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 28, 2020 | Injury Prevention Tips, Physical Therapy
One of the most common mistakes people make while performing the RDL is allowing the spine to go into flexion (bend and round). This means that they are flexing/extending from the lumbar spine instead of from the hips. This often leads to back pain and could...
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...
