Muscle fibers need to have an increased tension applied to them to increase their size or muscle hypertrophy. This also translates into increased strength, directly. In our clinic, we try to aim for...
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Golf, the Journey!
This is golf season, yeah summer. I gotta admit, I was never into golf but after trying it out and finding it challenging, I decided I am going to learn it. I have gone to the range and tried out a...
Spinal Degeneration and Poor Balance
Myelopathy is an injury to the spinal cord due to severe compression that may result from trauma, congenital stenosis, degenerative disease, or disc herniation as defined by John Hopkins University....
Plantar Fasciosis (not plantarfasciitis)
Plantar Fasciosis (not plantarfasciitis) is tendinosis that is located in the plantar aponeurosis usually located in the medial plantar heel. It affects >2 million people. It is also recurring. A...
Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization
Gua Sha, Graston or scrapping are one of the tools used to mobilize soft tissues. So is cupping or soft tissue mobilization guns such as the Kraft Gun or TheraGun. What do each of these actually do...
Neck Pain Exercises
From time to time, I like to share the history of my personal stories of my injuries, and how they affect me, rarely only. In today’s blog I want to start this way, and tell you that I have...
Breathing + exercise = chronic pain resolution
First things first so this makes sense. Let’s find your Max Heart Rate. Subtract your age from 220. Whatever your number is, that is how many pulses per minute you should have at most when working...
Caring hands? Take care of them
Have you heard of the phrase, “caring hands.” You probably had heard this phrase many times. Anywhere from the healthcare industry to the housing industry. Just google it. However, they all mean the...
How to treat your wrist pain now that you are sitting on your computer for longer periods of time.
In March 2020, our lives changed drastically. We went into a lock down due to COVID-19. In my household, I was still going out since I am an essential worker. However, my wife had to stay home and...
Exercises to do while sitting for too long and treat or avoid neck pain.
If you work in an office or a position that requires you to sit down at a desk on a computer or reading a lot of papers (not so common anymore), you may have experienced neck pain. Well, it is...