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Warm-Up Smarter, Not Longer: Why Your Pre-Workout Routine May Be Holding You Back

Warm-ups are foundational in fitness and sports training.  We all do some form of warming up before we lift, exercise or get

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How much can you run and still prevent injury?

One of the biggest ‘bite your tongue’ moments in any sport therapists career is when runners come in with repetitive strain injuries

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Heel Hover for achilles tendinopathy

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Do All Concussion Patients Need Neck Treatment?

When people think about concussions, they picture a “brain injury.” And while that’s true, there’s another piece of the puzzle that often

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The single most important exercise for low back pain

Dave and I will often comment on how different our approach to many common injuries is now versus when we first started

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Stop blaming your arches: your feet (likely) hurt because they’re weak

Foot pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints affecting nearly 1 in 5 adults at some point in their lives.

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Side plank with overpressure to work the hip

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Exercise therapy ‘wears down’ my knee joint: myth or reality?

“My last therapist told me to stop leg exercises because I have knee arthritis and exercising will wear down my knee joint.”

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Lunge isometrics for tendon health

 

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Does sitting too much shrink your brain, even if you’re active?

You hit your weekly step goal.  You lift weights regularly.  You may even mix in some interval training as recommended by experts

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