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Blog Category – Back Pain Sciatica

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4 Ways to Avoid Pain While Raking Leaves

Oct 26, 2016

It’s a beautiful time of year here in Spokane, especially in my neck of the woods!

Millwood is truly gorgeous when the maple and oak leaves start to change colors and rain down yellow, orange and red leaves along our boulevard…

And believe it or not, I’ve actually come to enjoy raking the leaves (I used to hate raking!). But now days, raking the leaves is a great excuse to get outside with the kids, get a little light exercise and just soak in the fresh air and beautiful scenery.

While I think my appreciation for the leaves is just part of me getting older, there’s another part to getting older that isn’t so fun…

Top 3 Causes of Lower Back Pain & Sciatica (plus 3 self-test videos)

Sep 13, 2016

If you’ve been reading my blogs and watching my videos, you probably know that there is a lot of information out there about low back pain and the various causes. And of course, we can’t forget sciat…

Alphabet Soup! How to Read Back & Neck X-ray and MRI Reports

Jun 17, 2016

Have you ever tried to read an x-ray or MRI report for your low back or neck? It might as well be written in a different language! All you read are huge, ambiguous words and terms like “facet arthro…

5 Ways to AVOID Back Injuries While Making Raised Beds

Apr 5, 2016

We finally did it! That’s right, my wife (Claire) and I finally got around to making raised beds for our garden! And it only took us 9 years to get around to it! Well, I’m sure it will be wort…

The #1 Worst Thing You Can do for Sciatica (and what to do instead)

Mar 4, 2016

We’ve all heard about it before… And many of us have even experienced it before… You’re going about your day, trying to be healthy and active, and all of a sudden you move wrong and end up with …