Jan Henry

Do you want to know the basics of nerve compression and irritation? Do you want to know how the median nerve can get compressed and entrapped on it’s way from the neck to the hand? Watch our video to learn all of that and more!

Anytime the body experiences direct trauma, the chances of nerve damage is always possible. The bigger the trauma, the more likely nerve injury is present. Let us begin by outlining a few key things to understand before looking at what we can do about direct nerve damage: 1) Is traumatic nerve damage limited to physical … Read more

When can you suspect that nerve pain is present? For many folks, pain is something more than a dull ache, annoying tension, or that light irritation that has just become a nuisance. For some, the pain covers large areas of the body and seems to appear as a constant burning, tingling, stabbing, shooting, pricking, weakness, … Read more

Why are my hamstrings always tight? This is the million-dollar question! It is very rare to meet a person whose hamstring don’t feel tight and uncooperative. What most people are not aware of is that tension can be caused by many different things. Because of this, stretching sometimes doesn’t work, and can sometimes make the … Read more

Plantar Fasciitis is a condition that affects a sheet of tissue on the bottom of the footcalled the plantar fascia. It is defined by chronic inflammation in the bottom of the foot.

What is Sciatica? Sciatica is a condition that is defined by irritation of the sciatic nerve. This irritation will often create pain that travels down the side or back of the leg, creating leg pain and irritation, and often continues into the ankle and foot creating foot and ankle pain and irritation. In general, anytime … Read more

What is a Repetitive Stress injury? While many injuries have a specific diagnostic box they fit in, there are plenty of others that are considered non-specific. What this means is, they are caused by predictable habits but present in ways or areas that can be unique to that individual. One of those presentations are repetitive … Read more

Managing Shin Splints from the start What exactly are Shin Splints? Shin Splints, sometimes referred to as medial tibial stress syndrome, is a condition that is mostly defined by the presentation of leg pain, tenderness, and inflammation along the inside, or medial, a portion of the large bone of the leg which we call the … Read more

What is the Carpal Tunnel and the syndrome associated with it? Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a condition that creates pain, numbness, and dysfunction in the wrist, hand, thumb, and fingers. The pain is generated by tension or pressure on a major nerve called the median nerve as it passes through the wrist and into the … Read more

Functional movement vs. Fitness movement I wonder sometimes when the moment happened in human history. Surely, having made it as far as we have, a standard for movement has always been an essential part of our heritage. How we were to move as humans was always a part of the code. Movement was in everything … Read more