Understanding Why Chest and Collarbone Pain Gets Confusing Many people feel pain or pressure around the collarbone and worry something serious is happening. When the chest feels tight, breathing becomes difficult, and pain spreads into the arm or neck, it can feel frightening. These symptoms often lead people to believe they are having a heart […]

If you suspect you have thoracic outlet syndrome you can get this relatively inexpensive tool to painlessly monitor your pulse rate. If the thoracic outlet is narrowed the subclavian artery can get compressed and either decrease the pulse strength or the pulse can disappear. This is immediately followed by the patient complaining of numbness or […]

In my clinical experience, one of the most misunderstood drivers of chronic neck pain, chronic shoulder pain, and the persistent patterns often mistaken for structural problems is the righting reflex. This reflex is the automatic neurological mechanism the body uses to keep the head level with the horizon. When posture repeatedly triggers this reflex, individuals […]