You might think you have a choice in the matter, but you really don’t: you need to exercise. Building strength, flexibility, and endurance are critical to lifelong health. Keeping fit allows us to do the things we want to do—not to ment
There’s a lot to consider for physical therapists planning to start a new practice or set up a new clinic. Not only will you be striving to offer the best patient care, but you’ll also have all the concerns of establishing and growing a
Exercising with resistance tubing is an excellent alternative to traditional weights and weight machines. Resistance tubing is lightweight, low cost, portable, and adaptable to just about any strength building exercise. And when paired with a web sli
All this time spent hunched over our computers and phones is leading to a modern epidemic of poor posture. We slouch without realizing it, our bodies thrown out of balance by muscles that are either too tight or too weak. Our necks hurt, there are pa
A shoulder pulley is a simple, portable device for injury rehabilitation. Consisting of a rope with two handles, a pulley, and an anchor point, shoulder pulleys allows patients to perform self-assisted range of motion exercises. These exerc
A fitness routine that includes elastic resistance training—with a resistance band or resistance tubing, for example—is a great way to gain strength or rehabilitate an injury. These portable, flexible tools can complement traditional weight train
For too many of us, massage is something that other people do. It’s something we see in the movies when a character is rich and bored. It’s extra pampering for someone who’s already pampered enough. For too many of us, professional massage is a
If you’re in your 50s or early 60s and you’ve lived a largely sedentary lifestyle, your heart just isn’t what it used to be. It’s not as strong, the muscle is getting stiffer, and the risk of heart failure is increasing. But there’s good ne
We know we need to stretch. People have been telling us so our entire lives. It’s like the wisdom of the ages, passed down from your middle school P.E. teacher to that guy at the gym who keeps offering to critique your deadlift.
But while stretc
There was a time not too long ago when fitness and fatness might have seemed mutually exclusive. Lately, however, the idea that you can be fit and fat at the same time has been debated with increasing frequency—and it’s not likely to go away any
