Wanting to increase your fitness on the treadmill, but not interested in running? Give incline walking a try! It can be a great way to increase your heart rate and cardiovascular fitness, build glute and hamstring endurance, and improve your balance. But here's the catch... you'll only see these benefits if you swing your arms by your sides instead of holding on to the front of the treadmill. When you hold onto the handrail in front of you as you walk on an incline, you ar

Do you have neck and/or back pain when driving your car? Does your body feel stiff when you get out of the car after a long drive? In this blog post we offer a few ways you can customize your front seat to reduce strain on your body! Aside from basic seat adjustments built into the car, there are several ergonomic interventions you can use to improve spinal alignment and reduce fatigue. These modifications help distribute your body weight more evenly, preventing the "static

If you've ever had a sports injury or a fall, you likely may have had an MRI. In this day and age, MRIs are seen as relatively common testing, but... should they be so common? A phenomenon that we sometimes see is doctors ordering an MRI under an abundance of caution to put the patient’s mind at ease. This doesn’t necessarily mean the doctors are doing anything wrong, or falsely leading their patients down an unhelpful road. In most cases, they are simply trying to ease anxie

Last year we talked about the pros and cons of static stretching. In this blog post, we want to talk about another kind of stretching: dynamic stretching. While static stretches focus on holding specific positions, dynamic stretching works through the movement without stopping at any particular place. A dynamic stretch tends to move through your full range of motion, or in other words, as far as your joint can stretch. Exercises such as high knees, walking lunges, arm circles