Exercise 1: Deep neck flexors activation How to do it Stand, leaning with your back against the wall and your feet slightly away from the wall. Gently, tuck your chin in as if you want to bring the back of your neck (not head!) towards the wall, getting a “nice” double chin. Make sure your […]
Overview As we’ve discussed in the last post, in the world we live in, with regular use of smartphones and computers, our necks are put under daily loads of several different kinds that sometimes may contribute to the onset of some symptoms. The neck functionally allows us to move our head within a significant range […]
After millions and millions of years of evolution and natural selection, our bodies were becoming really well adapted to the challenges and tasks of the physical world we live in but, then, came technology and the office-based work, looking at a screen for hours… every day. More recently, even the computer seems to start to […]
With the increasing number of people working in an office nowadays, it’s more and more frequent to hear people complaining of a sore or tight back. In our practice, we’re often asked by people if sitting on a stability ball (or gym ball) would help their back pain. What causes lower back pain? Our lumbar […]
For many years, we’ve heard that after an acute injury we should follow the RICE protocol, as in Rest, Ice, Compression; Elevation1. Later, in 2011, Bleakley and colleagues2 suggested adding Protection, making it PRICE. It is not hard to realise that a process as complex as tissue healing may have in a PRICE protocol a […]