Think you have a hamstring stretch there? The odds are, you don't. Yogis and CrossFitters around the world stretch on a daily basis. With the #1 muscle being the hamstrings. Physical therapists and chiropractors prescribe hamstring stretches for all sorts of pain: low back pain, hip pain,...
If your pain has been lasting for more than three months, keep going. Read this post or watch this 3 minute video. Answers await you. If you don't a hear a tree falling in the woods, did it actually fall? Quite the paradox. If you throw the kitchen sink...
Imagine going to see a doctor. He claims to be able to fix you, even if you're thinking "I'm always the hard case." The standard of care in this doctor's practice is to see a permanent, sustained improvement in your pain in 5 visits. [This is our...
Update 3/15/18: Dr. Christopher Stepien’s Level 1 CrossFit Certification expired in 2014 and is therefore, no longer active. Barefoot Rehab’s pain-fixing services have no association with CrossFit, Inc. When I was in chiropractic school, I observed a guy panting, moving ridiculous amounts of weight in machine-gun...
Shin splints can be like playing tag with your friends when all your little brother wants to do is tag along: growing in annoyance the longer he's around. Shin splint sufferers are often given traditional advice that includes electronic stimulation, ice, heat, ultrasound, extracorporeal shockwave therapy...
A new patient with low back pain walked into our office last week. Let's call him Bob. Bob was in a car accident in 1994, which gave him tingling down the back of both of his thighs immediately after the accident. The tingling was gone after...
Author's Note: I originally wrote this post a few years ago on an old blog. It got a lot of attention then, so I thought I'd re-share it with new perspective. -- This post is dedicated to my Crossfit Lite Ladies, a bunch of "wiser, and maybe...
After I read Born to Run, I was inspired to do a lot more barefoot running. It was the same year that I opened Barefoot Rehab, a Sports Therapy and Chronic Pain Resolution practice. Boy, did it feel wonderful and free to run in my Vibrams! That freedom...
All of your friends are wearing a tennis elbow support and you’re wondering: Should I wear a tennis elbow support too? Peer pressure is a powerful thing. You worry about the kids your son or daughter hang out with because you know, what their friends are doing, your...
Picture yourself as a caveman. Every day, you walk by a bush on your way to the watering hole to drink up on some crisp, not-taken-for-granted, H20. To your surprise, on some days, you see the bush vibrating. You even hear the bush growling ever so gently. That's...