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Friday Foodspiration: Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
Looking for healthier alternative to serve at your football party this weekend? This buffalo chicken meatball appetizer is perfect for a snack (or a whole meal served in lettuce wraps with veggies on the side). Choose the heat of your buffalo sauce according to...
5 Simple Ways to Boost Your Brain
If we want to ensure our quality of life keeps up with our quantity of life, we have to start nourishing our brain. In fact, next to losing our ability to keep active and moving, memory loss and a declining ability to concentrate are two of our most common fears...
What Parents Need to Know About Concussions
If you are a parent of a youth athlete, it’s critical that you know the signs, symptoms, and recovery strategies for concussion. Before you think, “this isn’t for me” . . . consider that concussions don’t only occur on the football field, but are prevalent in...
Friday Foodspiration: Pumpkin Cornbread
Fall has arrived, so at my house it is pumpkin EVERYTHING! I was excited to find this recipe for pumpkin cornbread. A few simple changes made it a healthier, gluten free, dairy free alternative to that boxed cornbread from the store. Ingredients: 1 cup Almond Milk...
Busting Myths About Women’s Health and Fitness
Where do you go to learn about your women’s health and fitness concerns? Internet, friends, magazines, a book. All of these are great places to start, but it’s often hard to sort out the good from the bad, the truth from the outdated myths. I frequently hear from...
Top 5 Exercises to Prepare for Joint Replacement Surgery
If you have osteoarthritis, physical therapy will help improve range of motion, strength, mobility, and pain. However, when arthritis damage in a knee or hip joint is too great, your doctor may say it’s time for a replacement. If you are scheduled for a total (or...
3 Reasons Why You Need to Take a Nap Today
Sleep in general has a wide range of health benefits from protecting against heart disease and obesity, improving bone strength, as well as memory. But does that sleep have to be at night? In a study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,...
What You Need to Know About Joint Replacement Sugery
Have you gotten to the point where you can just not tolerate your joint pain any longer? Is it keeping you from doing the things and enjoying the people that you love? Have you truly tried every conservative option out there? Is the pain excruciating even during...
5 Ways Life Is Better Without Joint Pain
When clients come in the door with joint pain, they often don’t have much hope. They arrive not very optimistic that we can even help them, often having tried physical therapy in the past. In fact they tell us time and again – “I have tried EVERYTHING!” Nearly...
How to Loosen Up Stiff Joints and Prevent Pain
Severe, sharp pain in our joints or back will stop us in our tracks. It’s a sign something serious is going on . . . and we better pay attention! However, more often our active clients biggest complaint is just feeling stiff. It’s usually worse in the morning and...