In today’s newsletter, I want to discuss a powerful concept that applies to both life and health. A common description I use when talking to a patient about exercising an injured joint is to stretch the joint up to the edge of pain; not into pain but just to the edge. This simple phrase […]
Life is constantly challenging us. The more connected we become in the world the more we are confronted with a world full of stuff we don’t like. The world simply does not conduct its business in ways that make sense to us. We might nod and say we understand that selfishness, greed, and corruption […]
2023 is upon us. We have had a week to recover from the holiday season. Clearly, winter is in full swing. We have not had this much winter weather in quite a while. It feels like Mother Nature is washing away the last several years of accumulated grime from our streets and psyches. Winter […]
As gyms and classes start opening up again after being closed down for almost a year, I am getting more questions about what exercises folks should do to recover from a year of not exercising. I am getting more people coming in with minor injuries from getting more physically active since the last couple of […]
I hate pain. I hate pain so much I make my livelihood out of relieving pain. I know that not everyone hates pain. Dancers and professional athletes embrace pain as part of their profession. Boxers obviously must love pain to choose a career centered on getting beat up. Then there are those weight lifters that tell […]