Marcus couldn’t figure it out. Every Monday morning, his lower back seized up. By Tuesday afternoon, it was manageable. Wednesday through Friday? Pretty good, actually. He could lift, move, even play basketball with his kids on Saturday without much trouble. But...
Sarah couldn’t understand it. Her MRI looked fine. Her physical therapist said her movement patterns were “actually pretty good.” She’d been doing her exercises religiously—core work, stretches, even yoga three times a week. But her lower back...
Samantha was a runner. Not elite, but steady. Her morning jog was her therapy, her routine, her identity. Then her back started acting up. First it was stiffness after sitting. Then a little pinch when she leaned forward. Then a sharp pain down her leg. She backed off...
Ten years. That’s how long Tyler lived with back pain. It started after a long drive during a camping trip. He shrugged it off at the time—just a sore back, probably from sleeping on the ground. But it never really went away. Over the next decade, he learned how to...
When Rebecca came into my Ashland chiropractic office, her pain wasn’t the worst it had ever been—but it had been around the longest. She’d injured her back seven years earlier, lifting her toddler from a car seat. Since then, she’d been through physical therapy,...
Jason had done everything his trainer told him. He’d added planks. Bird-dogs. Dead bugs. Pallof presses.He held side planks until his ribs quivered and his socks were soaked. And yet, his back still hurt. Every time he squatted, he felt a catch in his lumbar spine....
