In my previous post on the very basic sit to stand exercise during Covid-19, I stressed the importance of keeping up with a exercise program to maintain your health and immune system. Its been long known to researchers and health professionals that engaging in an exercise program does keep your immune system running at its … Continue reading
Staying fit and healthy now is as important as ever. As the entire world is pretty much in some kind of stay at home order and going outside means risking your health with Covid-19. Staying at home and not being physically active can be just as bad for your health in the long run. We … Continue reading
Do you have carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms? Continuing on with various reasons of how we might develop carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms, this the pronator teres. The function of this muscle is to pronate the hand. Sometimes people get what is called pronator teres syndrome which can often be misdiagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome. Because the … Continue reading
The mind set of if 1 is good than 100 is better unfortunately is not always the case. In regards to bodywork many individuals like and want “deep tissue”. But there are times when deep/too much pressure would be counterproductive in facilitating the bodies healing process. As much as the individual on the table wants … Continue reading
This is the subscapularis muscle, it is one of the four muscles that is known as the rotator cuff. When trigger points are developed in this muscle, it may give symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. A trained therapist can help you check for trigger points and facilitate healing if you do have any issues with … Continue reading
In my professional opinion avoid anything with “extreme challenge” in it or any other variation of it. As fitness professionals and fitness lovers we see it all over advertisements and social media egging you on to do the next 21 day or 90 day extreme challenge. If that is what gets you going by all … Continue reading
The weekend is upon us. For those of you needing some strategies for your diet this weekend try this out. Make it a goal to have half your plate full of vegetables and leafy greens and the other half some form of protein. Feel free to add a carbohydrate of your choice as well, but … Continue reading
How are your new years health and fitness resolutions coming along? If you are having some difficulty keeping up with your health and fitness goals. Try this out. Pick one exercise and just get good at that. Do not feel bad at all if you are new to fitness. We all started off somewhere and … Continue reading
I have been training individuals for the last 15 years of my life. From speaking with all the people I trained as well as many of my colleagues, one of the biggest regrets many people have are not taking care of themselves in their 20s. I see it everyday in people I know and my … Continue reading
6 days has past since the new year. How are all of you doing on your new years resolutions? Are you powering through it or are you slow to start? Here are some things to keep in mind to help you achieve your goals for 2015. 1. One thing I have noticed is that people … Continue reading
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