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What to Do for An Angry IlioTibial Band? Stop Stretching It
It doesn’t matter how you try to stretch the Iliotibial Band (ITB), what technique you use, or how hard you try, you can’t stretch it. It’s tensile strength is thousands of pounds per
Continue readingSwiss Ball Sit Up: How to Get Stronger Abs and a Weaker Back
Many of us suffer from Googleitis – a painful, inflammatory condition of the mind created by a need to find answers on our own. I made that up but I think it’s true. For example, if you search
Continue readingHow to Heal Tennis Elbow
“I know you probably don’t want to do this and we could hire somebody but we have to do something about the tree limbs. They’re on the roof now. I mean resting on it and that’s
Continue readingDrug Shows Promise for Regenerating Damaged Knee Cartilage
…and that’s great news. Bad news, the study was in mice. But, the idea worked and nearly all joint related studies start out in mice or rabbits because, well, their knee cartilage is so close
Continue readingWhy You Can’t Get Healthy & Fit
“The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.”—Henry Van Dyke What’s the number one reason people fail to improve their overall health and fitness? They give up. They
Continue readingLittle Stuff Matters
It’s just the little stuff that matters. You gain another few degrees of motion, or lose a pound of fat, or skip the latte this week. It’s those small, sometimes imperceptible, improvements
Continue reading4 Bad Things That Can Happen To You After 30…And How To Avoid Them
Come with me back in time…to when you were, oh, say 20 or 25 years of age. You could eat whatever you wanted, do what you wanted, and your body just went along for the ride. No push back. No “middle
Continue readingHow I Healed Plantarfasciitis
Last summer, I injured my right foot and developed plantarfacsiopathy or more commonly called plantarfasciitis. By the end of October, many of my symptoms had resolved. I even went on a vacation to Disneyworld
Continue readingA Simple Solution When Your Shoulder Can’t Shoulder the Load
Shoulder pain is, well, a pain. Sure, there are conditions – rotator cuff tear, labral tear, tendonosis, and others – that can cause shoulder pain and require professional guidance to help
Continue readingSacroiliac Joint Pain – Why is This So Hard To Figure Out?
Dr. Albee set his tools aside and walked to the hand sink for what felt like the 1000th time over the past week. He was exhausted and perplexed. He had just completed his 50th dissection. How could his
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