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Stress & Resilience
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Dear Menopausal Girlfriend,
You have been going through a lot lately and you feel like an alien has invaded your body.
What bridges, trees, and the body can teach us about resilience.
My father is a genius. He started a whole new industry within his field...
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I am not a big fan of diets. Study after study has shown that diets...
There are many health benefits to exercise, but today, I want to focus on its positive impact...
Back Pain
Articles & Stretches
It doesn’t really matter what you want to call it - herniated disc, sciatica, arthritis, degenerative disc disease, lumber pain, thoracic pain, sacral pain, facet syndrome, radiculopathy, spinal stenosis, piriformis syndrome...
This just in… slouching is bad for you. Whether you are sitting or standing, slouching can do one or all of the following:
1. Injure vertebral discs in the neck, mid and lower back....
Most of us know about the benefits of stretching at your desk to decrease back pain and neck pain. What we tend to forget is that we also need to strengthen our backs...
When I was 5 months pregnant with my son, I started having terrible back pain...
The stretch exercises for back pain on this site are two of many low back stretch options....
Keeping a "neutral spine position" means maintaining the natural arch in the small of your back....
Most of us try to get our daily exercise checked off of our “to do” list either before or after work...
The best way to activate the two important muscles that support the spine is to place the spine in what is called a “neutral position”.
Sitting for hours in a car or at a desk can cause low back pain and/or low back stiffness.
Tight hip flexors are common and a big contributor to back pain. Back pain treatment, such as this stretch will keep your spine healthy and help to attain back pain relief.
Low back stiffness is a common complaint of people who spend a lot of time sitting or driving. There are two important muscle groups that get tight when sitting.
Research has shown that there are two very important muscles involved in low back pain. By “involved” I mean that these muscles ...
Knee Pain
Articles & Exercises
As we get older, the knees are the first to complain. You may have been diagnosed by a medical professional with all sorts of impressive terms for your pain...
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Being overweight make women 4 times more likely (men 5 times more likely) to develop knee osteoarthritis.
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New research shows that a 10% decrease in weight...
I love my golfers. I once had a patient come to me in excruciating back pain. He could barely walk the back pain was so bad. ...
To properly address knee pain and knee pain relief, it is important to address the muscles that have a direct correspondence to knee pain relief – the hip adductor muscles (inner thighs)....
Hip muscle strengthening and ankle muscle strengthening indirectly affect the knees by improving the way we walk. The most current knee rehab focuses ...
Knee Exercises:
Hamstring Strengthening
There are many knee exercises that can improve knee pain. Knee muscle exercises are the best way to protect the knee joints and provide knee pain relief.
To properly address knee pain and knee pain relief, it is important to address the muscles that have a direct correspondence to knee pain relief - the hamstring muscles for example. ...
This video will help you strengthen your knees, by strengthening your gluts...
Work & Computer Issues
Just like all the other muscles in the body, the eye muscles are susceptible to repetitive strain injuries. Staring at a computer monitor for 8 hours a day...
Top 5 Ways to Avoid Wrist Pain at Work
Repetitive strain injuries such as carpel tunnel syndrome are common in the workplace. Wrist pain is usually the first warning sign...
Taking a break from desk work is one of the best ways to avoid back pain, neck pain or repetitive strain injuries associated with desk work. During your break,...
The Back to School time of year is here again and with it comes feelings of renewal and promise. For me, back to school is even better than New Year’s for setting resolutions. ...
This just in… slouching is bad for you. Whether you are sitting or standing, slouching can do one or all of the following:
1. Injure vertebral discs in the neck,...