This week our nanny is away and I’ve been home more with the kids. My son just started pre-school so it’s been me and my girl in the mornings. I have enjoyed this special time so much! She usually wants Mommy so this is a chance for us to connect. Wonderful!

Most back, neck, hip or shoulder pain I treat is resolved with correction of biomechanical problems. However there is a small percentage of people who need some soft tissue work- usually in the form of trigger point release- to get them over the final hump.
Usually this is the case for shoulder and neck pain clients. I think this is so because the shoulder is essentially a floating system which relies on muscle tone to hold it in place rather than joint compression due to gravity. Therefore it is more susceptible to stress due to errors in movement or usage.

Many of my patients have diagnoses such as bulging disks, herniated disks, spinal stenosis, spondlyolisthesis which supposedly are causing their pain. But after 2 or 3 treatment sessions most people feel significantly better. So either these problems are corrected or they haven’t actually been the culprits for back pain. I wonder which it is?