Mike Reinold

In part 1 of this series, we discussed the misconceptions of the McKenzie Method.  Part 2 of the this guest post series by Christie Downing will review the three main mechanical syndromes and focus on treatment advice and some words of wisdom based on Christie’s experience.  Be sure to go back to Part 1 to [...]

This week features a 2-part guest post discussing the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) by Christie Downing.  Christie is a frequent contributor to this site.  I think this is a great series to “clear the air” about some of the misconceptions regarding MDT, and more importantly, to share some of Christie’s experience [...]

A couple of months ago I was lucky enough to spend a morning with Tom Myers, author of the amazing book Anatomy Trains.  Tom came to speak to my staff to review his research and theories on fascia and the anatomy trains concept.  We had an amazing day and learned a lot about Tom’s works.  [...]

Today’s guest post is a real thought provoking piece on adhesions by Chris Lofquist.  Interesting thoughts Chris, appreciate the contribution to the site and the nice article.  Adhesions Let me start by saying this is by no means an exhaustive explanation of the pathology of adhesion or scar tissue, but a brief overview. When the [...]

Earlier this week, I shared with you a couple of things that I regret not doing earlier in my career.  We reviewed how I missed to boat on integrating soft tissue work and understanding movement.   Today, I wanted to finish up the series with part 2 of the the 5 most stupid things I didn’t [...]

We all make mistakes.  We’ve all done stupid things.  But since we don’t always learn from these mistakes, part of the motivating factor behind this website is to share with you some of MY mistakes so YOU can learn from them, especially for the students and new graduates.  Recently I had been talking with some [...]

Pectoralis minor tightness is a common finding in people with shoulder dysfunction.  We’ve discussed how to stretch the pec minor in the past with mixed results – it’s a hard muscle to stretch well.  There are a few techniques I like to perform including pinning the muscle and relaxing in a positional release that fits [...]

Are you in on Twitter?  I guess you could say I am, with over 2000 followers.  But I know I don’t use Twitter to it’s fullest potential.  I do see the potential and do recommend that you at least try it (and follow me of course).  I get the personal reason for using it, updating [...]