Centralization versus peripheralization of symptoms, is a concept or idea that has been used in physical therapy and rehab settings for years. If you have been to a rehab specialist you may have heard these terms discussed before. But what do these terms mean? Centralization and peripheralization is a theory on pain manifestation or a...Read More

Did you know that the average person will flex or bend forward 3 thousand times per day?  In contrast to bending forward the average person will extend or bend backwards only 100 times a day.    That is a 30 to 1 ratio of forward bending to backward bending.  This creates a large discrepancy between the...Read More

If you have been to therapy before you have probably gotten sick and tired of hearing your therapist say, “try to go farther, push further”, regarding low back pain and your exercises. Why do therapists obsess so much about moving further into the end range of motion during lumbar spine exercises? There are many theories...Read More