Learn why traditional healthcare’s focus on services over solutions has failed to give you the lasting results that keep you strong and active so you can get more joy and fulfillment out of your life.
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Hang around us long enough and you’ll hear us blab on and on about the importance of improving movement and strength. But simply asking someone to ‘improve their movement’ isn’t very helpful. There is no cookie cutter approach to improving movement because every hobby and activity has it’s own requirements. How do we know where do we start? Movement is built on basic, fundamental principles. Developing an understanding and ability to perform, strengthen and master the following five movements create results that carry over into any activity you choose to perform:
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Exercise and strength training is one of the most important things we can do to maintain health and promote longevity. However, as we age we have to be more mindful of our workouts to avoid chronic pain and injury. Learn three of the most important things you can do in the gym to avoid injuries after the age of 40.
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The lunge is one of the most ‘functional’ fitness related exercises – meaning that it most readily translates to real world activities. Walking, running, hiking, jumping all require the same muscle groups we train with lunges.
Here’s the unfortunate truth, if you crank out forward lunges for long enough, it will eventually lead to discomfort, pain and injury to your knees. It doesn’t matter how perfect your form is - the nature of the forward lunge puts a lot of force through you knee and patellar tendon. Today we’ll discuss variations of the lunge to help protect your knees
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The squat can be one of the most beneficial exercises for improving mobility and strength for less pain and injury. Avoid these three common squatting mistakes to avoid pain and stay our of the doctors office.
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When it comes to back pain - exercise should be part of the solution - not the problem. Learn three easy things you can do to protect your spine and avoid back pain in the gym.
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The hip hinge is the most important exercise to master to treat low back pain. Learn the 10 best hip hinge progressions to protect your low back during daily activities to more advanced fitness movements.
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The Hip Hinge is a foundational movement on which all other movements are built upon. While a seemingly simple movement there many different mistakes that can lead the improper loading of our bodies during the hinge. We cover them here.
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Are your hamstrings tight or just unable to relax? In this weeks article we discuss how our nervous system can play a role in limiting range of motion and what we can do to improve it.
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A lack of ankle dorsiflexion is a common contributor to ankle, knee, hip and back pain. Learn ho to measure your own ankle dorsiflexion and what you can do to improve it.
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