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All Posts in Category: Low Back Pain With Sciatica

Research Round Up: Excessive Progression in Weekly Running Distance and Risk of Running-Related Injuries: An Association Which Varies According to Type of Injury

Wow, what a study!  I’m sure we all are reading the running journals coming out of Denmark, but in case you missed it, a study was published this past month in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Volume 44, Number 10, October 2014.  The title of the study was Excessive Progression in Weekly […]

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So what makes my back stiff and painful even if I try to protect my back?

So what makes for a stiff back? – Prolonged sitting/ slouching, not limited to long commutes, hunched over a computer, and sitting on the couch! – Improper lifting techniques, so many people say “lift with your legs” but do not really know that it means squatting down to pick something up. – Poor exercise techniques, […]

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Could how you breathe be causing your back pain?

Our good friend, Jon Herting, DPT, CSCS, was recently published on Philly.com discussing a fantastic article about abdominal bracing, the article can be found at: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sportsdoc/Could-how-you-breathe-be-causing-you-back-pain.html#disqus_thread As the article states, currently in physical therapy, sports performance, and chiropractic, “breathing” is a real buzz word right now that we are only starting to crest the ability […]

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The Canadian Armed Forces has thrown out dated fitness testing in favor of real-world tasks. Sit-ups tossed out.

The Toronto Star published a story recently (January 20th, 2016) with the headline, “The Death of the Sit Up”.  The article immediately popped up on my social media feeds because one of the consultants mentioned in the article is Stuart McGill, PhD.  Dr. McGill is a professor of spine biomechanics at the University of Waterloo. […]

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“Walking is not a very good back exercise” mentioned on PBS this weekend, not a very good opinion

I was slightly shocked listening to a show on PBS this weekend discussing all forms of exercises to help with aging.  On the the show they were discussing a wide variety of exercising from a large panel and the topics of discussions were yoga, pilates, stretching routines, swimming, cycling, running and many other forms.  A […]

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Our new SMART Tools Plus Kit is here! Better than a new phone book!

A few months back we ordered our new SMART Tools Plus Kit for the main office and they came in last week, just in time for the Cross Country Sectionals and States races that we are highly involved with here in South Jersey.  SMART Tools are medical grade 304 stainless steel instrument assisted soft tissue […]

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I think my “insert relative here” could benefit from Active Release, how do I find them in “insert state here”

We are starting to get this questions almost every day of the week now and while it does get repetitive answering the question, we still love doing it!  The scenario goes like this, we get questions or calls a few times a day asking how they can find a family member a reliable, “similar chiropractor […]

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Built a standing workstation at the Laurel Springs Office for the Docs!

The time had come to start practicing what we preach at the head quarters office in Laurel Springs, NJ.  We had some extra space with a half wall, so we decided to turn it into a standing desk as shown in the picture below.  Standing desks are becoming more and more popular and we know […]

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Who needs 315 feet of RockTape? These docs!

UPS man just dropped off 315 feet of RockTape!  Who needs 315 feet of RockTape, look no further than these docs!  Looking ahead to the the spring running season, spring track, as well as many other sports, it was time to get loaded up again on our favorite form of Kinesiology Tape, RockTape!

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Dr’s Mark, Andrew and Craig all took Active Release Techniques Nerve Entrapment Seminar this past weekend

This past weekend, Dr’s Mark Kemenosh, Andrew Gross, and Craig Evans all made the trek to Iselin, NJ where ART instructors Dr. Tony Criscuolo and Dr. John Schneider hosted the Long Nerve Entrapment Seminar session of Active Release Techniques.  The seminar was very interesting and getting to learn from Dr. Criscuolo is a very interesting event […]

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