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Hey everyone! I get many questions regarding knee pain at the clinic and wanted to share with you a common stretching tool I use myself and recommend too many of my patients. Foam rollers can be a great way to help alleviate tension in a muscle, stretch surrounding fascia, and increase blood flow. You may use any type of foam roller but I prefer using a longer roller with a firm density. The reason foam rolling works so well is that it addresses muscle and facial tension as well as increasing blood flow to the area. Often times the Illiotibial Band will become overly tightened and begin pulling on the knees joint capsule. When this happens, tracking issues and irritation or a form of tendonitis may develop. Chronic knee or hip pain may be a result as well as Illiotibial band syndrome. Keeping your quadriceps and Illiotibial band healthy and loose can help eliminate minor knee pain. If foam rolling and stretching do not help your chronic hip or knee pain please seek a local Neurosomatic...

Hello again everyone, as I continue the evaluation of this case study we will be covering the Postural analysis portion of the study next. A thorough postural assessment is crucial in achieving a pain free outcome for all patients. Although Jeff had already been a previous patient, an assessment is taken at the beginning of every treatment to determine the SOURCE of your pain. As I will explain throughout this post the assessment is what gives Neurosomatic Therapy an edge over many other modalities and allows us to find the source of  your pain and not waste time chasing symptoms. Below is Jeff's assessment after seeing me roughly 1 week after his initial stroke. The first time many look at this chart the first question is, "What does it all mean?". Well if you're a Neurosomatic Therapist or have been treated by one this may look familiar and you may have a basic understanding of the measurements, but for everyone else let me explain.  Dots = anterior/rotation (that ...

I would like to start off by saying this testimonial is one I am truly proud of. The patient, is a dear friend of mine and mentor. He's an outstanding father and has an unstoppable work ethic! But before I begin I would like to add that this testimonial will follow more detailed posts later. Covering imbalances we discovered over the first few treatments that may have very well been the keys to unlocking his body and bringing back the proper posture and balance he needed after being affected so strongly by this disease. Roughly 6 months ago a friend/patient of mine had suffered a  severe thrombotic stroke affecting the right side of his body. After being released and given his rehabilitation regimen we spoke and  within the week he was in my office and we got to work.... "I had a severe stroke on 11/18/2013 around 5:45 pm. I could not talk nor move the entire right side of my body. About six days after my stroke and being sent home I called Sarasota Pain Treatment Center to fi...

Hello again everyone! Today ill be sharing with you a testimonial involving a large Lower Leg Length Inequality (LLLI). A short leg can affect the body in many ways. Some of the more common symptoms can be, low back pain, knee pain, hip pain, sciatica, scoliosis, disc herniation's, and much more. What makes this case so unique is that the patient had suffered an injury as a child that effected her through the rest of her life! Many influences in life may change a LLLI, severe trauma, broken bones, and mechanical stress just to name a few. These all are influences that may change your leg length over time. Below you can see the standard A-P pelvic X-ray, a Front to Back X-ray picture of the pelvis. Lisa was left with a 20 mm short leg on her left side. You can see how her spine tracks off the to left on the fallen side and then begins to correct back the other direction. This is very common and can even be seen in patients with only a 5-6 mm difference. Curves will become much worse...