Do You Ever Feel “There Is No Hope for Me” ?
Do you ever feel like “There is no hope, nothing can be done to help me” ? If you feel that today… Read what this lady told me yesterday. Yesterday on the phone a lady told me “There is no hope for change, nothing can be done to help the pain or the struggle to…
Have You Been Told This About Surgery and Pills?
“My only good options are surgery and/or pills to help me” Is this what you think? Is this actually true? Years ago when I worked in a hospital based PT clinic, I would hear this every week. Many people don’t really believe that there are really any other options than surgery or pills. But is…
7 Great Things to Do in DFW if You Didn’t Have Back Trouble
There really is a TON of amazing things to do in the DFW area with your family or friends, but unfortunately there are people here in DFW who find it really hard or impossible to enjoy these attractions due to suffering from back trouble. Click here to read the blog or click the video and…
4 Reasons Why It Is Easier To NOT Make A Decision
Have you ever asked yourself…. “DID I MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION?” Maybe a better way to ask that question is … How many times a day do I ask myself that question. How about you? Well if you NEVER question your decisions, just click off this article, because it is not for you. However, if…
“I don’t have hope to get better because I don’t know what’s wrong!”
“I don’t have hope to get better because I don’t know what’s wrong!” This is what a lady told me this week. It made me sad inside to hear it. She went on to describe her fear of doing any activity because it made her hurt. She knew she needed to do something, but she…
Sleep Stories (Part Three) – He Thought THIS Was Normal!
Following on from part one and part two in this series on sleep… this one made ME laugh. About 4 months ago I was treating a young athlete who was preparing for a college athletic program. We were working on his shoulder pain, and as a matter of course I asked him if he had…
Sleep Stories (Part Two) – After 2 Weeks of the New Routine…
In part one of this blog I talked about the dramatic effects of changing old habits. Today I’m going to talk about what this client started to do differently and what were the HUGE improvements she noticed? She heard that she may be needing MORE sleep and this may have been the hardest thing to…
Sleep Stories (Part One) – The Dramatic Results of Changing Old Habits
I hear a variety of this every week, and frankly it is one of the most important issues for a person to address, or they will pay for it… BIG TIME. The crazy thing is a person may not even know how much not addressing this is costing them. Maybe I should say this in…
Ice or Heat, To Help My Pain?
This is a great question, I hear this several times per week. Part of the reason this seems so confusing is that different people will tell you different things. I even know some physical and occupational therapists that still like to put heat on a body part before they work with it. Well here’s the…
What Can I Do to Help My Pain, Other Than Just Pills?
I hear a variety of this question every day! And the reason I wanted to start my blog with this question is because I would like to help people have good solid answers with which they can start to help themselves even before they go to a therapist or doctor, and many times can really…
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