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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Apr 4, 2020
- 2 min
Telehealth Appointments & Chiropractic Care
With the world rapidly changing around us, many professions have been required to adapt. Ours obviously being one of them. With our practice quickly shifting towards painful, urgent, emergent and necessary care, we have been unable to help a as many patients as we once did in our office. Due to this, our doctors have been working hard to find ways to still deliver the best possible care to our patients in need. All of our doctors have begun to offer Telehealth chiropractic ap
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Apr 2, 2020
- 1 min
Scaption: What Is It and What Does It Mean for Your Overhead Press?
At Pinnacle Hill Chiropractic, we treat a lot of gym goers, whether it's competitive lifters, bodybuilders, or people looking to get in shape. We often see patients present for shoulder impingement as a result of lifting. If they say they mostly have pain when doing overhead movements, the first thing I do is ask them to demonstrate for me. More often than not, their upper arms will be in straight line, 180 degrees separating them up. This is also the coronal plane. This can
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
The Core Canister
We often talk to our patients about core strength, core stability, core stiffness, etc. But what are we referring to exactly when we say “the core”? The core is essentially a network of musculature that ideally operates in tandem with one another. It is more or less a canister that allows for the creation and utilization of pressure in order to maintain spinal stiffness. It is made up of the transvers abdominus, multifidus, the pelvic floor, and the diaphragm. It is the coord
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Feb 20, 2020
- 2 min
Hydration: A Part of Your Wellness
Most people know that drinking plenty of water is important, but do you know WHY it’s important? First and foremost, water keeps you and your bodily fluids balanced. Together, these fluids help with digestion, creation of saliva, absorption and transportation of nutrients, they even help regulate your body temperature. The balance is regulated by a small part in your brain called the pituitary gland. When you need more water, the brain triggers you to be thirsty in order to k
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Feb 10, 2020
- 2 min
The Age of Apparatus? Apparati? Appartuses.
This past weekend, Dr. Sarah and I were in Las Vegas for Parker University's Seminars for the second year in a row. As part of the event, there is a vender expo. A few hundred different companies set up camp displaying their products and services in support of the chiropractic profession. There are software companies, online marketers, malpractice companies, nutritional supplement manufacturers, pillow manufacturers, CBD product distributors, ice/hot pack manufacturers, laser
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Jan 24, 2020
- 3 min
What I Learned From Dr. Stu McGill: Part 2
As I mentioned in my previous blog, to be an elite level athlete requires a vast number of different qualities. Again, not everyone can be an Olympic level athlete, but you can certainly maximize your own individual athletic abilities. Performing these movements can be detrimental to your physical health if you do not have the proper prerequisites. Now by all means, I am not bashing CrossFit or Olympic weightlifting in any sense. I train at a former CrossFit gym myself. What
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Jan 16, 2020
- 3 min
What I Learned From Dr. Stu McGill: Part 1
Back in November, I was in beautiful Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for a 3-part intensive seminar series. It was 8 hours a day for 4 days straight in total, learning from one of, if not, the leading spine researchers in the world, Dr. Stu McGill and his team. Over the course of the 4 days, we covered numerous different topics, such as pain generators in the spine, their typical presentations, and correctives to get people out of pain without even laying a hand on the person. It w
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Dec 26, 2019
- 2 min
Why Your Squat Might Suck: Deep Hip Sockets
Continuing with the idea of anatomical variants affecting squat mechanics, another reason why your squat might suck is the shape of your acetabulum. This is the socket portion of the ball and socket joint that makes up your hip. The convex head of the femur sits in a concave surface of the acetabulum. This allows for a significant amount of range of triplanar motion: flexion/extension, adduction/abduction, internal/external rotation. But the shape of the acetabulum can allow
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Oct 23, 2019
- 1 min
Stop Thinking Massage Has To Hurt To Be Beneficial
As a massage therapist, one known for applying deep pressure all the time, not all massages have to hurt to give you the result you are looking for. I apply what I feel is needed for each person I see. I aim to give them the result they desire, a reduction in pain and increase mobility. Far to often do I hear people tell me you can beat me up, I don't mind being sore. Making you sore is not the goal. It is a side affect, yes, sometimes, but not the goal. Massages can hurt you
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Oct 7, 2019
- 1 min
Massage and Performance Enhancement
As a coach and an athlete, I have seen athletes peak and plateau far before they had reached their full potential. Massage is not just for the average person who is looking to relax and step away from life for an hour. Massage can be a catalyst to reaching the next level of one's athletic goals. Having a greater range of motion (ROM), increased circulation, and the ability to activate all appropriate muscles during an event will allow for a greater performance. All sports
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Oct 2, 2019
- 3 min
Why Your Squat Might Suck: Poor Ankle Dorsiflexion
Recently, we kicked off our mini-series on the squat and why yours might suck. In part one, we started from the ground up, looking at the feet and how flat feet impact squat mechanics. This week, we’re heading a little further up the chain, but not by much. This week, we’re looking at the ankle mortise joint and poor ankle dorsiflexion. The ankle mortise joint is comprised of the tibia, fibula, and talus bones. This is where plantarflexion and dorsiflexion occur, allowing us
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Sep 19, 2019
- 3 min
So How Long Will It Take To Get Better?
Dr. Sarah here! On Monday while I was at the gym I was working on a progression for ring muscle ups from a kneeling position. Needless to say, after 3-5 reps I didn't use my upper body enough and ended up pushing through my legs too much. This caused an immediate sharp pain in my right quad. To be honest I had never felt pain like that before, but didn't hear or feel any pops or clicks. Phew! Following this, the sweat portion of the class consisted of 1 minute of assault bike
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Sep 10, 2019
- 2 min
Why Your Squat Might Suck: A Mini Series
The squat is an amazing exercise for a variety of reasons. It's one of the best tools we utilize when treating low back disorders that are often brought on by or worsened due to poor core and hip strength and/or coordination. As great of a movement as the squat is, all too often, most people's squats suck. And there is a number of reasons as to why they might suck. This series will identify some of those reasons and address how to improve on them. Starting from the ground up,
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Sep 6, 2019
- 1 min
Don't Let Your Thoracic Spine Hold You Back
Many patients that come into our office work desk jobs, participate in various activities such as powerlifting, Olympic lifting, body building, or simply going for a run. Somehow, they all seem to have a common complaint of low back pain. As a former Pole Vaulter who knows that with any of these styles of activity, mobility is vital to improvement and pain reduction. That being said, everyone who works out always has a goal of some sort and occasionally tends to hit a stickin
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Aug 27, 2019
- 1 min
IT Band Tightness
Plenty of patients present to our office with lateral hip pain and tightness in the IT band. This tends to be very common in runners. They may even be experiencing pain or clicking on the outside of the knee. Doctor Google will tell you to foam your IT band until the cows come home, but is that really the best course of care? In our opinion, probably not! Your IT band is actually a multipurpose tendon on the outside of your thigh. It runs from the hip crest to connect the TFL
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Aug 12, 2019
- 2 min
Let's Talk About Pillows
Neck pain and headaches tends to be major complaints we see on a daily basis in our office. Many of our patients are even waking up with neck pain or headaches daily. Starting your day off with pain is not exciting. Our providers are always asking patients about their activities of daily living, including sleeping position. Sleeping position can actually tell us a lot about a patient's musculoskeletal complaints. With sleeping position comes a discussion about pillows.
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Aug 8, 2019
- 2 min
Chiropractic Care for Performance Enhancement & Injury Prevention
Athletes place their bodies under a tremendous amount of stress and strain during their careers. Whether it’s in the off-season training, in-season practice, or game day, athletes can suffer from numerous injuries. These injuries can be the result of an immediate, gross trauma to a bone, joint, or soft tissue. They can also develop from the accumulation of repetitive, micro trauma suffered over a long period of time. Either way, it is important for the athlete to be able to r
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- Jul 25, 2019
- 1 min
What is one possible cause of your headache?
Tension headaches are some of the most annoying and frustrating pains we deal with on a day-to-day basis. Do we really have to deal with that though? Many people, each day, sit at a computer and if it is not sitting at a computer, they are in some sort of rounded/forward posture. These positions can cause the forward rotation of the shoulders and are a key component to that bothersome headache. The problem isn’t in the back, more so, it is in the front. Constantly pulling you
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Pinnacle Hill Chiro
- May 2, 2019
- 2 min
Core Stability & Bracing
We constantly see a 6 pack as a means of being strong and fit. Although this is many people's goal, working towards proper core stability and bracing is actually going to benefit you more. Core stability is essential for injury prevention in life and in sport. We develop core stability through dedicated training and by practicing bracing and creating Intra-Abdominal Pressure (IAP) on a regular basis. Research ultimately tells us, the stronger your core the stronger you are. C
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