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This blog is about a functional shoulder exercise called stir the pot. Watch this video to learn more about this simple exercise for building up strength and coordination of your shoulders. Remember, just because something is simple, doesn't mean it's easy! Doing exercises like this one on a regular basis could help improve the health...

Hip dominant vs. Knee dominant movement can be tricky to nail down. Understanding this concept can help with lingering pain in either joint. Check out this quick video to learn an exercise I give to my patients to help them learn how to shift their weight between their knees and hips. It's a great glute...

Today we will talk a bit about the benefits of resistance training for arthritis. The conventional wisdom when it came to managing arthritis used to be that less was more. It was predicated on the idea that arthritis is a condition caused by "wear and tear" of the joints due to activities that overstressed them. ...

Musculoskeletal pain is an extremely complex issue. Summarizing it well takes a broad understanding of many disciplines as well as an adept ability to make complicated topics easily understood. I stumbled across an article recently that I think does about a good a job as anyone could do, and figured it was worth sharing with...

Keep reading to find out more about the benefits of muscle contractions. You may be familiar with the different types of muscle contractions that we can perform. If you’re not, or you want to know some ways that the different types of contractions can help us beyond just building strength, check out the video!  If...

Check out this blog to learn a hip mobility exercise called the 90/90 shin box! I haven't made one of these mobility videos in awhile, but have been showing this exercise to a good number of patients recently. I figured others could benefit from seeing it, so here ya go! Enjoy. Doing exercises like this...

Read ahead for tips on picking how many reps and sets to do for your exercises. One question that I will sometimes get from patients is about how many reps and sets of a particular exercise they should be doing. The answer is that it usually depends on what you're trying to accomplish. In my...

Read ahead to learn more about demystifying movement so you can get the most out of it! If you've ever been turned off by exercise because it seemed too complex or intimidating, or gotten bored with a routine, looking at movement a little differently may help. We have probably all come across a workout video,...

This blog is about the many benefits of resistance training, beyond bulking up. Read ahead to find out more! As we are all probably aware, resistance training is a great way to build skeletal muscle mass and increase overall strength. What you may not know, is that the benefits of training under load go well...

In this video, I outline a simple self care routine for]your feet. Use these exercises to help improve the mobility, sensation, and strength of your feet by showing them a little love! Doing exercises like these ones regularly should be helpful for improving the health and function of your feet. Remember to stop performing them...