Common Pain Issues For Athletes
“Physical activity is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” - John F. Kennedy Everyone experiences physical pain occasionally, regardless of their level of physical activity - or lack...
Workouts: Can You Have Too Much Of A Good Thing?
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.” - Thomas Merton As humans we all, for the most part anyway, have a strong tendency to default to one extreme or the other in many things. Balance is a quality that many of us strive...
Vasper Training And HIIT
“The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.” - John Keats As humans, we are a mixed bag of emotional types. Some of us prefer to take things in stride, to pursue tasks or activities in a measured manner, and avoid...
Thinking About Working Out And Injuries
“Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.” - Brett Favre A significant percentage of Americans are physically active. This activity can range from a few visits to the health club each week, to a sustained regimen of prescribed CrossFit workouts. ...
Understanding Nerve Entrapment
“The only thing that relieves pressure is preparation.” - Tom Kite Most people have experienced a “pinched” or compressed nerve, often in the arm, and the resulting sensation of tingling or numbness that results. We often refer to it as having “fallen asleep” and it...
Eliminating Pain With Body Alignment – Anatomy In Motion™
“Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.” - Brian Tracy In a very real way, the same...
Aging And Joint Pain
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness." - Edward Stanley Our bodies age. This is both obvious and surprising to people. We know instinctively that aging is an unavoidable consequence of the passage...
Avoiding Joint Pain With Hydration
“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” – Benjamin Franklin Exercise, sleep, nutrition - these all play critical roles in our overall physical health and fitness. They also contribute to minimizing or preventing muscle and joint pain. But did you ever...
Why We Use The Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA™)
“Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.” ― Aldous Huxley, The Art of Seeing We utilize a variety of therapies at Pain and Performance Solutions, and one of the chief methods is SFMA. The Selective Functional Movement...
Walking – The Primal Exercise
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.” - Thomas Jefferson Humans have been walking longer than the known historical record. It is conceivable that before any animals, such as horses, were domesticated enough to serve as a mount...