What is the PSOAS muscle? There are actually two PSOAS muscles, the major and the minor. There are 3 significant muscles that connect your spine to your leg–the gluteus maximus, piriformis and you guessed it–the psoas muscles. What does the PSOAS do exactly? You can thank these muscles for allowing you to stand and walk upright as well as helping…
Massage therapy has been used thousands of years as a healing method. Its origins date back to ancient India where it was used as ayurvedic medicine. Today, people seek massage therapy for a variety of reasons: treating back pain, neck pain, anxiety, strains, headaches, injuries, and even conditions such as fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a disorder that involves widespread pain,…
With all that’s going on right now in the world, people are being forced to evaluate their own health as concerns of contracting viral infections mount. Covid-19 has certainly turned the world upside down–the pandemic has produced lockdowns in countless of states and countries in efforts to reduce the transmission and “flatten the curve.” Social distancing has become a new…
Have you ever felt like your mother was nagging you when she kept reminding you to stand up straight? Mom was right. Standing up straight helps promote good posture, and good posture is actually good for you. Let’s first take a look at the word “posture.” What’s it mean exactly? You might think of it as simply how you stand,…
Lower back pain is a persistent throbbing ailment that will limit quality of life, especially after mid life. You’ve either experienced this and can attest, or you will at some point in life. According to health.harvard.edu, lower back pain affects about 80% of the population, usually in older age. It is a natural progression of living life as the bone…
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You’ve taken the first step and made a great choice in securing your physical therapy session! Physical therapy is a great way to regain normal mobility and can even be used as preventative treatment (maintaining good movement, flexibility). Now you are wondering what will go on during your first session. Keep in mind that depending on what you come…
When is physical therapy actually required? First, let’s take a look at what physical therapy means and what it entails. According to the American Physical Therapy Association, physical therapists: “… help individuals maintain, restore, and improve movement, activity, and functioning, thereby enabling optimal performance and enhancing health, well-being, and quality of life. Their services prevent, minimize, or eliminate impairments of…
Knee pain can be as mysterious as it is debilitating. Even if you don’t recall actually twisting or wrenching your knee, you may still be suffering from the long-term effects of subtle musculoskeletal imbalances that have placed your knee under unnatural stress. Let’s take a basic “guided tour” of your knee pain’s possible causes and how our Everett WA chiropractic…
There are many ways you can be injured at work, and that’s true no matter what type of job you have. Whether your work injury involves a sudden traumatic event, or it developed over time due to the conditions you work under regularly, you can benefit from the range of chiropractic and other services we offer at Everett Spine and…
