Prevent Falls: Build Better Balance
Balance is critical if we want to sustain pain free movement and prevent falling as we age. In regards to “improving balance,” I’m sure you’ve heard it all. “Stand on one foot,” “walk like you’re on a tight rope,” “walk straight and turn your head side to side,” “step sideways over hurdles,” “tap a cone […]
Our Top 5 Health Hacks
Good health is something most of us strive for and, if you want to take your health to the next level, it goes deeper than nutrition and exercise. These tips, as simple as they sound, will elevate your health and enhance your overall quality of life. They manage issues like stress and anxiety, illness and […]
Exercise for Health, Not Appearance
Exercise motives that are based strictly on looking good or losing weight negatively affect our health. Everybody has a different idea about what they believe to be a healthy looking body, but if looks are the only reason for exercising, that can limit the potential for progress in other aspects of our health. Exercise is […]
Pull-Ups vs. Push-Ups
Every time we think of fitness it’s hard not to think of pull ups and push ups as measures of strength. While there is some truth to that, we consider strength to reflect how well you can function in the real world. So we exercise your body the way it was designed to operate. Very […]
We Expanded!!!
If you follow us on Social Media you know that we have recently been under construction and added additional space to our workout area! The extra space allows us to see additional clients and add small group personal training classes in the near future… so stay tuned by subscribing to our email list! We’ve added […]
Pain
Most of us are accustomed to pain at some level, whether it’s a dull ache or a sharp debilitating pain. Sometimes we feel it during day to day activity, specific exercises, or worse, it keeps us up at night. We seek relief from our doctor and they usually refer us to a physical therapist and […]
Muscle Isolation vs. Integration
Exercises should connect muscles in the body the way muscles connect the body in the real world, in order to program proper movement. Primarily when we walk, run, and throw but also any type of athletic movement or daily function. If your body’s hurting, you can’t move as well as you used to, or your quality of […]
Body Connections
Did you know that in order to rotate your trunk safely, you must use your obliques so your lower back does not compensate? Did you know that in order to use your obliques, you must utilize your pec muscles and lat muscles to facilitate proper trunk rotation? Did you know that when you do trunk […]
Green Juice Recipe
Liquid vitamins ? energy for the week ahead ??medicine for the flu season ? . Each bottle contains Apple, Carrot, Cucumber, Celery, Lemon, Lime, Ginger, Parsley, and Cilantro… just enough sweet to drink up all the health benefits ? . Health is a matter of what you eat to fuel your body. Let food be […]
Tight Neck? Try This!
There’s more than one way to use a Theracane ?? Marianne came in complaining of a stiff neck and shoulders from sitting behind a computer ? all day so we implemented myofascial release on her pecs, with special attention to her pec minor. Rather than treating the symptoms of tension we went right to the […]
