Scoliosis is a condition that affects the spinal column, causing it to curve sideways, and is believed to affect up to 3% of the population. As well as impacting your posture, it can lead to a lot of discomfort and pain – particularly in the lower back. Unfortunately, there are many myths and misconceptions about scoliosis …
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Are you suffering with any kind of ache, or pain, or stiffness or tightness in your lower back that gets worse when you sit or stand or walk? Do you feel like the tin man needing some “oil” when you stand because your lower back is tight and a bit rigid? Have you suffered a …
Julie’s Success Story – Healing from Back Pain After a Fall Read More »
How many times have you run that mile? How many times have you looked at your stopwatch and sighed at the missed minutes or seconds on the clock? Sport performance is an incredibly powerful driving force for athletes, and when minutes and seconds become indicators of success, making the most of every movement, every muscle, …
Sports Performance and Physical Therapy: Two Peas in a Pod Read More »
If you suffer from arthritis, winter is less a call for celebration, snowball fights, and snuggly evenings on the sofa, and more a cause of worry, anxiety and – sadly – pain. Colder weather seems to usher in a worsening of arthritic symptoms, and the winter months can often leave those suffering from its effects …
Arthritis: Tips for Facing Colder Weather this Winter Read More »
Kinesiology tape (K-tape, Kinesio tape, or KT) is an elastic therapeutic tape that is used with the intent of treating pain and disability from athletic injuries or a variety of other physical disorders. K-Tape has been used by manual therapists for 30+ years, however its more recent popularity is largely thanks to the exposure it …
Have You Tried K-Tape to Relieve Pain or Posture? Read More »
The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint formed by the head of the humerus (the arm bone) and the glenoid labrum (the name for the socket of the shoulder joint in the scapula). The shoulder joint is very mobile – allowing great freedom of movement for the arm (much more than the equivalent joint in the …
Sometimes it feels as though we’re living through a movie, not reality. For many of us, our daily routines have been trimmed down from trips to the office, shopping, hiking, time with friends, gym, going out for drinks, and date nights, to getting up from the bed and moving to the sofa… only to move …
Dear Balance Within Community,We hope this message finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy. In spite of this unique and challenging time, we hope you are finding the light in this time and getting to savor spending time with your family, rekindling old hobbies, enjoying long walks, hikes, runs and getting outdoors as …
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As unlucky as it sounds, back pain is a very common health problem worldwide and a major cause of disability – affecting performance at work and general well-being. It can be acute or chronic, however, it is not a disease but a constellation of symptoms. Back pain affects people of all ages, from children to …
Meet Kathy and hear her story about recovering from debilitating headaches & neck pain. Despite trying many treatment options, she was unable to find relief until working with Balance Within and our unique treatment approach integrating the very best of the traditional science-based Physical Therapy world with John Barnes’ Myofascial Release; assessing/treating the whole body …
