The Resilient Body with Dr. Ar'neka

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by my recent travels. I made an Instagram story before we left giving information about what stuff I bring in my travel pack and what I use it for. I figured I share with you all my 3 tips on how to add rehab into your travel, that doesn’t have to involve going to the gym. When I travel I may not always make my way into the gym but I do some mobility and...

Today’s episode is inspired by patients who have tight upper traps. Are you someone who feels like your upper traps or the top of your shoulder feels like rocks? This episode is for you. You’ve been stretching, and getting massages and it just offers temporary relief not never truly goes away. Maybe that’s not the answer, maybe your upper trap is weak. Today, we are going to talk about 3 reasons w...

Today’s episode is inspired by patients who have tight upper traps. Are you someone who feels like your upper traps or the top of your shoulder feels like rocks? This episode is for you. You’ve been stretching, and getting massages and it just offers temporary relief not never truly goes away. Maybe that’s not the answer, maybe your upper trap is weak. Today, we are going to talk about 3 reasons w...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by a conversation that I had with Coach Hanni that started on instagram. We both have helped new moms along their postpartum journey whether that was nutrition and hormone advice or movement and pain. We found some common things that moms want help with after baby like fat loss, to look a certain way, or get back into their exercise or activity they were...

Episode notes: Today’s episode I wanted to take some time to explain a bit more what the process of working with us and how we operate our office. I am aware that we are not the typical chiropractic office but because you only know one version some people aren’t sure on what it is like to work with us. This episode we are going to discuss the process from the free consult call to your follow up vi...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by another patient conversation around the pain/injury cycle. I have talked to multiple patients about how they are apart of this cycle with their repetitive aches and pains that seems to never go away and what they can do to get out of this cycle. Tune in to this episode to learn what the pain/injury cycle is and tips to help get out of it. What you will...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by a conversation I had with a local fitness coach who specializes in women and hormone health. We were discussing some common mistakes that we see with moms when it comes to movement and exercise post-baby due to the plethora of information thrown around the internet. After that conversation, I chose 3 main tips that I wanted to share with new moms speci...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by a conversation that we about reasons we have heard from our patients and clients of why they cant workout. We decided to do an episode to discuss tools to help overcome those reasons and get you physically and mentally ready for your movement.  What you will learn: 3 reasons why people say they can't workout Tools to help you overcome those reason...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by patients who have been dealing with SI joint pain whether they are pregnant or 10 years postpartum. Whether you think or have been told its stuck or “out of place” this episode we are going to discuss what is the SI joint, 3 things to start focusing on, and movements to help. What you will learn: What is the SI joint 3 things to start focusing on Movem...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by patients who have been dealing with some issues while running. Whether they are running for a triathlon, for fun outside, or in their orange theory class there are 5 common things that I tend to talk to my moms about adding into their routine. Tune into this episode as we talk about the 5 things you need in order to be pain free while running. What you...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by conversations I am having in the office. People with low back pain come into the office and they tell me that they have been working on their core with no change. When I ask what they are doing for it it’s the same common exercises and when I ask them to show me we determine that they aren’t using proper bracing techniques to get the most out of their...

Episode notes: TToday’s episode is inspired by a diagnosis that alot of new patients have mentioned recently and thats disc bulge. Either they got diagnosis by their primary with a disc bulge or because if the internet they self diagnosed. This leads to education that we go over in our appointment if someone mentions this term. We are going to talk about what is a disc bulge, 3 things you need to...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by patients with painful or impinged shoulders. If you are struggling with shoulder pain there are 3 main areas you should address and see what changes in your body. The majority of the time shoulder pain can come from muscular imbalances or biomechanical dysfunction like the shoulder blade not moving like it should because of those shoulder knots etc. Tu...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by patients who have breathing dyfunction or just poor strategies to bracing their core. Most of the time when I ask someone to brace their core they immediately hold their breathe. Well that is a poor substitution for core bracing, you can’t build strength and stability off of that. There are plenty more poor substitutions to core bracing and we will dis...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by many shoulder patients I’ve seen lately. New or old injuries including pain in the front of the shoulder and lifting the arm above 90 degrees. Shoulders can be tricky but with further assessment, we can get closer to the root cause for these women shoulder impingement but where it was coming from and their plans were different. If you’ve been diagnosed...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is inspired by patients experiencing low back pain and/or sciatica and finding it hard to sleep without pain. I always tell patients there is no perfect position to sleep in, it is truly whatever is comfortable for you, and if you are finding that a position that use to be comfortable for you is no longer comfortable then its time to switch it up and see what you nee...

Episode notes: Today’s episode is about hip shifts during squats. This episode is inspired by some patients I’ve seen this in during their movement assessment. They had different reasons why they shifted that we determined through an assessment, which led us to decide where to start and what to include in their daily movement programming. Tune in to learn reasons why you could be shifting, what mu...

Today’s episode is all about tension headaches aka stress headaches. This episode is inspired by patients who have been living with frequent tension headaches and was tired of living on Advil or Tylenol to help. They realized that over-the-counter medications were just bandaids and were concerned about long-term effects. In this episode, we will discuss some of the things I educated the patients o...

Today’s episode is about TOS, also known as Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. This episode is inspired by a recent patient who has been dealing with TOS for over a year. They recently just diagnosed her with it up until this point she was being treated for carpal tunnel syndrome and looking at surgery. I hear so many stories like this some before, some after they receive carpal tunnel surgery and still ha...

Today’s episode is for my people who are experiencing sciatica. This is a diagnosis that I hear about frequently in my office and people have been experiencing it for months or even years. This is also a term I hear thrown around alot describe leg pain and sometimes we determine it isn’t sciatica. In this episode we will be discussing how to know if you have sciatica, daily strategies to help and...

Today’s episode is inspired by this term I’ve heard recently in the office, and that's “loosey goosey”. I’ve had multiple patients tell me that they were told those words to describe their hips. All were moms whose kids range from 1 year to 19 years old. Though some had mobility issues, everyone had hip stability problems. So we worked on hip control and coordinating that with deep core muscl...

Today’s episode is inspired by conversations I’ve had with patients who are experiencing low back pain and most of our work has been done on their hips. Restriction or tightness in your hips could be causing dysfunction in your low back leading to trigger points in your low back, low back pain or flare ups. If you are someone who has tight hips and chronic low back pain this episode is for you. Tu...

Today’s episode is inspired by a great deal of low back patients in the office recently. Some have pain and some just have this chronic low back tightness. They have tried stretching, massage, rolling it out etc and nothing seems to loosen it up on make it feel better. In this episode we discuss low back tightness and how tight can mean weak. Tune in as I give you 3 tips that help your tight low b...

Today’s episode is inspired by a great deal of low back patients in the office recently. Some have pain and some just have this chronic low back tightness. They have tried stretching, massage, rolling it out etc and nothing seems to loosen it up on make it feel better. In this episode we discuss low back tightness and how tight can mean weak. Tune in as I give you 3 tips that help your tight low b...

Today’s episode is inspired by low back patients and the 3 main regions that they have symptoms. When people come into the office they point at their back but also at the front of the hip, outside of the hip, or even the inner thigh. All of the regions are having issues related to their low back pain. We assess to determine which one and then I provide some movements to only help stretch that area...