“I had a terrible case of food poisoning, like the kind when you sweat bullets wondering if you’ll make it home, and start thinking through contingency options. It lasted two days!” My client had scheduled the session with us to work through additional movement and balance function related to her knee replacement last year ago. […]
Jab season has arrived. Along with the rise in flu cases, the flu shot push has begun. Walgreens seems to have my phone on speed dial begging for me to make an appointment. No matter which vaccination you get — flu, covid, RSV, or shingles — a sore arm often is the end result. Sometimes […]
Ankle sprains. Are you like our clients who have … Misstepped coming off a ladder, or Taken a step forward toward the pickleball net, but your toe caught and your ankle buckled, or Looked away when walking such that one foot ended up off the sidewalk, turned and collapsed, or Tripped over the dog when […]
Auto accidents seem to be a theme in the office lately. A couple of the accidents were rear-end variety, and just today, a side-swipe from the passenger side. Our clients were the driver in each scenario. After each incident, these drivers were shaken up, but, by most measures, appeared to physically be ok. Until the […]
Most of us know the feeling: sitting in a dental chair with your mouth open for what feels like forever while the dentist works, adjusts your head position, and then asks you to open even wider. Afterward, your jaw, neck, and head can feel tense, uneven, or simply “off.” Why? That’s what we’ll get into […]
Most of us think of poor balance as something only for older folks. This week I’m sharing Ryan’s story to illustrate what we often find when a pain is your main concern: balance is also affected, no matter your age. Returning from his semester abroad, Ryan had a persistent, annoying heel pain. He was curious, […]
Three friends have fallen in the past six months and broken their wrists. One had surgery and a cast, another had a series of casts, and the other had a cast and splint. Each bone was healed according to common metrics in the orthopedic world. And yet, they each feel that their wrist function and […]
Hip Fractures The stats about full recovery are alarming! The implications have two types of impacts depending upon who you are in the scenario. Are you the default caregiver? If so, a fall puts you one slip away from significant life change with caregiving needs and potential living situation changes. This can be as a […]
Each day at the Bridging Institute we see a variety of people with pain and movement concerns. It’s uncanny how many of them have a minimally invasive procedure in their past. Although the scar is minimal, the surgery is deceptive in terms of how the core muscle coordination can be disrupted. ESPECIALLY for CHILDREN who […]
Each day at the Bridging Institute we see a variety of people with pain and movement concerns. It’s uncanny how many of them have a minimally invasive procedure in their past. Although the scar is minimal, the surgery is deceptive in terms of how the core muscle coordination can be disrupted. In this series, we’ll […]