of bad back, chronic (> 3 months of constant back pain), early lifting career, multiple injuries to lower back lasting greater than 4 weeks. Repetitive lifting jobs. Treatment: Talk to doctor (ostemol, […]

Presentation: Forward flexion (bending forward) restricted, extension (bending backwards) sore, SLR left = right restricted (refer to straight leg raise video), symptomatic side of TxLx ES hypertrophy (the muscle that runs parallel to the spine on the sore side is bigger than the non sore side), pain in back for > 3 months and calcification […]

Presentation Flexion is sore (bending head forwards), shoulder pain, scapula pain, pain down the arm and into forearm (hairy side), side of neck pain and into UT (neck muscles), headaches, crunching and grinding sounds when turning neck, pins and needles or numbness into fingers (trigger fingers). Treatment If not improving by the 6-week mark, CT […]