Posts by Drew Freedman

No, not Natalie Merchant’s 10,000 Maniacs. We mean the Japanese version. Everywhere you look these days, we are being told to ‘get your steps’ or ‘I need to get my step up’. Now, I’m the first to preach that as a society who is dealing with pain and obesity epidemics, we all need to move…

It’s no revelation that the number one complaint we see in our clinic is back pain. Over 85% of us will experience some ‘down time’ with an episode of back pain in our lifetimes. One of the biggest misconceptions is that people believe, perhaps by the previous statistic, that our backs (a.k.a. spines) are brittle.…

As a massage therapist, my super power is not in my fingers. It is the ability to fold a fitted sheet to look like a flat sheet. Alas, it can’t save lives or end world hunger, but it does garner a respectful nod from many an observer. So, this month, I will convey a life…

Being that this is a mid summer newsletter, I hope this information doesn’t reach you too late. Unless you have been living in a dark cave for the past 20 years, you have likely read that we should be applying sun screen if we plan on being in the sun (especially if you’ve been living…