Reduce pinching or impingement during hip flexion (hinging forward or raising the leg) and increase your range of motion by releasing the structures around the socket and improve your ability to...
Lifting with incorrect body mechanics, performing repetitive movements, or maintaining poor posture in front of your desk can lead to back pain or injury. Learn about common causes of back pain and...
Building off of our lifting series, this final exercise will teach you to successfully lift, move, and place down objects, helping you to avoid strain or injury. Remember to warm-up properly, and...
Did you know?- Specht Physical Therapy has an entire library of exercises at your disposal! Stretches for hips, back, shoulders, legs. Strengthening, mobility, and balance for the entire body is at...
Get ready for lifting- be it packages or shovels, this winter season! Warm-up with the Hip Hinge video, then complete The Clean exercise combining last week’s Phase I with Phase II this week – to...
Get ready for lifting- be it packages or shovels, this winter season. Warm-up with last week’s Hip Hinge video, then follow this exercise to practice loading your body correctly, and avoid painful...
Warming up before doing any sort of exertion, whether it be playing a sport or lifting boxes from the storage closet can mean the difference between a pulled back and a successful day. Make sure...
Improve one of the most basic movements in human development, the squat. Squatting is a fundamental movement which helps us in many other important mechanics. In this series, we’ll be reviewing how...
Stop hurting your back! Learn how to hinge from your hips to reduce or resolve back pain when bending over. Practice this movement every time you pick something up, squat down, or bend forward! The...
The bending patterns in most western cultures are plagued with lower back pain, due to overuse of the spine. But much of the world moves differently, using a joint specifically attuned to hingeing-...