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Your lumbar spine: Avoid the pooping dog or pooping duck

Published November 20, 2014 by Professional Physical Therapy & Training

Your lumbar spine: Avoid the pooping dog or pooping duck Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI I read a lot websites, one of my new favorites is Movement-Rx. Recently they, featured a post about how to maintain a neutral spine position with weight training. They used the “pooping duck” and “pooping dog” analogy, …

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What is Sciatica?

Published March 11, 2014 by Professional Physical Therapy & Training

Do you have sciatica? Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI If you’ve ever had back pain or been to the doctor, you’ve probably come across the term “sciatica”. You may think that it’s a pinched nerve. Pain that starts in the hip or back of the leg and extends down the …

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