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“Aim For Treatment That Actually Works!” POSTURE AFFECTS BACK & NECK PAIN
INSIDE: • Walking As Well As You Should? • Healthy Recipe • Patient Success Spotlight • FREE Back Pain Consultation
any other physical activity. How you walk defines most everything about you, including your physical abilities. We can help you discover that something about the way you walk may be the reason you have pain and help you change it. You walk over a million steps in a year Your walk involves many body parts, all interacting together to produce your walking style. It’s as natural as breathing, and if any of your six (two ankles, two knees, two hips) weight bearing joints are not in good alignment, you’re at risk for structural pain. One minor walking error repeated millions of times can do an incredible amount of damage to your back, muscles, nerves and joints. This can eventually cause pain and arthritis. Often,thecauseofbackpain ispoorstrength--specifically,weakabdominal muscles. The pelvis is held in place by numerous muscles, including
the abdominals, hamstrings, gluteals and hip flexors. An imbalance or weakness in these muscles can lead to pelvic misalignment, causing the pelvis to tilt forward or backward. Forward tilt of the pelvis leads to a sway back. In addition to abdominal weakness, a lack of strength in the gluteals and hamstrings leads to forward pelvic tilt. While the abdominals stabilize the pelvis by pulling upward on the front, the gluteals and hamstrings offer stability by pulling down on the rear of the pelvis. Exercises must be done to strengthen both the abdominals and gluteals. Walking gives theglutealsagoodworkout.Theabdominalmusclescanbeconditioned through physical therapy and easy weight training exercises. Look inside to learn more about our programs and say good-bye to that aching back and neck pain!
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