My name is Rick Olderman. I am a physical therapist, personal trainer and Pilates instructor working in Denver, CO. I’ve worked with countless patients and clients with back pain and wanted to share some observations which help me treat pain more efficiently and effectively. I’ll also cover weight training, cardio and Pilates concepts.

Currently I’m working with a woman with severe spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal), spondylolisthesis (small spinal fracture) and an extra lumbar vertebra. She has been in pain for more than a decade, has been to specialists, therapists, accupuncturists, Pilates instructors -you name it. In three sessions her pain was 75% relieved and now rarely returns. We are just beginning on a weight training program and she’s eating it up!

It didn’t always work out this way. Often it was hit or miss whether I could help my back clients. However now I’m just over 90% successful in eliminating back pain these last few years. There’s no weird technique involved, instead I apply my understanding of anatomy,biomechanics and function to help people. In fact I rarely do any hands-on work aside from assessments. My approach is to teach people to fix themselves, thereby ensuring the fix will be longer lasting than by passive means such as adjustments or manipulations.

In the next posts (this is the first blog I’ve ever done), I’ll go into more detail as to how I look at the body and treat it as well as how I apply that to Pilates and weight training. I’ll be curious whether anyone actually reads this so if you are, please drop me a line and let me know. If there is something you’d like to discuss specifically (including other topics or injuries of the body), let me know that too and I’ll try to help you with it.

Thanks,

Rick