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Finding The Cause Of Your Pain: Where You Think It Is, It Ain’t. Part I

May 23, 2019 by Dr. Grenfell

“Where you think it is, it ain’t.”  I came across this quote from Ida Rolf while in grad school and it has stuck with me ever since.  It’s a simple statement, but in the world of pain and injuries, it proves so often to be true.  Let’s break this one open, shall we?  We are going to present this one in two parts.

 

When patients come in, especially patients in a great deal of pain, it can be so easy to fall into the trap of putting all our attention and focus on the area that hurts.  … Read More »

Filed Under: Active Release Techniques, Diagnostic Imaging, Examination, Low Back Pain, Our Approach, Pain Tagged With: Chronic Pain, Door County, Door County Chiropractor, Elite Spine & Sport, Physical Therapy, rehabilitation, Sturgeon Bay, Sturgeon Bay Chiropractor

5 Tips for Preventing Low Back Pain

May 15, 2019 by Dr. Grenfell

The best predictor of future low back pain is a prior episodes of low back pain.  There are many factors and reasons for this, and one of those many reasons is due to a tendency to treat the symptoms (pain) while not properly addressing and correcting the problem (improper movement, poor posture, crappy exercise, etc).  Once we get rid of the pain, we move on and hope and pray the pain doesn’t return.  There’s got to be a better way.  Great news, there is a better way, and we’re going to give you a … Read More »

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chiropractor, Door County Chiropractor, Elite Spine & Sport, Low Back Pain, McKenzie Method, Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy, Sturgeon Bay, Sturgeon Bay Chiropractor

Hip Hinge Exercise For Low Back Pain Relief And Injury Prevention

October 10, 2018 by Dr. Grenfell

Do you suffer from low back pain? Do you need to bend over and pick things up? If you answered yes to one or both of the previous questions, you should keep reading…

As we have discussed many times, pain and injuries caused by sudden trauma are a small minority of overall complaints. Most cases of pain and injury are chronic repetitive stress injuries. We routinely move with faulty patterns causing excessive stress and load on certain tissues and over time the damage accrues faster than the repair can keep up … Read More »

Filed Under: Health & Fitness, Low Back Pain, Move Better, Movement Fix Monday, Pain, rehabilitation Tagged With: Back Pain, chiropractic, Door County, functional rehabilitation, Injury Prevention, movement, Sturgeon Bay

4 Ways To A Healthier You

April 14, 2018 by Dr. Grenfell

4 Ways To A Healthier You

Let me start this post off by letting you know that if you are looking for a quick, easy fix from the comfort of your couch, this isn’t it.  Now, if you are looking for information on how to take better control of your health and physical abilities and you’re willing to accept responsibility for what it takes to get there, then keep reading. 

The solutions to finding better health are simple, in fact you probably already have a good idea about what I’m going to tell you.  However, the solutions are not easy.  There is no magic bullet, no one-size fits all approach, and surely … Read More »

Filed Under: Functional Medicine, Health & Fitness, Healthcare, Move Better, Nutrition, Wellness Tagged With: chiropractic, Chiropractor, Chronic Pain, Door County, functional medicine, functional rehabilitation, nutrition, Optimal Health, Sports Medicine, Sturgeon Bay, weight loss, Wellness

Movement Fix Monday | Anterior Hip Mobility Fix

April 9, 2018 by Dr. Grenfell

Dr. Derek with this week’s Movement Fix Monday addressing tight hips.

The anterior hip muscles and joint capsule are especially vulnerable to becoming short and tight in those of you who spend much of your day sitting. This shortening over time can lead to a decrease in your hip extension range of motion which is necessary for walking, running, climbing stairs, etc.

If you spend your work day sitting or suffer from low back pain and/or hip pain, this mobility exercise might be perfect for you.

If you are looking for effective hip pain relief, request a consult with Dr. Grenfell today. 

Filed Under: Mobility, Move Better, Movement, Movement Fix Monday, Pain, Stretching Tagged With: Back Pain, chiropractic, Chiropractor, Door County, functional rehabilitation, Mobility, movement, Movement Fix Monday, Sturgeon Bay

Stop Accepting Sick: A Paradigm Shift

January 25, 2018 by Dr. Grenfell

Are you one of the 50% of Americans diagnosed with a chronic condition?  How about one of the 35% of obese Americans?  Maybe you’re one of the 100 million Americans currently living with diabetes or prediabetes (it’s estimated that 88% of people with prediabetes are completely unaware they have it).  Based on these statistics released by the CDC, it’s very likely that you are.  The question that quickly comes to mind is “what the heck is going on?”  In a country where we have access to some of the best healthcare technologies, research, … Read More »

Filed Under: Functional Medicine, Health & Fitness, Healthcare, Our Approach, Wellness Tagged With: Back Pain, Bulletproof, Cancer, chiropractic, Chiropractor, Chronic Disease, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Diabetes, Disease Prevention, Door County, Evidence Based, functional medicine, Healthcare, Heart Disease, nutrition, Optimal Health, paleo, Patient Centered, Stroke, Sturgeon Bay, Wellness

Know Pain To Own Pain

May 22, 2015 by Dr. Grenfell

Understanding your pain is one of the most important components to getting rid of it.  So first of all, what is pain? The most commonly accepted definition of pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that is associated with actual or potential tissue damage.  That seems like a pretty straight forward definition, but there is actually a lot packed into that sentence.  The following is a short list of important keys to grasping the difficult and complex topic of pain:

 

Pain is all in your head. That’s right, your pain is all in your brain.  I’m not saying your pain isn’t real, it certainly is, but you only suffer pain … Read More »

Filed Under: Diagnostic Imaging, Examination, Move Better, Movement, Our Approach, Pain, rehabilitation Tagged With: Back Pain, Bulletproof, chiropractic, Chiropractor, Diagnostic Imaging, Door County, Explain Pain, functional neurology, functional rehabilitation, Injury Prevention, Mobility, Move Better, movement, Optimal Health, Orthopedics, pain, Pain Management, perform better, Posture, rehabilitation, rocktape, Sports Medicine, Stability, Sturgeon Bay, Ultimate Human Performance, Wellness, X-Rays

To stretch or not to stretch? That is the question.

May 14, 2015 by Dr. Grenfell

Young woman seated hamstring stretch

“No matter how much I stretch, my hamstrings are always tight”

 

I am betting that a large percentage of people reading this article would admit to having “tight hamstrings”.  I will go a little further and say a fair amount of you with tight hamstrings have also tried stretching with some regularity at some point in time with very little success in re-gaining flexibility.  Well, my goal today is to touch on one possible explanation for why this situation occurs.  I also happens to be the most common presentations … Read More »

Filed Under: Active Release Techniques, Move Better, Movement, Our Approach, rehabilitation, Stretching, Uncategorized Tagged With: active release, Active Release Techniques, chiropractic, Chiropractor, Door County, functional rehabilitation, Injury Prevention, Mobility, Move Better, movement, Optimal Health, Orthopedics, pain, perform better, Posture, rehabilitation, Sports Medicine, Stability, Sturgeon Bay, Ultimate Human Performance

Upgrading Your Movement Software

February 25, 2015 by Dr. Grenfell

If you have been following our blog for any length of time, you are probably well aware that our main focus at Elite Spine & Sport is on quality movement.  We have discussed what movement is, and how pain can alter it.  Well today, we’d like to approach movement from a different view to better understand the reasons we treat patients the way we do.  

First, think of your body as being like a computer.  Your muscles, bones, and joints are the hardware while your brain and nervous system make up the software programs.  When a … Read More »

Filed Under: Joint Centration, Movement, Our Approach, Pain, rehabilitation Tagged With: Active Release Techniques, Back Pain, chiropractic, Chiropractor, functional neurology, functional rehabilitation, Move Better, movement, Orthopedics, pain, perform better, Posture, rehabilitation, Sturgeon Bay

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