Swimming is a great relaxation activity, as well as a sport that can help keep you fit and provide plenty of benefits for people who usually do all their training on dry land. With pools open for the summer season, plenty of people may add...
While we know how much physical therapy can improve your life, and tons of different tips and tricks about the musculoskeletal system, it's understandable if you don't! After all, you're most likely not spending as much time seeing injury, treatment, and recovery as we do....
Summer is here: the time of year many people realize their winter plans to get in shape and stay there haven't materialized. All the good intentions of New Year's and probably a diet (or two) have gone out the window; does that mean you're destined...
Although May is coming to an end, the need for Mental Health Awareness is not. We've looked at how physical activity can have a positive effect on mental health; however, what about forced inactivity or mobility problems? As it turns out, that can have a...
Summer is often a great season – filled with outdoor fun, activities, leisure, family-time, and...
You're in the middle of a pick-up basketball game and feel a painful stab in your thigh. Maybe you're working on your pace at an outdoor track and suddenly your leg hurts. Anxiety and pain in the back of your leg battle for your attention:...
Since May is National Running/Runner's Month, you might have heard more about running than normal – unless you happen to work with or spend time with a runner, and in that case we're sure you hear plenty already. Today we're looking at how races/distance are...
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and anxiety is one of the more common mental health disorders. According to National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) stats, up to 19% of adults dealt with some form of anxiety disorder in the last year in the...
Getting older and “adulting” in general often means developing aches and pains that become part of your day-to-day existence. Many people come to accept their sore back, aching knee, painful hip, etc as part of the background noise that they tune out while going about...
Since May is Mental Health Awareness month, it's a good time to learn about aspects of mental health you might otherwise not know (or think) about. For instance, according to the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) did you know that suicide is one of...
