The pain runs down the back of your leg. You have been told it is your disc. It might not be. Sciatica is one of the most over-attributed diagnoses in musculoskeletal medicine. The nerve is real. The compression is sometimes real. But in many cases, the pain pattern is a nervous system prediction that outlived…
“My massage therapist is basically my most important relationship at this point.” She said it as a joke. Half a joke. The kind of joke you make when you have been paying someone $120 every three weeks for four years because it is the only thing that gives you two days without your neck screaming…
It is 2am and your hip is locked. You cannot extend your right leg fully. You have been stretching this hip for five years. You have tried pigeon pose. You have tried couch stretch. You have foam rolled your TFL until your eyes watered. You have paid a massage therapist to release your psoas manually…
Some experts say posture causes pain. Others say it doesn’t matter. Both camps are missing the point.
