by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Oct 10, 2022 | Back Pain
It is not possible to feel a herniated disc with your hand. The intervertebral disc is much too far forward in your body for it to push that far out to feel it. If this were the case, this would mean that you could poke your spinal cord with your finger, which...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Oct 10, 2022 | Back Pain
A Herniated disc in the lower back can range from being horrifically painful, a 10/10 or it can be completely pain-free. This completely depends on the person. There are people who have herniated discs and don’t even know it (no they aren’t at a higher...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Oct 6, 2022 | Back Pain
Here’s the short answer to why you keep getting back spasms. You keep doing activities that stress your back in a way that your body does not feel prepared to do. Before I get into the meat and potatoes, I want to share a story of a client I was working with...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Oct 6, 2022 | Back Pain
The most common cause of lower back pain when bending forward is muscle spasms and muscle strains. Those are really one and the same, a spasm just being a more severe experience of a strain. There are many different underlying causes of a hurt low back and...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Oct 6, 2022 | Back Pain, Knee Pain, Shoulder Pain
As of recent i’ve been getting myriad questions about these various tissue presentations and although there is tremendous amounts of information on this topic, people still don’t seem to have the right perspective, unfortunately. As we get older,...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Oct 6, 2022 | Back Pain
Causes for lower back pain above the buttocks include gluteal tendinopathy, erector spinae muscle strain, posterior superior iliac spine pain, and other forms of non-specific low back pain. Often times the exact structure that is irritated is not able to be...
