194 What are electrolytes?
I used to think electrolytes were only needed if you were doing a super hard workout, but since i’ve been supplementing with them, I’ve been feeling great. Which has me wonder – do you need electrolytes or can you get rehydrated from water alone? Because you can...
193 Vagus Nerve & Relaxation
Raise your hand if you’re stressed 🙌 Honestly, even if you don’t feel super stressed, your physiology still does. Spending time inside, under artificial lights, staring at screens, only to go outside and get into your car and drive around is incredibly...
192 Compensation Patterns and Injury Recovery with Holly Middleton
Things don’t always feel the same after an injury. Let’s say you sprain your ankle, and after a few months you notice your back starts hurting. They couldn’t be connected… right? Your body is super smart and efficient. Andd it will do everything it can to get you from...
191 Pronation vs. Supination – which is better?
If you’re a runner or have foot pain, you may have been told that you over (or under) pronate. And you may have also been sold a highly engineered shoe or arch support to help. And while for some this may resolve the pain, for others, it’s just a bandaid. But what...
190 Help for TMJ Pain
Not all jaw pain is TMJ – but there can be lots of issues here from muscular tension and pain to arthritic changes in the joint. The more you can understand HOW the temporomandibular joint actually functions, the better decisions you can make about what the next...
189 Why You Shouldn’t Use Lacrosse Balls
Have you ever laid down on a massage tool and felt your entire body tense up and completely forget how to breathe? Massage has more to do with relaxing your nervous system than it does with breaking up your fascia. Which means the tool you use, absolutely matters....
188 Inner Thigh + Groin Pain
Did you know that your inner thigh muscles (called adductors) are also involved in hip flexion, extension, and even flexing your knee? More often than not, they get lumped into an “inner thigh” category, but the anatomy of these muscles is even more interesting when...
187 Why Your Big Toe is Important (and why it hurts)
Plantar fasciitis, neuromas, heel spurs, Achilles tendinitis – there are a lot of different ways to have foot pain. And while addressing issues in those areas specifically is important, one joint you probably aren’t addressing is your big toe. Flexibility in...
186 SI Joint + Low Back Pain
Have you ever tweaked your low back? First of all, it sucks. But coming back from a low back injury without worrying about doing it again is a very steep, uphill battle. Is it just muscles? Is it degeneration? Is it arthritis? IS IT SI JOINT PAIN? 😱 It can all...Hi, I’m Alex!
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