The adult spine contains 26 vertebrae and 23 spinal discs. Both vertebrae and spinal discs function as shock absorbers and provide the foundation that allows for movement of the spine. Each vertebra serves as an attachment site for tendons and ligaments. Tendons attach muscle to bone and ligaments attach bone to bone. The attachment sites
Many people will often develop beliefs that a “specific” exercise is bad and that they should “never” perform it. Sometimes these beliefs end up becoming extreme and to the point where they are falsely rooted. For example, you will often hear people say: “Don’t do deadlifts; they are bad for your low back.” or… “Don’t deep
A little over three years ago, I started blogging through my website and vlogging on youtube my experiences dealing with lower back pain, my love for the field of strength & conditioning, and my journey through my master’s degree. All of this to date is represented in 220 blogs posts and over 280 youtube videos.
To follow up my previous post on lumbar disc herniation’s in hockey players, I thought it would only be fitting to talk about another common lower back injury in hockey players, which is spondylolysis. While not as common as lumbar disc herniation’s in hockey players, spondylolysis is still an injury that is relatively common and can cause
I was once a hockey player. I played the game for over a decade and many of those years at a competitive level. To this day, I still play, but only at a recreational level. I gave up chasing the dream many years ago to pursue an education in Exercise Science. Shortly after giving up playing
Hello Everybody! It is the New Year, and we are back with the 3rd edition of “THINGS TO READ TO HELP SLAY YOUR DAY” and the 1st edition of 2018. For those of you know that you don’t know what this article series is, it’s a list of all the best content I’ve read over
