Pain: A Complex Matter
When will this end?! Anyone who’s experienced chronic pain knows it can be a very mysterious issue. Chronic pain presents very different characteristics and patterns when compared to acute pain such...
View ArticleChronic Pain & Z-Health
I find chronic pain to be a tremendously fascinating topic. It’s all around us and it’s mysterious. Even though it’s 2010 and we’re the beneficiaries of thousands of years of medical advances, we...
View ArticleTrainer? Therapist? What Do We Call Ourselves & What’s Our Role? Part II
Post Therapy What comes after physical therapy? By various standards and regulations, personal trainers can’t claim to offer injury rehabilitation. That’s for physical therapists. Physical therapists...
View ArticleGluten & Pain
Several Sources of Gluten: Top: High-gluten wheat flour. Right: European spelt. Bottom: Barley. Left: Rolled rye flakes. Gluten and ailments related to gluten such as celiac disease and gluten...
View ArticleRecognition of Chronic Pain as a Disease
If you’re suffering from chronic pain, then understanding how pain works is key to overcoming it. The New York Times has a pertinent article regarding this very strange issue from which so many suffer....
View ArticleChronic Pain Lecture at Cherry Creek Athletic Club, Denver
For anyone who’s interested in learning more about chronic pain and how to use the Z-Health Performance System to start overcoming chronic pain, I’m giving two lectures next week at the Cherry Creek...
View Article“Body Talk” Lecture Series by Rick Olderman
If you’re in Denver and you’re either in pain or your a trainer/therapist who’s interested in helping people who are in pain, then I highly suggest you attend one or more of the following lectures from...
View ArticlePain, the Brain and ACL Recovery
A few weeks ago I had a very interesting experience regarding my ACL rehabilitation. It’s very similar to an experience I had with Achilles tendon and heel pain. Here it is. A perceived setback I had...
View ArticleActivity is Better Than Rest for Overcoming Lingering Pain
I’m glad to see Outside Magazine delivering a message that may be very useful to anyone suffering from pain. (This is from 2009, but I just saw it.) The article mirrors my recent experience with my ACL...
View ArticlePosterior Tibialis Tendinopathy = Aggravation x 10
The upside to adversity is that I get to learn something. If that’s true then I am an expert genius on problems with my left foot and lower-leg. I’ve fought various aches and pains in my left foot...
View ArticleBiomechanics and Pain Science Seminar with Greg Lehman
Poke the bear. (But don’t hump the s%it out of the bear. I’ll get to the above statement in a moment. (Mom, I apologize but blame Greg for it. I’m just quoting what he said.) I recently attended...
View ArticleHere’s What’s Right With You.
We typically visit a doctor, physical therapist, chiropractor or some other medical professional because we hurt. We go to be fixed. As part of the diagnostic process, he or she may tell us what’s...
View ArticlePain Science for Runners
This post is mostly the same as my recent article in CompetitorRunning.com. I discuss several exercises in the article designed to help runners overcome common painful issues related to running. For...
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