The “Best” Exercise to Strengthen Your Back
By: Dr. Arnan Sisson
There’s a lot of controversy out there about what exercise truly is the best at strengthening a healthy back. And we’re going to dive into that today, but before I move forward, I do want folks to know. That exercise is terrific at not only improving overall health but also keeping a healthy back healthy. But one frustrating fact that is true in the case of the back, is that...
Posted on 2024-05-06
How to Lower Injury Risk to Neck By 50 due to avoiding the compromising position.
A good rule of thumb is to keep the chin down while performing any sort of lifting. This means performing exercises such as bicep curls, rows, or deadlifts in the gym. Or even while lifting up the heavy bag of groceries and trash.
Understanding these modifications will save folks months or maybe even years of neck trouble. It's just a very common thing to lift the chin up when lifting because theirs a tendency ...
Posted on 2024-05-03
Read on To Discover A Single Exercise to Enjoy Benches Again Without Talking to Your Doctor or Insurance Company
By: Leading Northern Neck Back Pain Expert,
Dr. Arnan Sisson
Folks in the community have heard me for many years spouting the importance of lumbar support. It’s a subject that I could talk about for hours (ex) how it addresses the single #1 cause of back pain in 99. Hold this for 10 seconds.
Repeat these 10 times and between your exercises try...
Posted on 2024-04-29
By: Dr.Arnan Sisson, PT
Crack! We’ve all tried at one point in time to get a friend, family member, or even a small child to step on our backs to try to get that popping sound and feeling of relief as our backs loosen up.
Having a back pain clinic here in the Northern Neck we’ve been asked literally dozens of times if this should be done to fix a painful back or at the very least is it even safe to do.
Many are worried they're missing out on easy relief or want to know if they'r...
Posted on 2024-04-26
Two Tricks to Make That Office Chair/Bed MUCH More Comfortable
By: Dr. Arnan Sisson
About 99.9999% of back pain cases we see in the clinic are from long-term postural stress (aka putting the back & hips in “bad positions”). By figuring out simple tricks to get back out of these prolonged twisted/stressful positions, we can finally have a back that does not interfere with our office job, our long walks with spouses, and even force us to take loads of pills that we kn...
Posted on 2024-04-22
