Chronic Pain

We all have it – that kink in the neck that makes us wince each time we check our blind spot. If you’re like the rest of us, you’ll likely take some ibuprofen, put some heat, and hope that it goes away. But usually it doesn’t. It lingers and lingers […]

3 Tips to Rapidly Banish Your Neck Stiffness

5 Jun, 2017 in Chronic Pain / Neck Pain / Pain by eChristensen

What if your low back isn’t the problem with your lower back pain? Too often I have folks walking through my door with extreme pain in their low back. After a complete assessment using the Selective Functional Movement Assessment I find all too often that the patient’s back is working […]

Low back pain: What if it isn’t your back’s fault?

18 Oct, 2016 in Chronic Pain / Developmental Kinesiology / Low Back Pain by eChristensen

Lower Crossed Syndrome

22 Apr, 2016 in Chronic Pain / Core Concepts / Functional Dry Needling / Running / Squat / Warm Up by eChristensen

Between the well meaning but often under informed television shows, your friend’s cousin with low back pain, and the abundance of information online, there is an overload of information in regards to low back pain. Some information is good, some is bad, and some is just absurd. Over the course […]

Common Low Back Pain Misconeptions

28 Sep, 2015 in Chronic Pain / Core Concepts / Developmental Kinesiology / Direct Access / Home program. / Low Back Pain / Pain by eChristensen

One of the most important aspects of patient recovery while in physical therapy, yet is frequently underperformed, is the home exercise program. Let’s start with an analogy. You have a friend who is hoping to lose weight. He follows up with a nutritionist and is given an outline of […]

The importance of your home exercise program.

28 Sep, 2015 in Chronic Pain / Core Concepts / Direct Access / Home program. / Squat / Warm Up by eChristensen

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4 minute Sciatica Roadmap!

14 Aug, 2015 in Chronic Pain / Core Concepts / Low Back Pain / Pain by eChristensen

Lower back pain is pervasive in today’s medical society. Being dubbed “the common cold” of muscular pain, it’s likely you have experienced, or will experience it in your time here on earth. Pain can range from mild to severe depending on the origin of the dysfunction. In my practice, the […]

How can you fix low back pain?

31 May, 2015 in Chronic Pain / Core Concepts / Direct Access / Low Back Pain / Pain / Warm Up by eChristensen

This weekend I had the opportunity to take Functional Dry Needling Level 2 from Kinetacore. For the first level, I took it in Colorado, but thankfully I was able to take this course here in Phoenix for the advanced level. I can’t say enough good things about this company. They […]

Advanced Dry Needling Review

5 Aug, 2014 in Balance / Chronic Pain / Core Concepts / Functional Dry Needling / Low Back Pain / Pain by eChristensen

Super excited for out next interview! Jeremy Jones from Funktional Fitness is letting me come to his shop! We will talking about principles of training and he will be running me through the FMS! TweetFollow @e_s_christensen

Funktional Fitness

10 Jun, 2014 in Chronic Pain / Core Concepts / Developmental Kinesiology / Referrals / Squat by eChristensen

We aired these tips and tricks live last week – but in case you missed it, here is the copy of the video! Chandler Physical Therapy is a family owned and operated Physical Therapy clinic in Chandler, Arizona. We treat active adults who are looking to keep themselves pain […]

Tips for Running Ragnar!

8 Apr, 2014 in Chronic Pain / Core Concepts / Foot and Ankle / Low Back Pain tagged Running by eChristensen

When you come to physical therapy, patients have certain expectations and assumptions. Patients assume that we will work tissue and mobilize/manipulate joints. They assume we will give them a workout and home program. They assume that we will make their symptoms get better. They assume we will find out what’s […]

What patients do RIGHT.

27 Oct, 2013 in Chronic Pain / Core Concepts / Direct Access / Pain by eChristensen

Posture is more important than ever. We live in an age where we spend more time sitting, driving, and slouching than ever before. As a species, humans are designed to move. We have the spectacular ability to use our upright posture to drop our centers of gravity – taking stored […]

Is your posture hurting you?

19 Sep, 2013 in Chronic Pain / Core Concepts / Low Back Pain / Pain by eChristensen

More than 50% of my caseload is low back pain. Recent estimates suggest that upwards of 632 million people suffer from low back pain worldwide. At some point, it is thought that 60-70% of the population will suffer from low back pain. Pain suffers come from all walks of […]

Low Back Pain – One size does not fit all!

22 Jan, 2013 in Chronic Pain / Functional Dry Needling / Low Back Pain / Uncategorized by eChristensen

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