It's easy to buy (see what we did there?) into the idea of expensive solutions to improve your health: from a shiny new piece of exercise equipment, to a wearable that gives you health readings, to paying for health apps on your phone, it can...
As Dr. Brian Pease shared in our November edition of Movement Matters, it's all too easy this time of year to come home, zone out, and shut down – setting us up for health problems. Did you know that if your muscles, bones, and connective...
We've all had those days when you wake up feeling worse than when you went to bed: maybe your neck hurts, or you wake up with a headache, or maybe you wake up with an arm or leg that's numb from the way you were...
“I'm tired.” We hear it all the time: from co-workers, our friends, our significant others, and our kids. We often say it ourselves. Let's face it, we're a nation that runs on not enough sleep and a lot of caffeine to make up for it....
When you're just starting on a fitness journey, or even tackling the road again after a long hiatus, it's easy to think that there are just some people who have it all figured out. Yet there are some fitness mistakes even those with years (and...
It's the time of year when clocks spring forward, and with that seasonal change come some changes that can affect your health. We found some interesting information in a recent Popular Science article that sheds some light on what happens when our clocks get some...
By Zach Pigg, PT, DPT In today’s busy world it may be difficult to find time to fit in healthy habits, such as eating nutritious meals and exercising regularly. Sleep is another health habit that often falls low on the list of priorities. However, not getting...
If you have back pain, you're a member of an unfortunately large club. The CDC published their 2016 “National Health Statistics Reports” and an estimated 20% of Americans reportedly suffer from lower back pain alone. Yet back pain is such an overwhelmingly common medical complaint,...
If you're like most people, you're trying to juggle a career, family, and stay healthy – which some days can leave you feeling like an extra at the circus. It's all too easy to burn out after that New Year's resolution, too...
I get it. You’re tired, you just ate a mountain of cookies, you spent a week away, now you’re looking uphill at the New Year and, like me, you are looking for inspiration and low-cost solutions. Try these: Set lofty, measurable, and attainable health and...
