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 […]
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 […]
One of the favorite health expressions that get tossed about a lot is the ever-popular use-it-or-lose it. Generally, this trope is used in reference to your muscles where reality is easily observable. It is easy to see on yourself when you slack off on your exercise regime and your muscle tone goes to crap. […]
A couple of weeks ago I was reading a review of a book called “The Comfort Crisis” by Michael Easter. One of the key themes of this book is an understanding of how our brain works in relation to the experience of comfort. Based on how we all act, you would think that our […]
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 […]
Over the last couple of months,s I have been working on a lot of people with odd back problems. The oddity is that these back issues come on without any apparent cause. I see this normally a few times each week, but now most of the back issues I see are of this type. I […]