Key factors in back pain resilience
“A paradigm shift from a tissue- and disease-based approach towards individually tailored multimodal lifestyle interventions should lead to improved outcomes and decrease the psychological and socioeconomic burden of chronic pain.” –Joe Nijs Lifestyle factors play a vital role in back pain recovery. Too often education surrounding back pain is about the negative factors affecting […]
The pelvic floor – breath connection
The Connected Breath Breathing is powerfully impactful for the pelvic floor. It is also a profound tool for help with Diastasis Recti . Your pelvic floor muscles work automatically with the breath but there are ways to slow down and begin to connect. Breathing is a simple place to start connecting to your pelvic floor. I […]
Back pain in the water polo athlete
“What happens underwater, stays underwater.” […]
Change Your Posture By Breathing
“Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances.” – Maya Angelou The best posture is your next posture The typical way we are told to fix our posture is to stand up straight, lift your head, and throw your shoulders back. To maintain this position as the only way […]
Get PT First
“The doctor of the future will give no medication but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” – Thomas Edison If you have ever dealt with an injury and inability to live your vibrant, active life then finding quality care is of […]
Taming Your Sweet Tooth (Part II)
If you scroll down a couple posts you can read Part one of Taming your sweet tooth. Part II has arrived in the form of my new Ebook. It is called How To Tame Your Sweet Tooth: A Remedy. I refer to it a sustainable clean eating guide. I hope to shine a light […]
My thoughts on the greatest gift of Christmas
“God’s presence is always the gift you don’t know you need most until you’re in the most need.” Ann Voskamp Matthew 1:18-25 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ[a] took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed[b] to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the […]
Simple Instant Pot Chicken Soup (don’t forget the wine)
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup” -Ludwig van Beethoven What is an Instant Pot? Basically it is a new fangled pressure cooker. It can act in place of your slow cooker, pressure cooker, rice cooker, and yogurt maker. The Instant Pot makes cooking simple and quick. It allows you to […]
Taming Your Sweet Tooth part I
“A party without cake is just a meeting.” -Julia Child Sugar Free Remedy “Sugar in all its forms is the root cause of our obesity epidemic and most of the chronic disease sucking the life out of our citizens and our economy.” Dr. Mark Hyman. He also says, sugar is 8 times as addictive as […]
Sriracha Cabbage Slaw
“From what I can tell, the recipe for a taco salad is pretty simple: Dump eight tacos into an edible bowl “ -Jim Gaffigan This summer I have done quite a bit of reading. One book was, The Third Plate by a well known chef named Dan Barber. He talks about both the history […]
