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Dr. Kyle Richmond DC Rehab chiropractor who specializes in reducing pain through movement.

10/16/2026

Most people with shoulder impingement have been told to rest it and stretch it. Which is usually why it keeps coming back.

Reaching overhead isn’t only your shoulder. The scapula has to rotate upward and the thoracic spine has to extend, or the arm runs out of room before it gets there. Stiffness in either one forces the joint to find that motion somewhere else…

Your rotator cuff has to keep the ball centered in the socket while you reach, and when it fatigues, things start to pinch

10/14/2026

Getting your arm overhead isn’t just the shoulder. Your scap has to rotate, your humerus has to externally rotate and your spine has to extend so the scap has room.

A stretch doesn’t help build it.

If you can get overhead lying down but not standing, you’ve got the range. You just can’t hold it.

10/13/2026

Most athletes think about their achilles only once it starts to hurt…

One of the biggest contributors I see in rehab is limited ankle dorsiflexion. When the ankle loses it, the body has to find it somewhere else which increases stress through the achilles tendon.

These exercises are designed to improve ankle mobility while teaching the tissues around the joint to tolerate load. It’s about giving the ankle the capacity to absorb force, store elastic energy, and transfer power efficiently during running, jumping, cutting, and sprinting.

10/11/2026

Ligaments don’t blow out from one pitch. They break down over months of throwing on tissues that lack capacity.

The flexor carpi ulnaris and flexor digitorum superficialis sit directly over the anterior bundle. When they have capacity they take stress off the ligament.

Build the grip, the flexor pronator mass, and the posterior cuff.

10/10/2026

A hip can pinch for a few reasons ⬇️

The most common I see is from a restricted hip capsule limiting the overall motion the joint is capable of.

I recommend you prioritize deep ranges of internal and external rotation along with joint mobilizations to help the femur sit in the hip socket better.

‼️ warning: if you have an FAI or CAM deformity, these might not be a great idea for you to attempt for your hip pinch.

10/09/2026

Most people either rest it too long or try to stretch it aggressively. Neither builds the capacity the tissue requires to get back to 100%

That’s why I focus on loading the groin. Isometrics early, then controlled strengthening and eventually higher speed, change of direction work for my athletes.

10/07/2026

Shoulder rehab usually stops at the shoulder.

When you’re rehabbing the shoulder, a few things need to be prioritized. The shoulder needs plenty of rotation AND the scap needs protraction and retraction.

Rotation is what lets the joint sit where it should through overhead and across-body positions. Without it, the ball starts driving into tissue that was never built to absorb it.

10/06/2026

Most shoulders I see don’t have a tissue problem anymore. They have an avoidance problem.

Something hurt six months ago. You stopped going overhead. Stopped reaching behind you. Stopped sleeping on that side. You adapted around it so well you forgot you were doing it.

Now the cuff is deconditioned, the scap doesn’t upwardly rotate the way it should, and the delt and traps are doing a job they were never built for. That’s what’s actually hurting now.

You can’t rest your way back into a range you quit using.

10/05/2026

Plantar fasciitis isn’t only inflammation, it’s degenerated tissue under a calf that won’t let the ankle move.

The Neubie lets me load it sooner. DC current doesn’t trigger the protective co-contraction that normal stim does, so I can put the foot under real tension and still move it through ranges including the eccentric, which is what actually remodels tissue.

It’s not a pain modality.

10/03/2026

That “knot” between your shoulder blades usually isn’t something that needs to be smashed with a lacrosse ball or stretched over and over.

it’s usually a symptom of how your scapula moves. Inefficient movvement can cause the surrounding tissues to become overworked and feel tight.

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