Alternatives To Drugs, Surgery, Or Simply Suffering From Chronic Pain
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” - Haruki Murakami If you have been suffering from any type of chronic pain for any length of time, you know that it can impact your mind and your emotions. Anxiety, despair and a growing sense of desperation can take hold...
Thinking About Chronic Hip Pain
“If you don't stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.” - Jordan Peterson Your hip joint can manage years of repeated motion and a great deal of wear and tear. It is your body’s largest ball-and-socket joint and works to allow for fluid...
Gait Dysfunctions: When Walking Hurts
“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” - Friedrich Nietzsche Walking is, for most people, the most basic and fundamental actions we can take. It is our primary means of locomotion. While we can run or jog, walking is the easiest and most natural movement...
Active Release Technique® And Shoulder Pain Relief
“You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.” - Desmond Tutu A healthy body means a pain-free body and one that will provide you with the ability to engage in activities without unreasonable hindrances....
Exercise, Workouts And Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
As a species, we are highly dependent on our hands. Without them we can be severely limited in what we can do and how we function. And if our hands are subject to chronic pain, it can become a serious problem. A Look at Carpal Tunnel Syndrome First, we need to look...
The Future of Working Out After COVID-19
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle By now, the fact that we’ve been through another viral pandemic is probably old news. And, while it may or may not make another appearance in the fall, profound changes have...
Working Out, Body Weight, And Minimalist Fitness
Photo by Piero Nigro “There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.” —Booker T. Washington One of the best preventative measures for recurring or chronic pain is to stay fit and maintain a high level of muscular strength...
Exercise, Working Out And Stress Relief During COVID-19
“Exercise is one of the best ways for the human body to relieve stress and release anger.” - Allison Pescosolido, M.A. One of the common - and increasing - side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the response of shut-downs and stay-at-home orders is a collective...
Health Clubs And Fitness Gyms After COVID-19
"It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change." -Charles Darwin The era of making the ritual trek to the gym or health club for a workout may have come to an end with the social and economic havoc of the novel...
Heat, Hydration And Healthy Workouts
“Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.” - Lee Haney A good workout puts stress on your muscles, tendons, bones and organs. And, if not correctly, it does so in a healthy...