Are your Rounded Shoulders causing you shoulder pain?

    How many doctors will you see? How many massages and pills can you take for this problem? I see this as being one of the main reasons someone comes into my office with shoulder pain. They can't remember any trauma they might have had, because they are only considering traumas like car accidents and falls.

     They forget about the daily, repetitive trauma of gravity pulling on your shoulders that are totally out of their normal position and alignment. This is primarily due to the overdeveloped muscles on the front side and the underused, stretched out muscles on the back side of their shoulders.

Are you worried about developing a "Hump"?

     There may be some family risk factors, but I sincerely believe that most humps can be prevented. Some patients tell me that they already cannot fasten their bra in the back. They have already gotten used to fastening in the front and moving it around. If you cannot fasten your bra in the back, how long can you ignore this warning sign before you decide to take action?

Are you concerned about your Forward Head Posture?

     The first time you noticed this about yourself, you knew it wasn't normal. Plus, you figured it was likely causing some of the headaches, neck and upper back pain you've been dealing with off and on. What can you do? You have to use the computer everyday and that's when it hurts.

     You have to counteract what your normal daily activities are doing to your head and neck. Do you expect that this problem will just get better on its own? You know it won't. The bad news is this will most likely get worse if you don't do something about it. The good news is it won't take nearly as much time and effort to fix your neck as it did to mess it up in the first place.

     You're going to have to exercise. You have to change how your muscles work. You can't keep wasting your time on things that are going to give you false hope and that can't possibly work while your posture just gets worse and worse.

    That Doesn't Have To Be You.

     Yes, you have to exercise, but I don't mean for you to go jump on the treadmill or start riding a bicycle. (Even though those things are good for you.) If all it took was any ol' exercise, why do so many people at the gym have bad posture?

You need specific exercises and manual therapy techniques designed to get your posture straightened out in the least amount of time to get you the best results possible.