Natural Balance Therapy Resource Center
At NBT, we believe in educating you so you have a better understanding of your body, the treatment that you are receiving, and important ways to eliminate your pain at home. Take a moment to view our articles and self-treatment exercises that will help you on your path to well and an active and pain-free lifestyle.
Hamstring Stretch: 3-Ways to Ease Tightness
The muscles along the back of the thigh, our hamstrings, are common areas of tightness for many of our clients. It is very important to create length and eliminate restriction in this area, but they can be a difficult area to get results due to other contributing...
Foam Rolling – Getting The Best Results
Are you sore, stiff, or tight? We understand what you are feeling and many times will recommend foam rolling to ease muscular soreness, reduce muscular tension and eliminate myofascial tightness. You may be saying, “I’ve tried foam rolling in the past and didn’t find...
Foam Roller – Anterior Pelvis
Many of our clients struggle with the effects of fascial restrictions in their lower abdomen. They present with a myriad of ailments including low back pain, painful periods, headaches, digestive discomforts, scar tissue adhesions after surgery, pelvic floor...
Getting Up With Ease After Lying Down
Have you ever gotten out of bed and noticed that your back is stiff? Do you struggle to stand up straight in the morning? Well, you aren’t alone and this is a common complaint for our clients. Over the years I’ve had clients injure their back putting on their socks,...
A Calming Breath
Have you noticed how your breathing changes during times of stress or anxiety? As our body responds to stressful moments you may notice a more shallow and upper chest breathing pattern. Shallow breathing, breath holding and hyperventilating triggers the sympathetic...
Getting The Best Results: Self-Care
Many of the clients that I see have already been through multiple rounds of physical therapy or are seeing a chiropractor which means they are coming into the clinic with a home exercise routine. Some of these clients stopped doing the exercises because they didn’t...
Getting The Best Results: Listening and Honoring
I really can’t believe that I have been a therapist for 22 years. Wow, where has the time gone? Over those years, I have seen a wide range of clients with varied levels of discomforts and struggles and one thing has been consistent: the clients that actively...
Figure 4 – Piriformis Stretch
Many of our clients struggle with hip and back related symptoms. Some have pain with activities and others notice tightness. There can be many causes to these symptoms, but whatever the cause most people have tightness in the hip rotators. This figure 4 stretch is a...
Peeling Away The Layers
My back is feeling better, but now I’m noticing that my legs feel tight. Or, my neck pain is improving, but now my shoulder hurts. Have you noticed one area getting better then immediately notice symptoms start up in another area? Well, you aren’t alone and this is...
LOVE Your Bones: The Scoop on Osteoporosis
Over the years we have seen an increasing number of clients with osteoporosis, which is a disease that weakens the bones to a point where they break easily. The bones that are most commonly involved are the hips, spine and wrists. Osteoporosis is a silent disease and...
Hamstring Stretch: 3-Ways to Ease Tightness
The muscles along the back of the thigh, our hamstrings, are common areas of tightness for many of our clients. It is very important to create length and eliminate restriction in this area, but they can be a difficult area to get results due to other contributing...
Foam Rolling – Getting The Best Results
Are you sore, stiff, or tight? We understand what you are feeling and many times will recommend foam rolling to ease muscular soreness, reduce muscular tension and eliminate myofascial tightness. You may be saying, “I’ve tried foam rolling in the past and didn’t find...
Foam Roller – Anterior Pelvis
Many of our clients struggle with the effects of fascial restrictions in their lower abdomen. They present with a myriad of ailments including low back pain, painful periods, headaches, digestive discomforts, scar tissue adhesions after surgery, pelvic floor...
Getting Up With Ease After Lying Down
Have you ever gotten out of bed and noticed that your back is stiff? Do you struggle to stand up straight in the morning? Well, you aren’t alone and this is a common complaint for our clients. Over the years I’ve had clients injure their back putting on their socks,...