Learning Objectives: Define the importance of posture, stability, and mobility and explain how they relate to one another. Understand how posture, stability, and mobility independently and collectively affect movement. ... Read more >

The knee is a complex joint which contains many structures susceptible to injury. Some of the most common knee injures in an athletic population include ACL and MCL tears, meniscus tears, and patellar pain. The knee joint contains bones, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons along with other neurovascul ... Read more >

In my last article I discussed how important it is to move correctly when exercising. Everything we do in the gym — squats, lunges, pushing, pulling, rotating — should become a reflection of what we do in everyday life including our recreational sports. Longevity of our body’s, especially our ... Read more >

Gluten-free is all the rage these days: more and more restaurants are introducing gluten-free menu items, supermarkets have entire aisles dedicated to gluten-free foods, and increasingly, we hear that in order to lose weight, we need to cut all gluten from our diets. In 2015, the gluten-free market ... Read more >

If you want to see me grit my teeth, ask me about a cleanse — a one-week kick-start to a whole-new-better-you simply by subsisting on a “proven” blend of herbs, juices, and whatnot. Even better, proclaim that you’re doing a cleanse — and that it’s worth every penny you paid to an online ... Read more >

I spend a great deal of time in the gym, lots and lots of gyms all over the country. It is part of my job both as a physical therapist and trainer. Much of the time I watch and observe in frustration as people lift weights with no thought at all about the alignment of their joints, particularly thei ... Read more >

In all things in life, most of us want to work smarter and not harder. For our physical wellbeing, recovery is one of the keys to working as smartly as possible. Many people have a hard time wrapping their heads around this concept. I like to think of it this way: you are making those gains in stren ... Read more >