by Upright Kinetics | Aug 4, 2023 | Chronic Pain, DB Guide, Lifestyle, Posture
By: Mark St. Peter If you read health and fitness magazines and blogs, you know that there is a lot of debate about the value of flexibility training, always has been. Stretching is deemed by some a “waste of time”, or at best, given only token respect...
by Upright Kinetics | Jul 7, 2023 | Chronic Pain, Posture
The technical term for this condition is Kyphosis. It is a condition that develops in response to environmental conditions. It essentially results from too much activity where the head is thrust forward and not enough movement activity in the opposite direction. This...
by Upright Kinetics | Nov 11, 2022 | Chronic Pain
By: Mark St. Peter The loss from traumatic injury goes beyond a physical loss. There is emotional, psychological, spiritual, interpersonal, and identity loss as well. A survivor needs to address all these missing, lost, and broken parts to be whole again. In my 30...
by Upright Kinetics | Sep 2, 2022 | Chronic Pain, DB Guide
Few of us have an eternal, burning desire to get out there and work consistently at exercise. No matter how intellectually aware we are of the benefits of exercise, it can be very hard to get started and get to the point where you begin to see, feel and value those...
by Upright Kinetics | Aug 18, 2022 | Chronic Pain
By: Mark St. Peter Initially after trauma, you are left with all-consuming chronic pain and continuous discomfort. It is all you can think about and that is normal in the early stages of recovery. You must work to get through the pain. It pays no value to obsess over...
by Upright Kinetics | Jul 15, 2022 | Chronic Pain, Reflections
By: Matt P. I have had bad posture since at least my teens and it is very noticeable. In fact, after just 2 weeks of dating, my fiancée directly told me I have “horrible posture”. I had a huge growth spurt in my teens as well as gynecomastia which left me...
