Balance Your Exercise – Do What You Don’t Do
They say that people are creatures of habit. Most of us spend the majority of our day-to-day life doing fairly repetitive and ritualistic actions with our jobs or home life. We like to get in a groove where we can go on “autopilot” just to get through the day. This also tends to hold true […]
Running Your Knees into the Ground?
Running gets a bad wrap for being bad for the knees. Any time an activity and an injury (think tennis elbow) get linked together, that’s usually taken as a sign that if you do that activity long enough that you will experience that issue. There may be some kernel of truth to that thought, but […]
The exercises that you knee-d for arthritis
Knee pain is far and away one of the most common areas to have pain, and it’s not hard to see why. They get bumped, bruised, and beat up. We kneel on them, squat with them, and walk with them. The knees get used a lot! The joints that make up the knee are durable […]
Dog Owners More Likely to Meet Fitness Benchmarks
It turns out our furry friends have more to offer us than companionship and unconditional love. Based on multiple studies, dog owners are generally healthier and more likely to meet national fitness benchmarks than non-owners. How likely? According to the American Heart Association, dog owners are 54 percent more likely to get the recommended level […]
Warming Up to Warm Ups
Spring time truly is one of the best times of year. The weather warms up, the sun comes out, and getting into outdoor activities becomes so much easier and enjoyable. People get outside and get a lot more active after a long winter season of relaxing inside and binging their favorite TV shows. When people […]
Parent Tips: Raise Active & Healthy Kids
With child obesity still an epidemic in the U.S. and reams of research showing both the immediate and long-term benefits of youth exercise, it’s the duty of parents today to make movement and activity a part of kids’ lifestyles, physical therapist and other movement experts say. And the first step in teaching kids to be […]
Focus on Strength, Balance Exercises to Prevent Falls
During a time when the U.S. is so focused on reducing the cost of overall medical expenses, many physical therapists and other medical professionals are eager to share a staggering number they say could be significantly reduced through preventative care: $67.7 billion. That, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will be the […]
Catching your Breath – Train your Diaphragm
It is pretty safe to say that breathing is important. Respiration is considered one of the requirements for life after all. In terms of day to day life, our bodies are generally effective at filling our lungs with all that oxygen and pushing out that carbon dioxide so we can focus on other things. When […]
Exercise May Improve Your Memory & Mood
Orthopedic professionals such as physicians and physical therapists often refer to the human body’s kinetic chain – the notion that all bones, joints and “links” are connected, and that movement in one area can affect function in all areas. While not officially part of the kinetic chain, it turns out the human brain is affected […]