Understanding Knee Pain: A Monkey in the Middle
The knee joint is such a cool structure. I especially admire it for it's intricate design. Let's start with some anatomy. If this...
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Laura Welch
Aug 25, 20233 min
Follow Your Heart(rate)
I love the heart. It's so unique in that it has its own contractile tissue that is a different kind from skeletal muscle tissue in your...
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Laura Welch
Apr 26, 20234 min
NSAIDs...worth it?
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are readily available for our consumption and they certainly have a place in this world for...
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Laura Welch
Apr 13, 20233 min
Why do I hurt more after I stretch?
Ah...stretching; the intervention that used to get great acclaim for preventing injuries. Then it was realized that injury prevention is...
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Laura Welch
Apr 6, 20233 min
Opening the Medicine Cabinet in Your Brain
We come into this world equipped with our own medicine cabinet in our brains. Our brains and our guts produce amazing feel-good hormones...
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Laura Welch
Mar 26, 20233 min
Get Off Your Tuchus
In this modern age, it is common to have what's lovingly termed a "desk job", which basically means sitting is usually maintained for...
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Laura Welch
Mar 2, 20232 min
All We Need Is...Oxytocin
The impending birth experience is on the horizon for me and true to my nature, I dove right in to learn as much as possible. I have read...
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Laura Welch
Feb 22, 20235 min
The Content You Consume.
There has been a strong theme circling around me lately so of course I felt compelled to share. It caught my attention a few weeks ago...
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Laura Welch
Jan 10, 20233 min
Looking for change? Target your environment.
We are humans, yes. We are sophisticated in many ways compared to our ancestors and fellow animals. We are equipped with an...
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Laura Welch
Oct 21, 20223 min
Fear and pain
Have you ever had these thoughts when you experience pain? Jumping to conclusions: "I will never be able to do (activity of choice)...
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Laura Welch
Oct 13, 20222 min
Where is your tongue?
Your tongue is in your mouth...duh. But where does it rest? Is it on the floor or on the roof of your mouth? Why do we care? If we had...
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Laura Welch
Oct 6, 20224 min
What is the best form of exercise?
The best form of exercise...this is a topic that comes up frequently in the office. Do you know what I always say? The best form of...
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Laura Welch
Sep 27, 20224 min
This probably isn't related, but...
I hear this all the time; someone shares a story from their past that they feel may not be important, but worth mentioning. The funny...
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Laura Welch
May 14, 20221 min
Grass
I cut the grass this morning; a quick sneak between bouts of rain. Our yard is so small that it only takes a weed whacker to take care...
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Laura Welch
Feb 7, 20222 min
What's the Deal with Craniosacral Therapy?
Craniosacral Therapy (CST) was one of those mystical things I had only loosely heard about. What I had heard weren't necessarily good...
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Laura Welch
Jan 30, 20223 min
It's All Connected...What Does That Mean?!
I often joke in the clinic about how us practitioners say, "It's all connected," when we want to give the short answer to describe...
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Laura Welch
Dec 29, 20213 min
Knowing What You Need
Getting to know yourself is a lifelong journey of one discovery after the next, lessons forever unfolding. There may even be times you...
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Laura Welch
Nov 29, 20215 min
The Diaphragm: The Ultimate Multitasker
If you've ever found yourself lying down in a yoga class, you may have been challenged to place one hand on your heart and one on your...
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Laura Welch
Nov 11, 20214 min
Woop, there it is.
Pain. It's a complicated thing. Thank goodness, a lot of research goes into figuring out pain. What is it? Where does it come from? ...
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Laura Welch
Sep 16, 20214 min
What's the swell on inflammation?
Chronic inflammation has been getting a lot of blame for a whole gambit of problems. The list includes conditions related to cardiac,...
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Assess Your Body Mechanics: The Single Leg Mini Squat
Alignment is a tricky word in the rehab world. It is one of the many pendulums that swing to and fro', with some folks saying alignment,...
Aug 75 min
Rotator Cuff Tear Research Review!
Degenerative rotator cuff tears are more common as we age and we may or may not have symptoms. Because of this, a common argument is, is...
Aug 43 min
Fabulous Fascia
Recently, I spent a weekend at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Columbia, MD learning Fascial Manipulation Level 1 from Dr. Antonio Stecco...
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