Ladies–have you ever woken up one morning, tried to reach your arms above your head to get a good morning stretch, and then–BING!!–you felt a sharp pain in your shoulder that wasn’t there the day before? This is a common scenario I hear about ALL THE TIME from my women Read more…
Did you know that one of the most effective things you can do to decrease pain in and around your joints is to get your muscles stronger? Many people think that joint issues are simply issues with their joints and need to be resolved by fixing the joint itself. If Read more…
As the summer season kicks off, we know that schedules can get all out of whack. One of the first things that gets cut out of most people’s days when they start to get overloaded is their workout. But not you! You have the tools and knowledge to stay consistent Read more…
Ladies–I have heard from so many of you that one of the biggest reasons why you feel like you can’t lift heavy weights or do high-impact training is because of how your knees feel. They ache. They hurt. They feel tender and sore. Well today I am here to tell Read more…
Tight back; tight hips; tight hamstrings… Oh my! At Muscle Activation Schaumburg, tight muscles are one of the most common complaints we hear from new clients. They’ve tried stretching. They’ve tried foam rolling. They’ve tried massages. They’ve tried deep breathing. And they are still tight! Can you relate at all? Read more…
One giant thing we see holding people back from exercising is not that they don’t have time or they don’t have easily accessible workouts… But rather that they haven’t given themselves permission to use their time, their energy, their resources, their attention for themselves. Whether it is a story they Read more…
Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®) is one of the most powerful things you can do to help improve your overall health and function. The goal of MAT® is to assess your body to figure out where you have muscles that aren’t contracting well and then address those muscles to get them Read more…
High-intensity exercise and joint health don’t usually go hand-in-hand. In fact, high-intensity exercise is often blamed for joints feeling achy, sore, or painful. But, there are three things you can do with your high-intensity workouts to actually help your joints be healthier. The first is to use your symptom-free full Read more…
Ladies–one of the biggest concerns I hear from women in their 50s and beyond is how their body will hold up as the years go by. How their muscle strength and bone strength will fair. How flexible they will stay. How well they will be able to avoid common pains Read more…
How do you know if your body needs Muscle Activation Techniques®? MAT® is an extremely powerful system to help your muscles contract better and help your joints move well, but how do you know if it is for you? There are a number of telltale signs that you need MAT®, Read more…