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Exercising in space- when spinal DEcompression is a concern for lower back pain

February 3, 2016

I think space is awesome. I think going to Mars is awesome. I think it’s important to do. I’m not going to make an argument why, but you can see one here. A problem for human spaceflight is countering the negative impacts of moving in an environment where gravity is less than Earth’s. This is the […]

Visiting the North American Spine Society’s annual conference

December 16, 2015

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On October 17th I visited the North American Spine Society’s (NASS) annual conference. I attended the one day course for “State-of-the-Art in Motor Control and Low Back Pain.” It was quite the lineup of speakers: The lineup included two people I feel are part of the upper echelon of all this, Linda van Dillen and […]

Why squeezing the stomach can make lower back pain worse

December 11, 2015

This is part of a forthcoming post regarding my October 17th visit to the North American Spine Society’s (NASS) annual conference. I attended the one day course for “State-of-the-Art in Motor Control and Low Back Pain.” This post is in regards to Andry Vleeming’s presentation. – I really enjoyed this talk. I wasn’t familiar with […]

8 Weeks Towards Correcting Your Anterior Pelvic Tilt

November 23, 2015

One of the most common questions regarding corrective exercise is, “I have an anterior pelvic tilt. What can I do to get rid of it?” As far as my memory goes, it’s been a decade since the internet was set a flame with the words anterior pelvic tilt. Where suddenly every issue every person had […]

Examples of posture indicating movement

November 4, 2015

While I think posture is a factor to look at, I’ve seen some obsess over it. Where they expect everyone to stand perfectly upright and symmetrical. Trying to iron out every little flaw. Posture is really just a window into how someone moves. Not a definitive window, but a likely one. If your upper back is hunched while […]

Looking at weather and back pain

October 21, 2015

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I’m a little late to this, but last year the following study was published, –Effect of Weather on Back Pain: Results From a Case-Crossover Study I was at a lower back pain conference recently, and actually ended up sitting next to one of the authors of this study, Chris Maher. Chris wrote a summary of the […]

Timing of ACL surgery- is waiting beneficial?

August 7, 2015

This started as a comment exchange from my post on mistakes ACL patients make. “Hey Brian, I’m a few weeks from ACL reconstruction. Everyone’s told me the PT is the most important part of the recovery back to active sports (basketball for me), and I plan on following your manual and the physical therapist’s protocol […]

Fluid vs mechanical movement in athletes

July 24, 2015

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This started as an email exchange with a client who plays in the Canadian Football League. I added and edited some things to make it into a post. “Man from a training perspective, do you have any ideas on how to improve general “fluidity” in movement? I think I’ve spoke about this in the past as a […]