by | Dec 19, 2018 | Fitness, Main Blog, Wellness |
The moment you step off a curb and your ankle makes a horrible crunching noise is the worst. Literally, the worst. Because you know that nothing good is coming from that awful noise. Rainbows, sparkles and unicorns aren’t about to appear out of thin air. All you’ve...
by Alexandra Ellis | Dec 11, 2018 | Fitness, Main Blog, Wellness |
I pretty much knew medical school was a no-go when the application asked “What’s the last book you read?” and all I had was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 😳 So I doubled down and refocused my efforts on PT school. I’d already been through physical...
by Alexandra Ellis | Nov 20, 2018 | Fitness, Main Blog, Wellness |
In 2013, I did something super weird. I spent $2000 to spend a week with a brilliant teacher in a room full of cadavers. At the time, this was the most expensive training (outside of college) I had taken. And unlike college or yoga training, there was absolutely no...
by Alexandra Ellis | Nov 13, 2018 | Fitness, Main Blog, Wellness |
After spending thousands of dollars on procedures, providers, and pills that didn’t work – I completely understand feeling hesitant to try something else. Why should you spend more money on another thing that’s not going to work? The better question we should be...
by Alexandra Ellis | Nov 13, 2018 | Fitness, Main Blog, Wellness |
What’s the first thing you do when you open your eyes in the morning? You’ve hit the snooze a few times and you finally muster up enough energy to peel your heavy eyelids open and you… Let me guess – check your phone? Because if your phone is the first...
by Alexandra Ellis | Oct 17, 2018 | Fitness, Main Blog, Wellness |
Can you learn everything you need to know about the body from free videos on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram? As a YouTube Creator, I get this question a lot. There’s so much free content out there, that it makes sense to think that everything there is to know is...
by Alexandra Ellis | Oct 10, 2018 | Main Blog, Mindset, Wellness |
Everyone needs a coach – including me! And if you think about it – you’ve had coaches (aka teachers) throughout your life. You’ve had teachers at every level of your education, you may have had coaches as a child in youth athletics, or a music teacher if...
by Alexandra Ellis | Oct 10, 2018 | Main Blog, Mobility, Wellness |
One of the questions I get asked is “what the best warmup is for X, Y, or Z?” It would be super simple if there was a blanket answer of three things that would be the perfect solution for everything. But we’re talking about the human body, so of course, it’s not...
by Alexandra Ellis | Oct 3, 2018 | Main Blog, Mindset, Wellness |
I don’t know about you, but I really don’t like being told what to do. Even if I know the something is good for me and the someone telling me to do it loves me, it still annoys me. And I don’t think I’m alone. Which is why when clients tell me that they used to go on...
by Alexandra Ellis | Sep 5, 2018 | Main Blog, Self-Care Fix, Wellness |
Have you ever thought of how much you’ve already spent on doctors, chiropractors, massage therapy, creams, oils, potions, lotions, pills, and various remedies for your health? And if you’re still not stronger or more flexible or still waking up in pain – was it...