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In our last two posts, we explored shoulder pain in midlife women driven by hormonal changes, and postural pain caused by prolonged desk work. Today we're looking at a different, but equally common picture: the man in his 30s, 40s or 50s who has been training consistently for years, whose program is heavily weighted toward chest and pressing work, and whose shoulder has finally had enough. If you train at a gym, there is a very high chance that bench press or one of its varia

Over the past two posts, we've looked at how the neck and spine can be the hidden source of pain — cervicogenic headaches that start in the upper cervical spine, and postural pain driven by the way we sit, work and move through our days. Both of those conditions are far more common in women in midlife than most people realise ... and so is what we're talking about today. Shoulder pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints we see at Colab Health Group, and it di

In our last post, we explored cervicogenic headaches — a type of head pain that originates in the neck and is frequently triggered by sustained poor posture and prolonged desk work. If that post resonated with you, this one goes even deeper into the root cause. Because cervicogenic headaches are just one of many problems that can develop when we spend too much of our day sitting still in the same position. Neck pain, lower back ache, tight shoulders, mid-back stiffness, wrist

If you regularly experience headaches that seem to start at the base of your skull or the back of your neck, you might be dealing with more than a tension headache. You could have what's called a cervicogenic headache — a type of head pain that actually originates in your neck, not your head. Cervicogenic headaches are surprisingly common and frequently misdiagnosed. Many people spend years treating the wrong thing reaching for pain medication or being told they have migraine