Prevent Running Injuries There are a lot of benefits to running. Setting goals and increasing your running ability feels great; however, it can also be disappointing if you get injured. Unfortunately, running injuries are not rare, which is not that surprising when you consider that each step causes a runner to absorb a force of…
Flexibility or Strength, Which Is More Important? In the field of sports medicine, there are generally two camps of thought: Doctors who think that a lack of flexibility is the cause of most injuries and doctors who think a lack of strength is the cause of most injuries. Those two groups of doctors influence athletic…
Improving Posture and Eronomics Over time, poor posture may be caused by habits from everyday activities such as sitting in office chairs, staring at the computer, cradling a cell phone, carrying a purse over same shoulder, driving, prolonged standing, caring for small children or even sleeping. Poor posture can easily become second nature, causing and…
Rules to Avoiding Pain & Improving Lifestyle Avoidable pain is frequently associated with musculoskeletal injuries and include the muscles, tendons, ligaments, bursae, discs and joints. While it is unlikely to live completely free of these common aches and pains, it is possible to minimize their severity, frequency and duration. There are 4 general rules to…
Sleep Tips: How to Get to Sleep and Stay Asleep I have a lifelong difficulty with falling asleep at night, and staying asleep, which is even more problematic. I don’t have a medical cause for insomnia, or any sleep disorders, just a brain that likes to go into overdrive when my body finally has…
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