I don't know how many times patients come to me and they have been told they have a " weak core ". In an article written by Eyal Lederman, he explains how there is a myth around having a weak core. Read it here. I agree wholeheartedly. The true core of the spine are the [...]
Why do doctors often prescribe muscle relaxants? Is it to treat the muscle spasms? Interestingly, one of the most commonly prescribed muscle relaxants, Cyclobenzaprine (Flexiril), is not fully understood. You would think that medical doctors would know exactly which patients they should be prescribed for. But most of the time unfortunately, it is a guess who will [...]
Muscle Tension and Spine Tight muscles are very common. We were taught in chiropractic university that muscles should feel flaccid or quite limp–just like the muscles of a baby. The muscles are one of the many clues I use to understand what has gone wrong with a musculoskeletal system in the pursuit of finding the root cause [...]
