Stretch Your Hamstrings!
In today’s world, most of us spend too much time sitting. Few muscles in our lower body get affected more than our hamstrings if we are in the seated position too often and too long. Your hamstrings are a group of 3 different muscles that originate at the ischium bone of the pelvis (the ones […]
Weak Rhomboids = Rounded Shoulders = Neck Stress
Your Rhomboid muscles are located in your upper back, just beneath the Trapezius muscle. They connect your Scapulae (shoulder blades) to your T2-T5 vertebrae. The YWTL exercises that most of you have probably already received actually work to strengthen these muscles. Have you ever seen someone with rounded shoulders? That’s one of the biggest signs that you […]
Foam Roller & Stretching Workshop
Foam Roller & Stretching Workshop Tuesday, Sept. 17th@ 5:30pm How to easily release tightness & tension in your neck and shoulders How to prevent injuries & improve Recovery time Avoid common mistakes Learn techniques for foam-rolling all the muscle groups
Does Your Quadratus Lumborum Need to be Stretched?
Lower Back Hurting? Stretching this muscle could change things! The Quadratus Lumborum muscle attaches from the top of your iliac crest up to your 12thrib on each side. It gets tight by laying on 1 side primarily when you sleep. It gets tight simply from sitting. If you tend to lean toward one side when driving or […]
Knowing Your Body
One of the greatest things I hear almost daily is a parent telling me that their child told them they needed to come and get adjusted. That’s right, children know their bodies! Over and over I hear this from parents, and my answer is, “They usually know, I’m so glad you brought him/her!” But, it’s […]
Sunshine, Vitamin D & Sunscreen Awareness
I need NOT comment on the heat having arrived in Texas this summer, but I DO realize the need to comment on the amount of sun we get on our skin for a number of reasons! The traditional understanding is we need to avoid the sun at all costs, according to many so-called experts the […]
Your Jaw & Your Spine
If you place your fingers in front of each ear and open your jaw, you will feel lots of movement. This is where your skull’s temporal bone attaches to your mandible (jaw), and it is called the TemporoMandibular Joint (TMJ). Lots of ligaments, cartilage, fascia, discs, muscles, nerves and blood vessels run in, around and through it. […]
What Really Happens When You’re Stressed?
Stress encompasses many different aspects of our health and bodies…it’s not just our “mental” stress that can wear us down! Did you know there are chemical & physical stresses that effect our bodies as well? Chemical stress could be from the foods we eat or things we drink, pollution or toxins we’re exposed to regularly, […]
Gut Health is Critical
Daily bowel movements are *KEY* to maintaining your health! Constipation can cause you to be fatigued, decreases your nutrient absorption, and causes back pain in addition to other joint pains. Constipation can be caused by dehydration, magnesium deficiency, stress/anxiety, inactivity, and lack of good intestinal bacteria. You should be having at least 1 bowel movement […]
Sedentary Lifestyle & Energy Levels
It is common for many people to develop a sedentary lifestyle in today’s busy computer-oriented work & home environments. Sitting all day is very hard on your body and often causes soreness, pain in your neck, stiffness, back pain and chronic headaches — plus such an unenergetic lifestyle causes fatigue, making you feel like you’re always tired! […]