Why You Don’t Want To Live With Back Pain
Last week I had a patient who had been putting up with back pain for years. I personally don’t wait when my back flairs up. Why is this? When …
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How Can I Help Myself and Type 2 Diabetes?
21 million adults now have type 2 diabetes a condition linked to being overweight or obese. This increased the risk for many other diseases such as kidney damage, Alzheimer’s, …
Climbing Stairs for Exercise Helps Lower Blood Pressure
Recently and article from Menopause, February 2018 in with researchers tested postmenopausal women over a four day a week stair climbing routine had a reduction in blood pressure as …
Vitamin D and Your Performance
We are all athletes. Just because we may not play sports life in itself is a series of athletic events. An article recently published showed us that athletes with …
Low Back Pain, Your Weight, Your Waist To Hip Ratio, Your BMI
Using a common fitness test and a self administered questionnaire researchers have show that the higher your BMI (body mass index) along with less physical activity equals the higher …
Chronic pain and Tai Chi exercise
Chronic pain sufferers who engage in tai chi report a greater reduction in pain level than aerobic exercise. Tai chi is an ancient form of exercise we used to …
Low Back Pain, Lumbar Disc and Sciatica Problems
Low back pain is a common condition that I treat daily. Did you know that over any three month period of time 50% of the adults will experience low …
Music Makes Exercise Enjoyable
How motivated are you to exercise? Many of my patients think of exercise more as work versus fun. One way to change your perception is to listen to music. …
Types of Hip Pain
MUSCLE STRAINS: This is probably the most common injury to the hip and groin because of the weight bearing “job” the hips have when running, cutting, jumping, climbing, twisting, etc. …
Why Slouching Is Not Good for You!
Back in 2015 a study done in Sweden took non injured male adults and hooked them up to an EMG (electromyography) assessment system. The test subjects performed arm range …