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Dr. Kyle Richmond DC

Rehab chiropractor who specializes in reducing pain through movement.
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04/04/2026

Achilles tendinopathy is a degenerative overload of the Achilles tendon that happens often from spikes in running, jumping, or training volume.

The tendon isn’t inflamed… it’s irritated and structurally stressed. That’s why rest alone doesn’t fix it.

Here’s how we rehab it ⬇️

1️⃣ Isometrics – early phase

Heavy, pain-modulating holds to calm symptoms and restore tendon tolerance. Think sustained calf holds to reduce pain and reintroduce load.

2️⃣ Progressive strength – build capacity

Slow, heavy calf raises (knee straight + bent) to load both gastroc & soleus. We’re remodeling the tendon and increasing its ability to handle force.

3️⃣ Performance → plyometrics – return to sport

Once strength is there, we progress to pogo jumps, bounds, and sport-specific plyos to train the tendon like a spring again because tendons don’t just need strength… they need speed.

The goal isn’t just pain relief.

It’s restoring the tendon’s ability to store and release energy so you can run, jump, and compete with confidence.

If your Achilles has been nagging you for weeks or months, it’s not something to “stretch and hope.” It needs the right load, at the right time, with the right progressions.

At REBUILT, we take athletes from pain → performance.

Not just back to activity

04/03/2026

Tennis elbow isn’t just an elbow issue. It’s a load tolerance problem of the wrist extensors at the lateral epicondyle.

You’ll feel it with gripping, lifting, typing, or anything that loads wrist extension and the forearm repetitively.

Most people try to stretch it or just rest it, but tendons don’t respond well to that long term. They need progressive loading to actually adapt.

Common faults I see are excessive gripping, poor wrist positioning under load, and relying on passive care without ever rebuilding capacity.

04/01/2026

Spinal mobility is more than just bending forward or arching back. It’s the ability to control motion through flexion, extension, rotation, and lateral flexion across both the thoracic and lumbar spine.

Each segment has a role. The thoracic spine is built for rotation and extension, while the lumbar spine is designed for stability with controlled motion.

When we lack true mobility or control, you’ll see compensations like excessive lumbar extension, limited thoracic rotation, or movement being pushed into the hips or shoulders.

03/30/2026

An inversion ankle sprain occurs when the foot rolls inward, stressing the lateral ankle ligaments, most commonly the ATFL.

One of the biggest mistakes I see in rehab is completely avoiding inversion afterward.

The problem is that the injury happened in that position. If we never restore the ankle’s ability to control and tolerate inversion, we leave the joint underprepared for the exact stress that caused the injury.

That’s why rehab should progressively reintroduce controlled inversion through strengthening, balance work, and graded loading of the foot and ankle complex.

The goal isn’t just pain relief or ligament healing.

It’s restoring the ankle’s capacity to handle real movement again and reducing the likelihood of recurrent sprains.

03/29/2026

Shoulder mobility is more than just overhead range. It’s the ability to control rotation of the humerus within the glenoid while maintaining joint integrity.

Most limitations aren’t just “tight muscles.” They’re often coming from the capsule, poor joint control, or lack of strength at end range.

Rotation is key. Internal and external rotation drive everything from lifting overhead to throwing, pressing, and stabilizing under load.

When this is limited, you’ll see compensations like excessive arching through the low back, forward shoulder positioning, or loss of control at end range.

03/28/2026

If your chiropractor is only adjusting you for knee pain… you’re missing the problem.

Jumper’s knee, or Patellar Tendinopathy, is a tendon capacity issue, not just pain.

You can calm symptoms with manual work, but if you do not rebuild the tendon’s ability to handle load, it keeps coming back.

That is why treatment has to include
• Isometrics to reduce pain and introduce load
• Eccentrics to improve tendon stiffness
• Progressive loading to restore full capacity

pain

03/26/2026

Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of foot pain.

It’s an irritation and overload of the plantar fascia, a thick band of connective tissue that runs from your heel bone (calcaneus) to your toes and helps support the arch of your foot.

Most people describe it as:
• a sharp, stabbing pain at the bottom of the heel
• worse with the first few steps in the morning
• or after sitting for a while, then standing up
• sometimes easing as you “warm up”

That’s because the plantar fascia gets stiff when you rest, and the moment you load it again, it gets hit with tension it can’t tolerate.

Here’s the good news:

Plantar fasciitis isn’t just a “foot problem.”
It’s usually a mobility + load management problem.

Limited ankle dorsiflexion, tight calves, stiff big toe extension, and poor foot/arch control all force the plantar fascia to take on extra stress with every step, sprint, jump, or lift.

03/25/2026

If your chiropractor’s solution for your “SI joint being out” is repeated adjustments, it might be time for a new chiropractor.

Here’s the reality.

The SI joint barely moves. We’re talking about 1–4 degrees of motion and only a few millimeters of translation. It’s one of the most stable joints in the entire body, designed for force transfer, not large movement.

So the idea that it keeps “going out” every week isn’t supported by anatomy.

Adjustments can absolutely help calm pain and reduce sensitivity, but they are not repositioning your pelvis or realigning your SI joint, and they don’t create lasting stability on their own.

Most SI joint pain is a load management and stability issue, not a joint position problem.

Here are some of the most common exercises and stretches I use for my clients with SI Joint issues.

03/23/2026

Hip internal rotation is the inward rotation of the femur within the acetabulum. It’s critical for accepting load and transferring force in sport.

You need internal rotation in real scenarios like a golfer rotating into their lead hip during the downswing, a baseball or softball athlete loading into the front leg to throw or swing, a basketball player planting to change direction, or a football athlete decelerating and cutting off one leg.

When IR is limited, you’ll see common compensations like the foot turning out, loss of arch control, excessive pelvic or lumbar rotation, or the knee collapsing into valgus instead of true femoral rotation.

03/21/2026

Neck CARs might feel incredibly simple and for some not very effective.

Here’s why you should use them daily ⬇️

- offset hours of sitting and staring down at a phone

- keep the range of motion you currently have

- reduce your likelihood of neck pain

Need a mobility routine, comment below and I’ll send my free routine.

03/20/2026

If your chiropractors “solution” for your tight hips is an adjustment. It’s time for a new chiropractor.

I’ll be the first to admit that the chiropractic and even the PT field is getting lazy and will always try to find a quick fix.

Instead we should be giving our patients a wide variety of exercises and stretches to not only fix problems, but to build resilience as well.

03/19/2026

If you’re relying solely on passive strategies like pigeon stretch, you’re not addressing the limiting factor.

Hip external rotation is not just a mobility issue—it’s a neuromuscular control and end-range strength problem.

Without adequate active control, the nervous system will restrict access to that range, regardless of how “flexible” you appear.

By introducing load in external rotation, you:
• Improve active end-range strength
• Enhance joint centration and stability
• Increase tolerance to force in lengthened positions
• Reduce reliance on passive structures

This is how you convert passive range into usable, transferable capacity.

Mobility without control doesn’t persist—and it doesn’t carry over to sport.

Address

21739 S Center Avenue
New Lenox, IL
60451

Telephone

+17083344764

Website

https://www.rebuiltstrengthandrehab.com/

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