What To Do When Stretching Hurts or Isn’t Helping
I have a confession – I don’t stretch on a regular basis. 😱 We can all agree that stretching is good for maintaining flexibility, so why don’t I do it? First of all, I am hypermobile, aka my body is inherently flexible beyond normal ranges already. For...
How Massage Works
When you get a massage is the therapist or therapy ball actually busting, blasting or melting fascia? Have you ever wondered what actually happens when you get a massage, whether it’s from a therapist or massage tool? Massage is nothing new, in fact, evidence of it...
Knee Health 101: Ligaments (ACL, PCL, MCL, Oh My!)
What do 4-time Superbowl winner Tom Brady, USA women’s World Cup winner Alex Morgan, and Rob Gronkowski have in common? They’ve all suffered from ACL injury and returned to play after rehab. The knee is an interesting joint – unlike the hip, it’s not built for...
The Types of Muscle and Fascia that Hold your Body Together
Without muscle and connective tissue, you wouldn’t have a heartbeat, be able to move, or keep your skin in place. They’re quite important to life as we know it! There are 600-700 muscles in the average human body and it accounts for about 40% of total body weight....
How to Improve Body Awareness & Proprioception
Being clumsy doesn’t have to be a life sentence. Body awareness, also known as proprioception, is a learned skill. So if you are constantly tripping over yourself and things – no worries! While your brain (central nervous system) and nerves (peripheral nervous...
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...Hi, I’m Alex!
Tension. Soreness. Cranky. Achy.
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