by Alex Sutton | Mar 3, 2026 | Physical Therapy
If you are dealing with chronic low back pain in Bergen County, you may have noticed a frustrating pattern — it improves for a while, then returns. You rest, stretch, maybe take medication, and things calm down… until they don’t. Recurring lower back pain is rarely...
by Alex Sutton | Jan 29, 2021 | Chinese Medicine, Physical Therapy
Prolonged hours sitting at a desk with poor posture and/or looking down often (aka “text neck”) is a common cause of neck and back pain. Cupping, more specifically “gliding cupping” is an effective method to help relieve muscle tension in these...
by Alex Sutton | Dec 16, 2020 | Therapy
Traditional massage therapy works by manually manipulating muscle tissue to break up collagen adhesions and realign the tissue to allow the layers to slide against one another unimpeded. Breaking up adhesions can help reduce muscle tightness and improve joint range of...
by Alex Sutton | Oct 14, 2020 | Exercises, Physical Therapy
[siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Media_Video”][/siteorigin_widget] Dr. Evan Chait demonstrates how to use a lacrosse ball to massage the QL (quadratus lumborum). [siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Media_Video”][/siteorigin_widget] Dr. Evan...
by Alex Sutton | Oct 7, 2020 | Physical Therapy, Physio, Therapy
What do all 3 of these areas (ankle & calf, hip, thoracic spine) have in common? When these areas get really tight and restricted, there’s something known as patho-biomechanics that occurs. Patho-biomechanics (“Patho-” as in pathology, the study...
