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Click on the links below to either download a handout of exercises or click on the youtube link to see a video of the exercise.
Neck Spasm
Follow the exercises in this video and handout to help relieve neck pain from car accidents (whiplash), or waking up with a crick in your neck.
Handout - Neck Spasm Exercises (pdf)
Vertigo - (BPPV)
The Brandt-Daroff exercises are a 2 to 3 week exercise to relieve chronic vertigo caused by changes in the position of the head.
Handout - Brandt-Daroff Exercises
YouTube Video on Vertigo Exercises
Shoulder Pain
Here are some exercises for acute and chronic shoulder pain. Pain is usually due to bursitis, tendinitis, or rotator cuff tears.
Youtube Video on Best Shoulder Exercises & Stretches
YouTube Video on Shoulder Pain Stretches and Exercises
Back pain Exercises
Here are some exercises for the back. These exercises are meant to help with back pain but also to strengthen the back to prevent re-injury. Back pain can be broken down into acute back pain (pain less than 6 months) and chronic back pain. This section will be dedicated mostly to acute back pain.
Back pain is one of the most difficult things to treat in a medical practice. To understand back pain please watch the first video.
Handout on low back pain exercises
Ejercisios para dolor de la espalda
YouTube Video on Low Back Pain
Youtube VIdeo on Lower Back Pain Exercises and Stretches
Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar Fasciitis is the most common source of chronic heel pain. The pain is worst in the morning when the person takes his first steps. Watch the first video carefully for the cross frictional massages to be done prior to getting out of bed. The second video shows most of the exercise seen in the handout.
YouTube Video on Simple Stretches for Plantar Fasciitis
YouTube Video on Plantar Fasciitis Stretches & Exercises
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