These rotator cuff exercises are for the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, & subscapularis, and many of the muscles around the shoulder. For pain relief & rehab, it’s important to exercise all of these.
Therapeutic Yoga is a great way to help relieve hip pain by incorporating physical therapy and yoga. Trudy, a fellow PT and registered yoga teacher from HEAL Wellness and Therapy, stopped by to guide me through some stretches and exercises for the hip.
There is some new research that shows certain isometric exercises (contracting muscles without movement) can help prevent and treat high blood pressure, or hypertension. Here are some examples.
When it’s hard to take a deep breath, it can often be from tight chest and pec muscles from poor posture. These simple breathing exercises should help open up the chest area to help you breathe better.
Headaches are often accompanied by neck pain. Relaxing the muscles around the neck and shoulder area with these stretches and exercise may help relieve the headache as well as the neck pain.
The Helix Midnight Luxe was ranked the Best Mattress Overall for 2026 by Forbes Vetted, and I got a chance to try it out. In this video, I'll explore some of the mattress features that stood out, and explain why they are important to have in any mattress!
Relieve knee pain with Doctor Jo's best stretches and exercises for the knee. Our knees can become stiff and painful for many different reasons. The key is to mobilize, stretch, and then strengthen.
Carpal tunnel syndrome can cause pain, numbness, and tingling in the hand, wrist, and it can sometimes affect the forearm and elbow area. These stretches and exercises can help provide pain relief from carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms.
Wrist pain can be caused by things like tight muscles, overworked muscles, or an injury. Here are 3 of my favorite wrist stretches to help relieve pain in the wrist and elbow area.
Knee pain strengthening exercises should focus on strengthening the muscles that attach to and cross the knee joint. Strengthening these muscles will help keep the knee strong to relieve knee pain and reduce knee injury.
The Epley Maneuver for Vertigo can be very effective at relieving vertigo symptoms, but it’s a procedure that should be performed by a physical therapist or other health care professional. This video is for demonstration purposes only.
If you feel tightness in the front of your hips after sitting too long, experience low back pain, or feel like you are bending forward all the time, your hip flexors could be the culprit. Here are three ways to stretch your hip flexors to help release the tightness and reset the muscles.