By Alex Earl, DC DACRB DNSP Is This Year an Anomaly for Major League Pitching Injuries? As of today, there have been 10 professional baseball pitching injuries of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the elbow requiring surgery. This procedure is better known as “Tommy John” surgery. Looking back over pitching injuries over the pastContinue Reading »
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3 Reasons You Should Avoid Dry Needling Therapy
By Alex Earl, DC DACRB DNSP This week on the Health Restoration Blog, we are highlighting an important issue, Dry Needling. We wanted to provide helpful information regarding one of the most popular trends in physical therapy, physical medicine, strength training and overall longevity. Today’s article focuses primarily on how Dr. Alex Earl viewsContinue Reading »
What Can Blood Flow Restriction Teach Us About Pain?
By Alex Earl, DC DACRB DNSP This week on the Health Restoration Blog, we are highlighting Blood Flow Restriction. We wanted to provide helpful information regarding one of the fastest growing trends in physical therapy, physical medicine, strength training and overall longevity. Today’s article focuses primarily on how Dr. Alex Earl uses an important (andContinue Reading »
What is Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization?
This week on the Health Restoration Blog, we are highlighting dynamic neuromuscular stabilization. We wanted to provide helpful information regarding one of the fastest growing trends in human performance and longevity. In fact, Dr. Peter Attia, host of the popular podcast called “The Drive” discussed Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization strategies on his show. He’s also writtenContinue Reading »
The Best Kept Secret: How To Sit at a Desk With No Back Troubles
While office culture may have shifted in the last few years, it hasn’t changed the fact that most people are stuck working at a desk for most of their day. According to the American Heart Association, “sedentary jobs” have increased a whopping 83% since 1950! Maybe you are one of the lucky ones who aren’t desk-bound,Continue Reading »
Working In Tech Doesn’t Have to Limit Your Back Health.
Currently, in the U.S. there are roughly 12.2 million people who work in the tech industry in well over 585,000 companies. Since the beginning of COVID-19, in early 2020, many corporate jobs and businesses have shifted to a remote or hybrid work environment. Working from home became the new normal. From 2019 to 2021, theContinue Reading »
3 Ways Soccer Players Recover from Hamstring Strains
Hamstring injuries are extremely common in elite soccer. In fact, it is estimated that 11-16% of all soccer-related injuries (in elite levels) are due to hamstring issues (1). By far, the most common presentation we see in our chiropractic and physical medicine clinic in Carol Stream, Illinois is incomplete rehabilitation of a hamstring injury. Many, manyContinue Reading »
Foot and Ankle Pain
Have You Experienced or Been Experiencing a Foot or Ankle Injury?Whether you are experiencing or have experienced a foot or ankle injury, you may also be experiencing or have experienced some other aches and pains along the way. Many people/athletes tend to experience other aches and pain, whether it is experienced during or after theirContinue Reading »
Does Stretching “Tight Hips” Actually Work for High School and College Athletes?
High School and College AthletesWhile hip pain and hip issues aren’t one of the most common injuries in chiropractic and sports medicine offices, they do occur and are never fun for patients to deal with. From tendonitis, to joint pain, to sprains and strains, hip pain can be an annoying issue to deal with Obviously surroundingContinue Reading »
Shoulder Pain: Causes and Treatments (and the #1 thing to AVOID)
After spine pain, shoulder pain remains consistently tied for second (along with knee pain) as the top reason why patients travel from all over Chicagoland to see us at our Carol Stream office. The shoulder joint is rather complex, and pain arising from the shoulder region can affect simply day-to-day activities and sport alike. This articleContinue Reading »
