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Staff

Posted on Mar 15, 2022

Emerging Leaders Scholarship Program

The Myodetox Emerging Leaders Scholarship Program exists to support and develop the leaders of the future in the healthcare industry, with an immediate focus on supporting students from the Black and Indigenous communities and a long-term vision of supporting students from the wider BIPOC community.

Our goal is to make our profession as diverse as the society we serve and to empower students with the skills and mindsets to become champions of wellness within their local communities.

Through a combination of $2,000 of financial support towards tuition and hands-on mentorship from business and clinical leaders at Myodetox, graduates of the six-month Emerging Leaders program will be well-positioned to create impact and positive change in their community from Day one of their careers. For this first cohort this program is open to Black and Indigenous students who have been accepted or are currently attending physical therapy or chiropractic programs within the United States or Canada. Five students will be accepted in this first cohort.

Applications are now open until November 3rd, 2023.

APPLY NOW

Throughout the six-month program, successful applicants will work with the various mentors in the program on the following topics:

The Black Experience in Healthcare
Roundtable discussion with healthcare industry leaders from the Black and Indigenous communities sharing their insights and experiences as they navigated the challenges of race in an underrepresented space.

Critical Thinking in Clinical Outcomes
Unpacking frameworks and thought process in patient care and how to leverage informed assessments to generate favorable results for your patients.

Principles of Manual Therapy & Movement
Understanding the principles and intent behind manual fascial work and exercise selection and its impact on creating an environment primed for increasing resiliency.

Caseload Development and Management
Analyzing the patient journey and understanding proven strategies around patient acquisition and patient retention.

Brand Development and Community Involvement
A framework to build a strong brand presence and leveraging that to create an engaging audience of brand ambassadors.

Financial Literacy and Career Planning
Unlocking the basics of personal finances and outlining professional goals as a healthcare provider.

Do you have questions?
If you have any additional inquiries, please email us at emergingleaders@myodetox.com and we’ll be happy to answer your questions!

Please Note:
Eligibility in this program is for students from the Black and Indigenous communities. Over time, the Emerging Leaders Scholarship Program will be expanded to be fully inclusive of the wider BIPOC community and ultimately all equity-seeking groups at large as program resources and capacity allows.

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Prevent Text Neck Pain With These Three Exercises

Posted on Apr 24, 2020

Education

Prevent Text Neck Pain With These Three Exercises

Text neck, or what is otherwise also known as “tech neck,” is a catchy term coined to describe forward head posture after hours glued to your phone, laptop, or TV.

Text neck may lead to stiffness, and dull pain either felt at the top of the neck or the lower neck close to the shoulders. For some people, the sustained tension in their neck can lead to cervicogenic headaches, or what is commonly known as tension headaches.

People’s resting postures where their head is forward, rounded upper, or rounded shoulders are just a few of the symptoms that lead to text neck. The longer you have forward head posture, the more force gets placed on the neck. Without proper prevention, this feeling of discomfort or tightness may eventually lead to other issues like nerve irritations, headaches, thoracic outlet syndrome, or disc bulges.

To help defend your body from neck pain, try these three exercises.

Seated Chin Tucks

Start position Bring your hand behind your head and tuck in your chin. Press the back of your head into your hands, while looking straight ahead.

End position After 5 seconds, release the tucked chin position.You should feel a stretch at the top of your neck and a slight contraction on the front of your neck.

Complete 8 x, every 30 minutes.

Chin Tuck and Wall Angels

Start position Lean against a wall, either standing or seated and begin to tuck your chin. Bring your arms up into shoulder height with your elbows bent at a 90-degree angle.

End position Slide the arms up and down the wall in a snow angel position, and maintain the chin tuck throughout. It’s essential to try to keep the backside of the forearm against the wall during this movement (if you can’t, that’s okay go as for back as you can).

You should feel a slight stretch on the back of the neck, a stretch in your chest and a slight contraction at the back of your shoulders. If your shoulders are tight this will feel like a bit of work on the front of the shoulders

Complete 8-10 reps, every 1-2 hours.

Thoracic Spine Extension

Start position You can use the side of your couch, bed, or desk/table. With either your elbows bent or arms straight (whichever is most comfortable), slowly bring your chest down and your head through your arms.

End position Now begin to round your spine as high up as you can. Repeat and continue this movement through your upper back.

You should feel a stretch in your upper back between your shoulder blades and in your armpits.

Complete 10 reps, every 1-2 hours.

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Relieve Low Back Pain With These Work From Home Exercises

Posted on Apr 20, 2020

Education

Relieve Low Back Pain With These Work From Home Exercises

While we all find ourselves adjusting to the new normal, your workspace is now your home, and today, you’re putting in up to eight hours of work on your couch, bed, or kitchen counter.

While you adapt to your new setting, you may experience tightness in the low back and soreness through the hip. Sometimes it may feel like there’s a discomfort in the hip as it travels down the back of the leg.

While this pain can often be mistaken for sciatica, medically, it’s known as pseudo sciatica or piriformis syndrome. All of these signs and symptoms are results of mechanical back pain, due to weak muscles in the hips and core.

To help protect your body from low back pain, we put together a series of exercises that you can do while working from home.

Standing Cat Cow

Start position Round your shoulders and look down. You’ll begin to feel the stretch between your shoulder blades.

End position Lookup, squeeze your shoulder blades together and pull your shoulders back until you feel the stretch in your chest or the front of your neck

Complete 10 reps, 3 x.

Hip Hinge

Start position Hinge at the hips to sit back, keeping a slight bend in your knees. Reach your arms up beside your ears.

End position Standing up strong by squeezing your hip muscles, pulling your arms down to your side and your shoulders back.

Complete 10 reps, 3 x.

The W

Start position Start by standing with both arms overhead in the shape of a ‘Y.’

End position As if pulling down on something, squeeze the elbows to your sides, and your shoulder blades down your back. End in the shape of a ‘W.’

Complete 10 reps, 3 x.

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Staff

Posted on Mar 29, 2020

News

A Statement from our Founders

Five years ago, we opened our doors because we sought to make a difference in people’s lives. We had a small team of therapists who were obsessively committed to educating people on the science behind their bodies and the importance of taking care of it.

Since our earliest days, our guiding belief has been that when you’re able to move freely, without any pain or restrictions, it unlocks the ability to live a fulfilled and happier life.

Throughout the journey of life, all of us often forget to take care of ourselves and be kind to our bodies, and yet today more than ever, health is truly our only wealth. It affords us the time to build moments that matter with our families, and it allows us the freedom to chase our dreams. We owe it to ourselves to prioritize our health so that we can take care of those who mean the world to us.

We understand firsthand what everyone is experiencing — it’s a confusing time, and nothing could have prepared us for how COVID-19 has impacted our team, partners, along with our local and global community. Despite everything, we remain incredibly hopeful about the future. We understand there’s a bumpy road ahead for all of us. But we’ve learned over the years that the resilience of the human race will not allow this trying time to be our defining moment. We know this because our therapists have been fortunate to be part of people’s journeys, of continually helping our clients and friends overcome adversity day after day, and we’ve seen firsthand how they continuously rise to the challenge. Even in today’s unprecedented reality, our trust in that belief has not wavered.

With deep consideration of everything that is going on, we’ll always prioritize the health of our team and clinic community and have decided to keep our locations closed until it’s a safe time to reopen.

Throughout the closure, we’ve continued to provide complimentary quality care to our existing clients through our Virtual Sessions, and we’ve decided to extend this same offer to their close family and friends (Canada only).

We don’t know what is next, but we know our team and community have a shared belief that we will all come out of this better.

We can’t thank you enough for your continued patience and support, and while we currently remain apart, we are confident we can get through this together.

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Staff

Posted on Jul 6, 2016

Education

This Is Why You Don’t Have Good Posture

If you’re not standing or sitting straight, it’s not your fault you don’t have good posture.

How often do you hear the importance of good posture? They’re either nagging you to, “sit straight, keep your chest out, and stomach in! ” or “stop slouching and keep those shoulders back!”

You’re constantly bombarded with advice and suggestions on how to be “posturally sound.” But unless you make a conscious effort to “sit straight”, you are quick to revert to your old habits! Here’s what you guys have been waiting your entire life to hear – it’s not your fault!   The problem is that people confuse “posture” with “structure.” Posture is the ability to hold the structure of your body. Structure (when it comes to your body) is how your body stacks with gravity.

Wait, what? Okay, let us break it down. When the structure is properly balanced, your body is stacked well, which means it’s much natural to have good posture. While there are many other reasons that cause poor posture, in this case, we should clearly look at how the structure of our body directly effects our posture. A person slouches not because he has bad habits, but because their body structure doesn’t make it easy for the person not to slouch.

Do you want to get someone to sit straight? Focus on the structure of your body so when sit down or stand, you’ll notice a drastic improvement with your posture.