Posture, Blamed for Everything…

... But, mostly irrelevant. One quick Google search and you will learn that posture causes low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, headaches, and cardiovascular disease... Amongst many, many other pathologies. Before we determine the impact of posture on painful conditions, we first need to define what "bad posture" is considered and that starts with…

CEU Review: Modern Pain Sciences by NXT Gen Institute of Physical Therapy

Course Title: Modern Pain Sciences: Manual Therapy’s Keys to Motivation, Input and Plan Date: December 7th, 2014 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Faculty: Joseph Brence, PT, DPT, COMT, FAAOMPT, DAC & Francois Prizinski, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, FAAOMPT, DAC Throughout my didactic and clinical education as a student at the University of Pittsburgh, I was exposed to very little in terms…