How strong you are has a huge impact on your longevity. The stronger you become in your 30s, 40s, and 50s, the stronger you will likely remain in your 60s, 70s, and 80s. Obviously there will be a decline that we all face, but the higher you can make your peak, the longer you will have until you reach your valley. And what is the valley? In terms of strength, it is not being strong Read more…
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Are your hamstrings chronically tight? Much of the fitness and therapy worlds would lead you to believe that you need to focus more on stretching muscles, relaxing muscles, mobilizing joints, and releasing tissues; but if you have listened to our podcast for any period of time, you know that is not our take on the situation. Too often, we have Read more…
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Are you having knee issues? There is one thing many people don’t understand about their knees that can have a tremendous influence on how their knees feel and function. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, we are discussing what this thing is and what you need to know about it to help your knees feel their Read more…
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Are your feet ready to run? Whether you are already running consistently or you are preparing to start, your feet need to have the strength and mobility to hold up to the stress. Unfortunately, while many people see the need to make sure their hips, knees, and back are ready, the feet are an often overlooked area that, when neglected, Read more…
Ladies, Piriformis syndrome affects so many of the women I talk to when I am out running errands or at the park with my kids. It is a literal pain in the butt that is keeping many women from feeling like they can be their strong, lively, energetic selves. Can you relate?? And while lots of ladies seek out physical therapy, massage, and even chiropractic care to try to help, there is something that nobody Read more…
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Does your low back feel like it’s not moving well? Too often, the strategies that are promoted to help your low back feel less restricted are over-complicated and ultimately ineffective. So what can you do to help get your low back moving well on a consistent basis without getting bogged down in the complexities of many popular methodologies? On this Read more…
Basketball players, Your strength training should be a top priority for both injury prevention and maximizing performance. However, how many players do their strength training doesn’t accomplish either goal. I have written about the first two of four big mistakes I see basketball players make when doing their strength training. You can check out Part 1 here. You can check out Part 2 here. Today, I am diving into the third big mistake I see, Read more…
Let’s get something straight from the get go… Your body needs to compensate. Now, we know you have been told that compensation is a bad thing. We know you have seen that therapist or trainer who told you to do specific corrective exercises to get rid of compensations you have. We know you have been led to believe that every ache and pain you get while walking or golfing or living life is a result Read more…
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Barefoot shoes ebb and flow in popularity with the general public, and even though we are personally fans of them for ourselves, it does not mean that they are right for every person. So what things do you need to consider when deciding whether or not barefoot shoes are for you? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® Read more…
What do you need for your joints to be healthy? Too often, we see people easily identify what healthy joints are NOT–painful, swollen, immobile, creaky, crackly, etc.–but not be able to identify what healthy joints ARE. More importantly, people have no idea how to get healthy joints, even if they are able to say, “That’s what I’m going for.” First things first–joint health typically implies that the cartilage of the joint, i.e. the spongy Read more…