What Exercise Should You Focus On To Ease Pain – Mobility or Stability?

Dr. Jonathan Ruzicka September 26, 2018

Are You Feeling Stiff? Need more mobility, right??? The common thought is you should stretch more OR do some complex yoga move that will loosen up the right areas… Andrea came into the clinic less than a month ago and she was complaining of dizziness with neck pain. She had neck pain on and off for the last few years, but only recently did it get bad enough for her to start seeking out help from a specialist. The first Physical Therapy clinic she went to had her do a series of stretches in the morning. She told us that

Worried About Being Stuck In A Wheelchair One Day? Read This!

Dr. Jonathan Ruzicka April 18, 2018

A few years ago, I had the pleasure to work with Letty. She had a knee problem and when she talked to me, she was ready to have surgery! She said, “I just want it done and I want a quick recovery!” I explained to her that most of the time those things like surgery and “quick” don’t usually work together. Surgery is a major step and once our body; muscles, bones and fascia gets cut into it takes time for the tissue to normalize. No one here heals like the Wolverine… Sometimes we deal with stiffness for 6 months to even

Why Don’t I Ever Have Enough Time To Exercise?

Dr. Jonathan Ruzicka April 12, 2018

“It’s Better to do a Little Exercise Each Day, Than to do Hours of Exercise in one Day.” Full time working adults average 47 hours per week, many work even more! When we all get done punching the clock, time seems to run away rather quickly as life outside of work becomes a hustle. The day becomes a blur as if someone pressed the fast-forward button: pick up the kids, cook dinner, feed the dogs, clean the house, help the kids with homework, and get ready for the next day. Before you know it, time has expired and it’s

Trouble With Your Balance? Why Do We Fall More Often The Older We Get??

Dr. Jonathan Ruzicka April 2, 2018

If you are someone that has been having increased difficulty staying strong and keeping good balance, then this is written for you. There are various reasons that we lose our ability to balance with age. The major cause of decreased balance with age is very simple. Our muscle loss accelerates as we get older and there are a few different types of muscle fibers in the body. We tend to lose some more than others, mostly due to the activities we are involved with and the amount that we do. As Referenced in “If you don’t use it You lose it.” Most

Why is YOUR Health Important to YOU???

Dr. Jonathan Ruzicka March 16, 2018

“There has never been a better time to start than this minute. Stop messing with your potential and start shaping your future.” Whether it’s eating better or exercising we all have things we need to work on… Have you found yourself saying, “Oh I will start on Monday”? It’s Friday night, you decide to order pizza, drink your favorite beverage, and rent some movies. Sounds like a great night for me!!! Just for a second, you start feeling guilty eating that slice, and you subconsciously tell yourself, “It’s Friday, just this one time… I will make it up on Monday.” Monday rolls

Why Does Our Body Hurt So Much As We Get Older?

Dr. Jonathan Ruzicka February 20, 2018

It’s clear that the activity level of a 5-year-old and a 50-year-old are different and for obvious reasons they can’t do the same things. What a little kid does, the positions they get in and out of so easily are not a part of our everyday life. It’s challenging to get up and down from the ground and to consistently put stress on our joints, it is highly likely that they can’t quite handle the stress after years of office work and sometimes a sedentary lifestyle. A lot of normal play activities would be and ARE very painful for

Is it true??? If you don’t use it you lose it?

Dr. Jonathan Ruzicka January 29, 2018

Yes, that’s right! If you don’t use it, you lose it and that includes muscle, strength, function, skills, language, brain tissue….. There is a pattern here that it seems everything natural in life must be “used” or demonstrated for function; nerve pathways and muscle chains must be nurtured and “cleaned” for optimal long term function. When we describe “cleaning” up movement, muscle tissue and nerve pathways, it is because all those parts of the body get congested and disoriented over time. We take our car in to get an oil change regularly so that it functions at its optimal potential and

5 Things That Will Wreck Your Back Worse In 2018

Dr. Jonathan Ruzicka January 22, 2018

If you have been having back pain and don’t feel like it is improving the way you would like then here are some things that should definitely be avoided to minimize your problem. This Is A List Of 5 Things That Will Wreck Your Back Worse In 2018. 1. New Year’s Resolutions Involving The Gym: Many people jump into exercise programs at the beginning of the year that were similar to what they had done in the past and that can be extremely detrimental because your body isn’t accustomed to that amount of exercise. Don’t rush your body expecting it to adapt

Why Is Stretching Bad For You?

Dr. Jonathan Ruzicka January 2, 2018

Today I get in conversations with clients and family about what they should do for their back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain or hip pain and most of the time their thoughts are on what stretches are the best? Somewhere along the way we were given information that stretching could solve our problems and that simply isn’t true. Very rarely does someone get better by doing a certain stretch… Short term relief is the best that most people can hope for and short term is likely only for a few minutes, but most of the time people think they

3 Activities That Cause Major Neck Pain

Dr. Jonathan Ruzicka December 6, 2017

Neck pain affects almost everyone at some point and the causes can be simple but when the neck gets aggravated consistently it can be very difficult to break that pain pattern. Over time we start to compensate for movements that we are unable to perform and that is big predictor for chronic injuries. If you could modify just a few positions throughout the week then the benefits would have a compounding impact on your health and your happiness in the years to come. Sitting in Front of a Computer Computer work is the leading cause of tightness in the neck

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