Muscle imbalance-a common cause of pain and dysfunction!
Too many people believe that general exercise is the correct path to preventing pain and dysfunction. Common muscle imbalances exist and need to be addressed before general conditioning can be performed. This is a common problem especially in the fitness area. Watch this video to learn about common imbalances of the upper and lower body. […]
Sciatica from the lumbar spine; is simply insane!
If you are one of the hundreds of thousands who are diagnosed with some sort of structural variation such as a herniated disc, pinched nerve or stenosis at the lumbar spine as the cause of sciatica you are being severely mislead. The sciatic nerve has no connection with the spine and in fact begins in […]
CALIFORNIA HERE I COME!
The time has come for me to travel to the west coast to bring my special and unique approach to properly diagnosing and treating pain. If you have been suffering in pain with no answers other than pain medication, surgery or just being left to suffer, this is your chance to get the right diagnosis […]
Rotator cuff strain versus arthritis- the easy way to know the difference!
If you’ve been to your doctor and was told that the cause of your shoulder pain is arthritis simply because arthritis showed up on an x-ray, here’s a physical presentation of what you would expect if the cause was a rotator cuff strain versus arthritis. Clearly the body’s presentation of symptoms is a better mechanism […]
The Yass method goes global!
In the last week or so I have received emails from people suffering with chronic pain in India, the UK and Australia. The sad reality is that they are suffering with the very same issues and false diagnoses that occur in the US. Let’s all join together and push for the Yass method to become […]
Give the medical establishment a big fat F for treating chronic pain !
The system is flawed and failing! Unlimited increase in the number of people suffering from chronic pain, epidemic use of narcotic pain medication, the growing use of radiofrequency ablation and rhizotomy to mask symptoms all lead to a failing score for a failed system. Choose a system that gets an A for accurately identifying the […]
Hip and knee replacement surgery: the cash cow of the medical establishment !
Why does it seem that almost every body has knee and hip joints that are bone on bone in just the past five years or so. this is a scary trend that is highly concerning to me. Hip and knee replacement surgery as well as revisions are being performed at a meteor rate. Don’t get […]
3 things you are probably doing wrong when strength training!
The Yass method incorporates a very unique and specific understanding of how to strength train to achieve the goals of maximizing function and resolving symptoms. Too often I see people who have gotten improper information which actually impedes the ability to achieve these goals. You may be incorporating one if not all of these variations […]
A call to action: Organizations and groups resolve your pain now with the Yass method!
This is a call to action from Dr. Yass. Why live in pain and suffer? Why get together with your group or organization and just talk about the failings of the existing system to resolve your pain. Do something as a whole. Join together and set up a lecture or workshop to resolve your pain […]
21 year old with 4 years of back pain already? The Yass method needs to become the standard of care to end this insanity!
Here is a testimonial from a 21 year old young man who was put through the standard invalid diagnostic tests and treatment rendering him incapable of performing most functional activities and having to suffer with back pain for 4 years. This is disgraceful and a true indictment of the ineptness of the exisiting medical approach […]