The RXN Performance Blog
Honest writing on chiropractic care, movement, injury recovery, and performance for active adults. Written by Dr. Ryan Giniel, D.C.
Pickleball Knee Pain: What’s Really Going On (and How to Fix It)
Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the country, and it has quietly become one of the biggest drivers of new knee-pain cases we see at RXN Performance in Uptown Dallas. If you’ve picked up a paddle in the last couple of years and your knee is now paying for it, you’re not alone — and […]
Runner’s Knee: What’s Actually Causing It and How to Fix It (From a Dallas Sports Chiro)
Runner’s knee is one of the most common and most misunderstood injuries in the endurance world. The classic advice — rest, ice, foam roll your IT band, stretch your quads — helps some people, sometimes, for a while. It rarely resolves the actual problem, because it doesn’t address what’s actually driving the pain. Here’s the […]
Pre-Workout Routine for Back Pain: 10 Minutes That Actually Prevent Flare-Ups
If you have chronic or intermittent lower back pain and you still train, you probably already know that the difference between a good session and a bad flare-up often comes down to what you did in the 10 minutes before you touched a weight. What most people don’t know is which 10 minutes actually matter. […]
Hip Mobility for Lifters: The Drills That Actually Matter
If you lift, your hips are the single most important joint you need to keep mobile. More important than shoulders. More important than the thoracic spine. Not because they’re the most restricted (they usually are, but that’s a different story) — but because when your hips can’t do their job, your lumbar spine and your […]
Running With Sciatica: When It’s OK, When It’s Not, and How to Actually Fix It
Sciatica is one of the more misunderstood diagnoses in the running world. Some runners are told to stop running entirely and rest until it goes away. Others are told to push through because “it’s just a nerve thing.” Both are usually wrong. The honest answer is more nuanced — and depends heavily on what’s actually […]
How Often Should You See a Chiropractor? An Honest Answer from a Dallas Sports Chiro
The honest answer to “how often should I see a chiropractor?” isn’t the one most chiropractic offices give. The industry standard answer is some version of “come in regularly forever.” The actual clinical answer is more like “as often as it takes to fix what’s wrong, and then usually not at all until something else […]
Training Through Your 50s and 60s: What Actually Changes (and What Doesn’t)
Most of the advice you’ll see about training past 50 falls into one of two camps: “be careful, take it easy, listen to your body” — which is condescending and mostly wrong — or “age is just a number” — which is inspirational and also mostly wrong. Neither is useful. What’s actually true is more […]
How to Choose a Sports Chiropractor in Dallas: 5 Questions to Ask Before Your First Visit
If you’re an active adult in Dallas looking for a sports chiropractor, you’ve probably already noticed how different one office can be from another. Some are insurance-driven and built around 10-minute visits. Some are mostly cracking with no real assessment. Some are essentially pain-clinic models that never address the actual cause of the problem. None […]
Squatting With Knee Pain: When to Scale, When to Stop, and What’s Actually Going On
Knee pain during squats is one of the most common reasons active adults end up in our office in Uptown Dallas. The frustrating part is that most of the advice you’ll find online is one of two extremes: stop squatting forever, or just push through. Neither is right for most cases. Here’s the more useful […]
Can I Keep Lifting With Lower Back Pain? A Dallas Sports Chiropractor’s Take
If you have lower back pain and you lift, you’ve almost certainly been told one of two things: “stop lifting and rest” or “push through it.” Both are wrong most of the time. Here’s the more useful framework we use at RXN Performance in Uptown Dallas. The short answer For the vast majority of active […]