by Backs on Burnside | May 8, 2018 | Health, Office News
The human foot is an evolutionary masterpiece; it has far more function then what we give it credit for. Our feet are almost identical to our hands in structure and should seemingly have similar dexterity. One of the major reasons we don’t have the same dexterity in...
by Backs on Burnside | Jan 24, 2018 | Health, Office News
With computer work being an unavoidable part of most of our daily lives, we are seeing an increasing number of patients with postural strain in the neck and upper back. These are also common areas to carry stress and tension from daily life. Pro tip: If you correct...
by Backs on Burnside | Dec 6, 2017 | Health, Office News
Travel tips from Europe Taking a break from Portland life, my husband Joe Alexander, owner of Counseling on Burnside, and I recently spent a week biking through the countryside in Andalusia, Spain. We rode down hills with 10% grades and back up again, stopped...
by Backs on Burnside | May 18, 2017 | Health
Most of us have experienced it— waking up after a good night’s rest and, instead of leaping vibrantly out of bed, we creak to a slow, stiff and somewhat crooked stand. As we drink our coffee to the tune of a ‘Celebrex’ commercial and recall our...
by Backs on Burnside | May 18, 2017 | Health
Bones are living tissue whose cells regenerate every ten years. What we eat, what we do or don’t do has a big influence on the health and strength of our bones. In a nutshell, increasing weight bearing exercise, adding nutrients to our diet through food or...