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Does Getting Older Frighten You?

What’s going to happen in 5 years if you can barely walk up the stairs right now?? There was a study done a decade ago, where they measured the rate of muscle loss between an 18-year-old and a 65-year-old; what they found was that a 65-year-old loses muscle in 3 days whereas an 18-year-old will lose muscle in 10 days. What Does That Mean? As we age we lose muscle at an incredibly fast rate and that is why it is so important to have a ‘buffer’ between our muscle strength and gravity. Gravity is always working against us,

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Why Squatting Hurts, is it Bad For You and How Deep Should You go Anyway??

If you are someone that doesn’t squat because it hurts your back or your knees then this is written for you. If you do squat in spite of the pain then you should definitely read this because you will get serious positive information that could save you from having surgery in the future! Squatting is a Functional Movement! You have to do it in daily life… we have to be able to get down and grab things from the floor and we should be able to do that without pain or discomfort. We need to be able to get out

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Are you SUFFERING with HEADACHES or MIGRANES at work?

If this is something you deal with, we likely have new solutions that you’ve never heard before… Your head makes up 6% of the body’s total weight! Just think about how many pounds that could be… If you weigh 150lb., then your head would be 9 pounds. Could you imagine holding a 9 pound weight and carrying it around all day?? That might not sound like much, but if you start hurting and feel like you need to lay down then this problem is likely even worse due to poor posture. Posture issues can cause the wrong muscles to

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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Why is YOUR Health Important to YOU???

“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

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

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

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

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

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