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Why Does Your Pain Keep Coming Back?
Movement education, root cause breakdowns, and no-fluff guidance for active adults tired of temporary relief.


Why Do Different Chiropractors Give Me Different Diagnoses?
You've seen two chiropractors. Maybe three. Each one looked at the same body, the same pain, the same history — and gave you a completely different answer. One said it was your SI joint. One said it was a disc. One said your hips were uneven. One cracked your back, told you to come back three times a week, and never really explained anything. So which one was right? And why does this keep happening? It's a question we hear constantly — and it deserves a real answer. First, th

Peter Alexander
4 min read


Rotation: The Missing Piece in Your Training Program
Every athlete and active person has a gap in their training. Usually more than one. CrossFitters rarely move laterally. Jiu jitsu athletes almost never train extension. Runners don't load their feet properly. Lifters skip single leg work. The list goes on. But there's one missing piece that shows up across almost every sport, every training style, and every type of active person we work with: Rotational movement. It's one of the most fundamental things the human body does. It

Peter Alexander
3 min read


Stop Pushing Your Knees Out When You Squat.
If you've spent any time in a gym, you've heard it: drive your knees out. It's one of the most repeated pieces of squat coaching in the fitness world. It's also one of the most common reasons we see people walk into our clinic with knee and hip pain. Let's talk about what's actually happening — and what to do instead. The Squat Isn't Just a Gym Exercise Before we get into form, it's worth stepping back. A squat isn't just about loading a barbell and testing your legs. It's th

Peter Alexander
3 min read


Your Hamstrings Aren't Tight. Here's What's Actually Going On.
You've been stretching your hamstrings for years. Maybe decades. And they're still tight. You still can't touch your toes. Nothing changes. Here's why: they probably aren't tight because they're short. Stretching a muscle that isn't actually short doesn't make it feel better — it makes it worse. And yet this is the default advice almost everyone gets, which is why almost everyone stays stuck. There are two real reasons your hamstrings feel chronically tight. Neither one is so

Peter Alexander
3 min read


3 Exercises for a Stiff Low Back That Actually Work
Everyone gets a stiff low back from time to time. It doesn't matter how active you are or how well you take care of yourself — it happens. And when it does, most people do exactly the wrong thing: they rest, they ice it, and they wait. That's not the answer. Movement is. A stiff back needs to be moved — carefully, intentionally, and in the right sequence. These are the three exercises I go to first, both personally and with patients. No equipment needed. You can do all three

Peter Alexander
3 min read


Tight Shoulders and Neck Pain? The Problem Isn't Your Posture.
If you've been told your shoulder and neck tightness is a posture problem, you've been given an incomplete answer. Posture is a symptom. The actual driver is something most people — and most providers — never address: how much of your shoulder's range of motion you're actually using. Your Shoulders Can Do More Than You're Asking of Them The shoulder joint has more range of motion than any other joint in the human body. It's built to move in every direction — forward, back, up

Peter Alexander
3 min read


She Was Told It Was Shingles Pain. The Real Cause Was Something Else Entirely.
When a patient comes into our Roswell clinic after years of unresolved pain, we recognize the pattern immediately: multiple specialists, multiple diagnoses, and still no lasting relief. That was exactly the case with one of our most memorable patients. She was in her mid-40s. She'd had shingles — and then three more bouts after that. Every specialist told her the same thing: the intense upper back pain she was living with was nerve damage from the virus. Reasonable conclusion

Peter Alexander
3 min read


How to avoid a heat stroke!
Have you ever got out of a cool shower in the summer then started sweating again even though the shower was supposed to “cool you off”? There’s a reason for this, and it could possibly save your life one day. When we get hot, our body has a built in A/C system… sweat. We take hot blood away from vital organs to the skin and let out water (sweat). Letting off this hot water helps cool us down as we dissipate heat. This is also one of the reasons people think we made it to the

Peter Alexander
2 min read


What's the deal with intermittent fasting?
You might be familiar with a recent diet that's very popular today, intermittent fasting. Whether you've talked to a dietitian or...

Peter Alexander
3 min read


Do this motion to improve your guard and get more power in your kicks.
Traditional strength training is a fantastic way to look strong, but a lot of the techniques don't transfer over to complex movements....

Peter Alexander
2 min read


What is the primary cause of those aches and pains?
Everyone's got their tweaks or their minor random aches and pains that they feel every now and again. Why is it the one time you slept...

Peter Alexander
2 min read


Why you're stretching wrong and how to fix it!
Think of stretching. What's the first thing that comes to mind? Is it a gym uniform crossing one foot over the other and trying to touch...

Peter Alexander
2 min read


What you're missing during your strength workouts
What does getting strong mean to you? Maybe your first thought is Arnold Schwarzenegger posing on stage, or maybe it's a strongman...

Peter Alexander
2 min read


Benefits of wellness care
Most of us wait to go into a chiropractic office until they're injured and can hardly walk. It's usually when severe disability or 9/10...

Peter Alexander
2 min read


How to train off the mats to help avoid injury!
Let's be honest, the "gentle art" is not so gentle. You can name any body part and I've had multiple injuries there from minor tweaks to...

Peter Alexander
2 min read


To standing desk... or not to standing desk! That is the question!
Working from home since Covid? Maybe it's time you have to go back into the office... oh yeah... Ted... the guy who sits next to you......

Peter Alexander
2 min read


How to make running easier!
When our ancestors ran, they were really good at it. They didn't have a pair of sweet Nike kicks with a blow up tongue. They had a pair...

Peter Alexander
2 min read


Sports chiropractic vs. traditional chiropractic
When someone hears the word chiropractor, what images come to mind? Maybe adjusting someone's neck, maybe it's an older fella using a...

Peter Alexander
2 min read


Why your hips are LIMITING your athletic performance
Are you sitting right now? Hanging in a chair for most of the day, or maybe you have to drive more than 30 minutes to work. Then you......

Peter Alexander
2 min read


What if my chiropractor breaks my neck?!
So how safe is chiropractic care? Put simply. VERY SAFE. I know you’ve seen some awesome action movies where someone gets their head...

Peter Alexander
2 min read
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