As you can see from this picture, the occipital muscles run in multiple directions allowing the head to have that bobble-head movement. Symptoms caused by neck dysfunction can express themselves as a combination of headaches, dizziness, pain, or limited range of motion. Several recent clients expressed similar symptoms, each one slightly different from […]
Feeling tension in your neck and upper shoulders? Then give this a try … to open the front line and to strengthen the mid back … which ultimately improves posture. Begin lying on your stomach with your arms comfortably at your sides. While keeping your arms straight, lift your shoulders and arms up […]
You know that feeling … when your shoulders are stuck to your ears. That’s a true sign that your trapezius is overworked. Did you know … The trapezius is diamond shaped and runs from the base of the skull, extends across the shoulders, down to the bottom of the rib cage. The upper […]
Oh the OCCIPITALS … the bobble head muscles … those tiny little buggers at the base of your skull that are known to cause so much pain and discomfort, dizziness and nausea, and sick days from work. In my opinion, they’re the reason why so many NSAIDS are on the market today. Did […]
Pain is an indication that your body wants you to change your postural patterns. Many times I find that clients have a pelvis that is not balanced. This imbalance could be the source of not only their low back into hip pain, but also neck into shoulder pain. It seems as though the […]
Now that so many people work from home, I find that my clients are coming to the office expressing neck pain. My first question to them … What is your home office setup? Their response … I use a laptop and mix up my seating positions between the kitchen, the bed, the couch, […]
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