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How Do You Release Hamstring Fascia?
KEY TAKEAWAYS Tight hamstrings often stem from underlying issues such as prolonged sitting, pelvic instability, a weak core, nerve irritation, or spinal misalignment rather than the muscle alone. Stretching alone often fails because muscles stay protectively...
How Do You Release A Tight Glute Max?
KEY TAKEAWAYS A tight gluteus maximus is usually caused by too much sitting or an improper walking gait that overworks the muscle. Release it with myofascial pressure: sit on a large massage ball or softball, hold pressure on each tender spot until the discomfort...
How Do You Release TFL Tightness?
KEY TAKEAWAYS The tensor fasciae latae (TFL) is a small muscle at the edge of the hip that connects to the IT band and tightens from prolonged sitting, weak glutes, and hip imbalances. A tight TFL can cause lateral hip pain and alter pelvic tilt, leading to...
Thrive New Patient Workshop
What are exercises to do at home? This is the wall exercise. Find a wall, stand with your back up against it and make sure all of your major joints are touching the wall. With your feet and hips against the wall place your shoulders and head against the wall as well....
When Atlas/C1 is Out of Alignment, Why is it the Only Vertebra Adjusted?
KEY TAKEAWAYS The atlas, or C1, is the first vertebra directly beneath the skull, and it supports the head's weight while protecting the brainstem and the vertebral arteries that supply blood to the brain. Because the atlas directly influences the brainstem, which...
How Do You Release Tight Adductors?
KEY TAKEAWAYS Tight inner thigh adductors are most effectively released with a tennis ball placed under the inner thigh while lying face down, holding pressure on tender spots for two to five minutes per side. The butterfly stretch, sitting with the soles of the feet...
How Do You Release a Tight Gluteus Medius?
Where is the gluteus medius located? Your glute medius is a small muscle that runs along the crest of your hip and then down by your hip joint. How you find it on yourself is that you will want to find the very top of your hip bone. Then slide down over the bone and...
How Do You Loosen Tight Calf Muscles?
What problems can tight calves cause? Your calves do extra work that they are not intended to do if the dynamic of your low back and pelvis is off. This creates changes in the way that you walk and in your gait, which uses these muscles more than they are intended...
Why Does HealthWorks Take Diagnostics So Seriously?
Why do we take diagnostics seriously? Many new patients get frustrated when they come to our office and they don’t get treated on the very first visit. I get that! You’re in pain and you want relief NOW! Totally understandable. However, would you like a surgeon to...
How Do You Apply Lumbar Traction at Home?
How do you apply lumbar traction? When setting up your lumbar traction pillow, you will want to make sure you are setting it up correctly and paying attention to how and where you are placing the lumbar traction pillow. One of the first things to note is that you will...