I just put up a new video on Youtube called “What is a Sports Chiropractor?” What is Sports Chiropractic and what makes it different from other types of chiropractic care? Oakland Sports Chiropractor Dr. Sandy Baird explains what sports chiropractic is and why there might actually be a better name for it. Have you […]
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Have you been prescribed manual therapy in Oakland for your injury? This article explains what’s the difference between manual therapy and massage therapy and which works best for injury? The terms manual therapy and massage therapy get tossed around interchangably, but it can be important to really focus in on the differences so that you
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EDIT: 5/23/2022 Trigger warning: this video mentions weight loss and specific calorie numbers. In this video, I talk about why you’d want to calculate and track your macros, and then I show you step by step how to calculate your macros. Once you get your macros set, you will want to test them out for
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Do you ever have trouble picking music that best reflects your fitness mood? You are all dressed to go for a long walk or run and you’re feeling inspired and energetic…but you just can’t figure out which song to play on your phone or what Pandora station to select that might match those feelings? Or
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Do you struggle with neck pain when breastfeeding? Maybe you’ve tried heat and ice packs and ibuprofen and nothing seems to help? Eventually you start to dread sitting down for another nursing session because you know the pain will still be there. In this video I’m going to show you how you can fix your
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It’s often thought that a protruding belly posture is due to weak abdominals. In terms of fixing that faulty posture, it seems logical that if you were to “pull” the belly in by strengthening the abdominals, you would no longer have that protruding belly posture. That’s understandable, and may even be the case with a
Does Your Belly Always Feel Protruded? Check Your Psoas. Read More »
A tendon is what connects a muscle to a bone, thus a lot of force gets transferred through a tendon during activity. There are two types of tendon pathologies aka tendinopathies. Let’s define those before we dive into treatment for tendinitis and tendinosis. Tendinitis: a symptomatic degeneration of a tendon with vascular disruption and inflammatory
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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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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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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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