Arthritis and Knee Pain – What you need to know
Did you know that osteoarthritis is the most common of all arthritic conditions and affects more than 3 million US adults every year? What is it? Osteoarthritis (OA) is a breakdown of cartilage, specifically hyaline cartilage, within joints. A joint is where two bones...
What Causes Muscle Cramps?
Have you ever been awoken in the middle of the night by a muscle spasm or cramp that makes you want to scream? Nocturnal leg cramps are fairly common and zero fun. Contrary to popular belief, drinking pickle juice or having a banana beside your bed to eat at the onset...
How Muscle Contraction Works
Have you ever wondered how muscles work? What the actual process of getting your water bottle to your mouth requires? A skeletal muscle includes everything from end to end (one tendon and bony attachment to the next). The actual protein where contraction takes place...
What is Fascia?
Fascial stretching. Myofascial release. Fascia is quickly becoming a fitness buzzword but few of us really understand this aqueous knitting fabric that is present all throughout your body. Fascia forms the body’s sheets, cables, conduits, and padding. It is the...
Feed your Spirit with Adventure, Joy, and Play
What if you gave yourself permission to play? License to explore and have the adventure of a lifetime? Join me January 13-20 for the yoga retreat and vacation you’ve dreamed of, but never thought possible. A relaxing and rejuvenating getaway that combines yoga,...
How to Build Functional Core Strength
My yoga origin story is similar to many others – I started practicing yoga regularly after a back injury in college. I had zero experience with fitness and the gym beyond watching Food Network on an elliptical because A) we didn’t have cable in our...
How to Build Strong and Stable Shoulders
Around 2.5 million years ago, humans stopped climbing trees and started throwing. Of course, this bony and physical adaptation didn’t happen overnight, but through evolution, our earliest ancestors developed the ability to throw tools overhead (spears anyone?) which...
Why I Stopped Drinking Coffee
When I told my husband that I was thinking of cutting my coffee habit, he looked at me like I was crazy. Why on earth would you give up the delicious toasty beverage that we enjoy as part of our morning ritual? In fact, the average American drinks 2.1 coffee drinks...
Build Foot and Ankle Stability (Ankle Sprain Rehab!)
Have you ever considered how important your big toe is to walking? It plays a critical role in walking, running and jumping, but tends to be very weak because it’s constantly covered by shoes. Don’t believe me? Take your shoes and socks off, stand...Hi, I’m Alex!
Tension. Soreness. Cranky. Achy.
These are all nice words for pain - and pain is something you don’t have to just deal with.
When you don’t feel good - everything suffers. Your relationships, Your home life, Your work life.
You’re not YOU when you’re in pain.
You can change the unchangeable starting today.
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Inside the free guide, you'll learn how to use therapy ball mobilizations for your feet, low back, upper back, neck, shoulders, hips and more.
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