Clinical Insights

The My Pain Fix
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Evidence-based articles on pain relief, sports recovery, and living without limitation.

ART — Active Release Technique, Explained

ART is a highly specific method of dealing with fibrotic adhesions in muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, and fascia. Here's what it does, what it treats, and what to expect from a session.

By Dr. Steven Bartz, DC · April 12, 2024

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Chiropractic

Why This Therapy Is So Critical

Two reasons chiropractic matters: premature degeneration of your skeleton, and the role your nervous system plays in your overall health. Here's how it works.

June 29, 2026 Read →

Chiropractic

Why Chiropractic Care Is Central to Modern Sports Recovery

Professional sports organizations have quietly integrated chiropractic care into their medical teams for decades. Here's the science behind why it works — and what it means for everyday patients.

March 15, 2024 Read →

Sports Recovery

Sports-Based Recovery: You Don't Have to Be a Pro to Benefit

The same protocols professional athletes use to recover faster are equally effective for weekend warriors, desk workers, and active parents. Here's why elite sports recovery science works for everyone.

March 2, 2024 Read →

Corrective Care

Why Corrective Care Alone Isn't Enough — The Role of Nutrition

Structure rebuilds from the inside out. Even the best manual therapy fails if the body lacks the nutritional inputs to heal. Here's how we integrate corrective care with nutrition.

February 20, 2024 Read →

Graston

Graston and Rapid Release: Instrument-Assisted Soft-Tissue Work

Stainless steel instruments and 170 Hz oscillation — two technologies that, combined with skilled hands and ART, resolve restrictions traditional massage simply cannot.

February 5, 2024 Read →

Spinal Decompression

Spinal Decompression — The Cox Technique

A proven non-surgical therapy for back pain, sciatica, and leg pain caused by disc herniation — with imaging studies showing measurable disc height restoration.

January 22, 2024 Read →

Movement

Functional Movement: Your Feet, Your Posture, and Your Pillow

Movement quality, foot structure, and postural alignment are the foundation of how you live in your body. Here's how we measure them — and why we build you a custom corrective pillow.

January 8, 2024 Read →

After Care

The Navy Seal Icing Protocol — Contrast Therapy, Step by Step

Developed by the U.S. Navy for acute injury management, this contrast therapy alternates heat and ice to drive vasoconstriction and vasodilation. Here's the exact protocol.

January 8, 2024 Read →

Chiropractic

What Is Chiropractic?

Ask five chiropractors what we do and you'll get six different answers. Here's what decades of research actually shows — and why movement is the foundation of everything we do.

November 4, 2023 Read →

Back Pain

Back Pain Sucks

Back pain is the number one reason people see a doctor. From a chiropractor with his own bad back, here's why it's so common — and what actually works.

September 22, 2023 Read →

Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain, Part 2 — Grounding and the Earth's Electrical Field

The second driver of chronic pain has nothing to do with movement and everything to do with electrons. Here's why your shoes and your bed may be making you hurt.

August 22, 2023 Read →

Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain, Part 1 — Movement Is Food for Your Brain

Science shows two main drivers of chronic pain. The first — lack of kinetic flow — explains why most modern people can't escape it. Here's the research and the fix.

August 15, 2023 Read →

Running

Common Running Injuries — And How to Fix Them

Achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, runner's knee, shin splints. The cumulative effect of thousands of repetitive motions catches up to every runner. Here's the protocol that works.

July 18, 2023 Read →

Back Pain

The Best Exercises For Back Pain

70% of adults suffer from back pain. The cure isn't strength — it's breaking the sitting cycle, foundation training, and the McGill Big 3. Here's the program.

July 4, 2023 Read →

Headache

Headache — The 96% Success Rate Protocol

45 million Americans suffer from headaches, often daily. NSAIDs kill 16,000 people a year. Here's a cervical-spine protocol with a 96% success rate.

June 15, 2023 Read →

Shoulder Pain

Shoulder Pain, Rotator Cuff, and Frozen Shoulder

Most shoulder issues come from the repetitive injury cycle — and most resolve with the right protocol. Here's the ART/Graston/Rapid Release/laser combination we use.

June 2, 2023 Read →

Chiropractic

The Importance of Chiropractic Maintenance Care

Do you want to stay out of pain? A 100-cadaver study at the University of Pennsylvania showed a direct correlation between spinal segments and the organs that fail.

May 20, 2023 Read →

Sitting

Your Chair Is Killing You

Sitting is the new smoking. Sitting more than 4 hours a day in front of a TV raises all-cause mortality 46%. The average American sits 13 hours a day. Here's the fix.

April 18, 2023 Read →

Feet

Your Feet — An Engineering Masterpiece

26 bones, 33 joints, over 100 muscles. Your feet absorb 8x your body weight when you walk. Modern shoes are wrecking them. Here's the case for ditching them.

April 4, 2023 Read →

Anti-Aging

What Does Tom Brady Know That You Don't?

Tom Brady's TB12 book reveals four pillars of performance that explain why elite athletes are playing well past their traditional expiration date. Here's what they are.

March 22, 2023 Read →

Anti-Aging

The Secret Sauce for Peak Performance and Anti-Aging

Athletes over 40 are rewriting the rules. Four practices explain why — and why most of us can adopt them too.

March 8, 2023 Read →

Nutrition

Nutritional Guidelines for Optimal Health and Pain Management

Tissue rebuilds from what you eat. Here's the South Beach Pain & Injury anti-inflammatory protocol — protein/fat/carb ratios, the 200/200 rule, and the foods that drive inflammation.

February 15, 2023 Read →

Stress

Are You Stressed Out?

Stress will burst pipes — but also create diamonds. The problem isn't the amount of stress; it's how our bodies process it. Here's how stuck joints keep you locked in fight-or-flight.

February 2, 2023 Read →

Shock Wave

Shock Wave Therapy

Originally developed to break up kidney stones. Now used by regenerative medicine clinics for wound healing, musculoskeletal injury, even erectile dysfunction. Here's why it works.

January 20, 2023 Read →

Injury

The Repetitive Injury Cycle

Injuries don't usually come from a single dramatic event — they come from doing the same thing 10,000 times. Here's Dr. Leahy's Law of Repetitive Injury and how to break the cycle.

January 5, 2023 Read →

Injury

Musculoskeletal Injury — Understanding Cumulative Trauma Disorder

Soft-tissue injury isn't just from one event. It's also CTD — cumulative trauma disorder — and the scar tissue it produces drives chronic pain for years afterward if untreated.

December 12, 2022 Read →

Running

Is Running Killing You?

Sacred-cow time: long-distance running may actually shrink your heart and lungs. Lung capacity is the single best predictor of longevity — and aerobics doesn't build it. Here's what does.

November 30, 2022 Read →

The My Pain Fix Journal

ART — Active Release Technique, Explained

Why This Therapy Is So Critical

Why Chiropractic Care Is Central to Modern Sports Recovery

Sports-Based Recovery: You Don't Have to Be a Pro to Benefit

Why Corrective Care Alone Isn't Enough — The Role of Nutrition

Graston and Rapid Release: Instrument-Assisted Soft-Tissue Work

Spinal Decompression — The Cox Technique

Functional Movement: Your Feet, Your Posture, and Your Pillow

The Navy Seal Icing Protocol — Contrast Therapy, Step by Step

What Is Chiropractic?

Back Pain Sucks

Chronic Pain, Part 2 — Grounding and the Earth's Electrical Field

Chronic Pain, Part 1 — Movement Is Food for Your Brain

Common Running Injuries — And How to Fix Them

The Best Exercises For Back Pain

Headache — The 96% Success Rate Protocol

Shoulder Pain, Rotator Cuff, and Frozen Shoulder

The Importance of Chiropractic Maintenance Care

Your Chair Is Killing You

Your Feet — An Engineering Masterpiece

What Does Tom Brady Know That You Don't?

The Secret Sauce for Peak Performance and Anti-Aging

Nutritional Guidelines for Optimal Health and Pain Management

Are You Stressed Out?

Shock Wave Therapy

The Repetitive Injury Cycle

Musculoskeletal Injury — Understanding Cumulative Trauma Disorder

Is Running Killing You?

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