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Setup, Setup, Setup!We rarely think of it, but it is so important to ensure that our setup allows us to succeed in moving well and staying healthy.What do I mean?That's a long answer, but in short, ensuring that you can use your hips to protect your knees and back.If you don't setup yourself up to succeed, or even worse, wear clothes that prevent you from doing so, you are in for some major problems.This podcast will discuss how something as simple as pants can dictate the long term health or destruction of your lumbar spine (low back).

Swimmers, Gymnasts, and who knows how many athletes are utilizing "cupping" as a means to heal quickly and perform better.But, does it work? Should average Jane's and Joe's do it as well?Are there any side-effects (besides having a huge circular hickey?)?This podcast will dive into the latest craze and shed light on its efficacy and utilization in the general population (that means you and me). Enjoy and Keep Moving

Plantar fasciitis is something that affects anyone and everyone. Young to old, active to sedentary, it is an affliction that doesn't discriminate against anyone.Even worse it is often misunderstood, poorly managed, and leads to a cascade of problems all the way into the spine. This podcast will discuss the reasons that plantar fasciitis might be affecting you now or why it may affect you in the future, as well as the simple, safe, and non-invasive treatments that make a huge difference.Good Luck and Keep Moving

All patients want to feel better, but not all of them want to understand why things went wrong. We really appreciate the patients that want to learn about their body and take control of their future. However, it isn't always an easy path.Many times, patients want to get lost in the little details and they forget the larger concepts. It is important to maintain you focus in any endeavor, and relief, correction, and progression of your body is no different.This podcast targets BALANCE as being the important factor in healing, restoring, and expressing your body. Good Luck and Keep Moving.

Oly-shoes, nano's, metcon's, barefoot, inov8's, and the list goes on. Which shoe do you use? Is one best? Is one bad? Should I just go barefoot?These questions come up all the time as "fad" type information permeates the fitness industry. But just about every fad is grounded in some degree of truth. This podcast will discuss a specific question, but also a general concept of understanding "gear"; its limitations, but also its necessity.Good Luck and Keep Moving!

It wasn't long ago that many major publications declared that "sitting is the new smoking." And rightfully so. Prolonged sitting is devastating to multiple organ systems. But is standing the answer?This podcast will identify that standing is a much better option but it is definitely not the answer, as it leads to many other compression-type injuries and pain syndromes. Enjoy and keep moving.

"Well, I know it's my age," says the patient."Right," says the doctor.Too often we hear patients, on their initial visit, want to explain their situation as primarily a function of their age. True, as we grow older we do decrease in lean muscle mass and the ability to quickly respond in terms of recovery. However, that is the "low hanging fruit"; the easy excuse that allows people to continue on the path of status quo. The truth of the matter is that we see 60 year-old's who are younger than 30 somethings. How can this be?Some people find the "relative" fountain of youth, while other AGE POORLY. This podcast discusses the idea of age and how we can harness the relative fountain of youth and avoid the easy path of aging poorly.

Injections have been a frequently used method of treating inflammation to reduce pain; and are very effective in doing so. However, the idea that the injection cures something is completely false and many times drives the patient further into a cascade of degeneration and tissue damage. That is, if they do not address the cause of the inflammation. This podcasts discusses how best to attack a cause of pain and hopefully not need injections.

Oh to be swole and flexy! For some it comes more natural than others. For those who struggle, it is important to break down the movements for understanding, do outside isolation on target tissues, connect them to common movement patterns, and crush your progression during your RomWods. This podcast will bring more meaning to all of that. Good luck and enjoy!

As more and more people take an active approach to experiencing their physical potential, they quickly realize that it is not a short journey on a smooth path. On the contrary, there is much rugged terrain as well as the need for GPS navigation. Many find assistance with their progression through "mobility wod" and/or "romwod". But, are these good avenues to help with an efficient and specific progression? This podcast gives the answer.

Squatting is much more accepted now than a decade ago, regarding its CRITICAL importance for health & performance. However, there are still many people who think squatting is dangerous and should be avoided. This session focuses on why it is important to not only squat, but to develop the capability to achieve a loaded and full depth squat for benefits in reducing degeneration, decreasing pain, and maintaining everyday capability until death... enjoy

Trigger points are a major part of our "technological" posture. Don't know what that is? Check your cell phone for status updates, freeze, and then self evaluate. You are probably rounded through the shoulders, mid back hunched, and head forward. This applies a crap-load (technical term) of stress on the back and neck muscles and shortens the muscles on the front of the chest, shoulders, and neck. Long term utilization of this posture creates trigger points and all the stretching, massaging, and mashing in the world will not take care of it unless you restore appropriate posture... this session explains more. Enjoy.

This podcasts discusses the common question of "how can I stretch my low back". Spoiler-Alert, you DON'T!!! This segment discusses the reasons why people will ask the question, what postural issues they have, and what they can do to avoid the misconception of needing to stretch the low back. Enjoy.