When you think of shock absorption in a car, the above picture might be what you imagine. A series of springs and rods that can take force from one direction and transfer it into another structure. But what if I asked you to describe the shock absorber of the foot? Some people think of the […]
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We have a special announcement to share! A colleague of mine, a very thoughtful and skilled yoga therapist, is offering a new workshop this summer called Love your Food, Love your Body. It’s on 8/23/15 from 2-4pm at Leela Yoga in Alameda. Participants will learn techniques to re-establish a healthy relationship to food and body:
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https://youtu.be/LIPrcrVEQ1A Of all the areas of the body that I regularly adjust in my office, the jaw is the one that draws the most surprise from my patients. Many people don’t know that the jaw can get fixated, and that a chiropractic adjustment can restore the mechanics of the jaw. The jaw has two joints
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https://youtu.be/amUh9Ev4Yb4 Your knee aches every time you go down the stairs, it flares up after a long run, maybe you’ve even iced and foam rolled and gotten treatment of the knee itself, but the pain continues. What’s going on? Many of my patients are surprised when they find out that a mechanical dysfunction in their
Is Your Knee Pain Caused by a Mechanical Problem in Your Foot? Read More »
If you’ve ever seen the set of stainless steel Graston tools in our office, you may have wondered what those scary-looking devices are good for! You may have even experienced a Graston treatment on your knee or shoulder, but not really understood what the tools do. Today’s article will explain the theory behind Graston, aka
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Do you experience uncomfortable cramps in your legs at night? Do your calf muscles cramp up when you’re least expecting it? Calf cramps and other leg muscle cramps can have various causes. This article will examine some of the most common reasons for getting calf cramps, and then discuss some options for prevention and treatment.
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Whether you’re running Berkeley fire-trails behind the stadium just for fun, or stepping it up for the more serious undertaking that is the Berkeley Half Marathon, you will want to learn about the most common running injuries. Furthermore, there are some simple steps you can take to prevent these injuries! As it turns out, preventing
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Despite what the name sounds like, Osgood Schlatter isn’t the name of a professional weightlifter from Germany. Osgood Schlatter (aka osteocondritis) is a condition of the knee wherein repeated stress from contraction of the quad muscles pulls on the immature tibial tuberosity (bony area at the top of the shin), causing pain, inflammation, and the
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Feelings of depression, fatigue, sluggishness, irritability, and not wanting to start the day’s workout are all symptoms of overtraining. You need to be honest with yourself if you are just tired, say, from not sleeping well last night, or if the tired feeling seems to be coming out of thin air. The cumulative fatiguing effect
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