Active Release Technique® – Taking A Deeper Look
“The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.” ― Wallace Stegner Life can be painful. There are the typical pains and soreness of everyday life, of course, but there is also the pain of injuries, illness, and physical conditions. We try to...
Avoiding Pain Through Diet And Exercise Matters
“Exercise is King. Nutrition is Queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.” – Jack LaLanne, Fitness and Nutrition Expert An eternal truth of being human is that we must eat. Another truth is that we must move. Together, food and movement are the most basic...
Upper Back Pain Can Be Much More Than Simply Annoying
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” - Albert Einstein The Problem of Pain and Movement What is movement? As one source points out, “Movement is a fundamental aspect of life. Movement is more than just 'exercise' and does not...
Finding Relief For Chronic Lower Back Pain
“Do back exercises. Pain is distracting.” - Unknown Vast numbers of people throughout the United States suffer from varying degrees of lower back pain. In fact, at least 80 percent of all adults will experience back pain at some point in their lives, and many of them...
The Downsides Of Treating Chronic Pain With Over-The-Counter Medications
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” - Helen Keller Pain is a fact of life. Some pain is fleeting and momentary. We bump into something, sit too long in one position, or get sunburned. These conditions are temporary and...
Carpal Tunnel, Weightlifting, And Pain – A Real Connection?
“The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment.” - Justin Langer Anyone who has pursued a goal of some kind, especially one that involves physical exertion, can readily identify with the idea behind that quote. “The pain of discipline” can almost...
Finding Muscle Pain Relief Naturally
“I go to nature to be soothed, healed and have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs Finding relief, rejuvenation, and improved health naturally is a practice that is no longer relegated to the fringes of medical literature and social acceptance. In fact, there is...
Finding Relief From Chronic Knee Pain
“Walking takes longer, for example, than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life.” - Edward Abbey Unfortunately, if you’re suffering from chronic knee pain, walking may even be slower for you than most. And always...
How To Find Relief For A Pinched Nerve In Your Shoulder
“I move, therefore I am.” – Haruki Murakami Movement is so essential and fundamental for our existence that we often give it little thought. It’s as natural to most of us as breathing - we move our bodies without thought and without conscious effort. Until we can’t...
When Walking For Fitness Results In Foot Muscle Pain
There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them. – Ralph Marston It seems that for decades now, the world that we know here in America has been caught up in a fitness frenzy that has gone from fitness trends and fads...