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What causes lower back pain? Most people don’t think of this major issue causing lower back pain. FYI. Every single day I encounter patients who are suffering from some form of stress related illness. They have typically been feeling this way for an extended period and have realized that it is not normal to feel tired, lethargic, moody, anxious and unmotivated. It is my role as a practitioner to find the cause of their symptoms and develop a plan to bring them the energy and vitality they rightfully deserve. Before we do this, we must identify what stress is and what forms it comes in. Stress is a word that is all encompassing and typically relates to your body being put under strain, tension or pressure. It manifests itself in both an internal and external manner. Some examples of external stress are financial concerns, family issues, a physical injury, poor work environment and challenges presented to your outer world. Internal stressors are related to physiological issues like e...

Quick Tip to Relax Your Tight Hip Flexors If you're like most people your body can be pretty stiff when you first wake up and get out of bed. Luckily there's a 15-second stretch that you can do first thing in the morning that will really help your body feel better. #1 Stretch to Do In the Morning < ---- Pictures Don't thank me, thank Injury Specialist Rick Kaselj, MS.  He's the one that told me about it and it makes a HUGE difference. Unlock Your Hip Flexors

Good morning Happy Easter! Do you know what to do when back pain hits?  The 48-Hour Back Pain Rescue Guide shows you what to do. It gives you movements that you need to do in order to decrease your back pain, loosen up your back, release tightness in your muscles and get back to being pain-free. Rick Kaselj has used this program a number of times to overcome a back pain flare up in 48 to 72 hours. For example, a few months back, Rick was doing a barbell deadlift complex and tweaked his back. As the day went by, his back got worse and worse. He went to the guide and did the exercises in the guide for 10 minutes, a few times day. Every time he went through the exercises, the pain would decrease, movement would improve, tension would decrease and he could do more. By the fourth day, he was able to get back to the gym and do his workouts. Also in the guide Rick shows you the #1 exercise that you should do when back pain hits.  Along with the manual, there is a follow alo...

I’ll never forget the day my back pain started… I was only 15 years old and was playing basketball when I took a nasty fall and injured my spine. Actually, I broke a small bone on one of my vertebrae. From that point on, back pain was a constant part of my life. To someone who’s never suffered with chronic and debilitating back pain, it’s hard to explain just how awful the feeling is. To wake up, every single day of your life and never have the opportunity to really feel good… well, it’s really something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. And yet, thousands and thousands of people endure pain like this day in and day out. For them, there’s no escaping it no matter what they try. I was one of those people, for many years. In an effort to find relief for my pain, I tried just about every available therapy and treatment there is. I tried massage therapy, pain medicine, acupuncture, ultra sound, electric stimulation, the “sheets of exercises,” yoga, chiropractic, pilates, a ...

My friend Emily was just 12 years old the night she thought she was going to die… Out in the middle of the pitch black New Mexico desert, suddenly paralyzed and surrounded by shattered glass… …she can still remember counting each breath, wondering if it was going to be her last. Fighting for her life that night, Emily had no idea her nightmare had only just begun, as the events from that horrific night would come back over 15 years later to nearly destroy her life… …and that’s when something miraculous happened. Seemingly out of nowhere, Emily stumbled onto this 1 unusual stretch that completely eliminated her back pain and sciatica, and just in time to save herself from dangerous and life-threatening surgery: => 1 Weird Stretch can HEAL Back Pain and Sciatica And this doesn’t only work for Emily, or those that are considering surgery… this surprising stretch is now helping thousands of back pain and sciatica sufferers from all over the world… It worked for Emil...

Your hips are the bridge between your upper body and lower body. They are at the center of your body's movement. Sitting within the well of your hip and lower spine is the psoas major muscle, one of the two muscles that makes up the iliopsoas. It’s often called the "mighty" psoas (pronounced so-az) for the many important functions it plays in the movement of your body. The psoas is the only muscle in the human body connecting the upper body to the lower body. The muscle attaches to the vertebrae of the lower spine, moves through the pelvis and connects to a tendon at the top of the femur. It also attaches to the diaphragm, so it’s connected to your breathing, and upon it sits all the major organs. A functioning psoas muscle creates a neutral pelvic alignment, stabilizes the hips, supports the lower spine and abdomen, supports the organs in the pelvic and abdominal cavity and gives you greater mobility and core strength. Like unfolding a sheet or unpacking a ...

By Rick Kaselj, M.S. (Exercise Science), B.Sc. (Kinesiology), PK, CPT, CEP, CES www.criticalbench.com The sit-up or more specifically, the ‘crunch’ has been an exercise staple for decades. Proponents of the crunch touted it as the ideal exercise for building six-pack abdominals and ridding the stomach of excess fat. Since as far back as the 1940s fitness ‘gurus’ in gyms, on television and in magazines suggested that the crunch offered a fast track to a lean, well-defined mid-section. And for nearly as long, the real fitness experts have been saying “No, no no….the crunch does none of those things and is in fact, a horrible exercise that increases the risk of injury—particularly the back.”  Let’s take a look and see which viewpoint is correct. We’ll start by taking a look at the crunch movement to get a better perspective. There are a nearly endless variety of ways to perform the crunch but among all of them, the basic movements are essentially the same. The movement ...

Hip Joint Pain Remedies In today's post I am going to share with you the hidden survival muscle that exist in your body, that is the key to eliminating that painful joint and back pain, eliminating anxiety and looking fat, while permanently boosting your energy levels, immune system, sexual function, strength and athletic performance in as little as 15 minutes. And surprisingly nobody knows how to unlock it! People like to train hard and eat well hoping that is all enough to keep themselves in good health and physically & emotionally strong. But there is a lurking danger in our bodies that nobody realize it, even doctors are bot able to identify it. This hidden danger effects nearly everybody everyday no matter how active or how sedentary you are or how young or old you are. This hidden problem negatively affects not only our body but our life as a whole. The #1 Hip Mobility Stretch Mistake Unlock Your Hip Flexors So wh...

It may be the most harmless activity known to man, but it's also one of the biggest dangers to your health. IT'S SITTING! Even if you're the most active of athletes, you may still suffer from tight hip flexors due to the amount of time you spend each day planted to a chair. If you have tight hip flexors from sitting too much you may be kicking your body into fat storing mode and it has nothing to do with inactivity. Sitting Is a Fat Loss Inhibitor As the body's  "fight or flight"  muscle, your psoas (hip flexors) is deeply connected to our natural survival instinct. It instantly tightens in moments of danger to either protect you (in a fetal position) or help you run, fueled by the release of adrenaline. However, if your psoas (hip flexors) is constantly tight from sitting too much, it signals to the body you are in constant danger, leading to overworking of the adrenal gland. When this happens, your immune system suffer...