Strategic exercise is smart exercise--exercise designed to provide the best chance for success. All you need to do is keep to a few basic principles: Choose just one or two exercises at a time and a realistic goal. Use gradual progression (just...go...slow). Should you have a flare-up--make adjustments rather than just ditching the whole program. Let's take a look at the exercise strategies of Kyle and Bill: Kyle is told by his doctor to exercise for his spinal stenosis and t

The following information was presented in a lecture at the Golden Future 50+ Expo in Pasadena, California on May 13th, 2017: Intro: My name is Terri Night. I’ve been a physical therapist since 1988—so, coming up I’ll be going on 30 years. Boy, did that fly by! In my career, I’ve worked all up and down the West Coast, including the Cedars Sinai Institute of Spinal Disorders, and with some of the best spine surgeons in the country. Like the many of you, I have my own “back” st