The occasional episode of insomnia isn’t unusual for the average person. Everyone struggles to fall asleep at times. It can be frustrating to just lie in bed wanting nothing other than to just fall asleep. The longer it takes, the more anxious you become about it....
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10 Most Effective Ways to Get the Protein Your Body Needs
Every person’s body is different and there is no “one size fits all” meal plan that will give everyone the results they desire. This is due to genetics (the body’s blueprint), epigenetics (how well our lifestyle choices followed this blueprint), your microbiome (the...
How to Stay on Your Recovery Path Through the Holidays
Have you faced an illness or injury in the past year? Perhaps your habits have changed to help your body heal and recover. Drinking more water, getting better sleep, focusing on more nutritious foods, limiting alcohol, or losing weight may have been on your list. What...
How Can Protein Improve Your Health & Recovery?
What you eat matters to your general health, athletic performance, and physical therapy recovery plan. That’s why the first step in our wellness coaching program is to keep a food diary. In reviewing this information with numerous clients, protein is the most often...
5 Postures You (and your kids) Must Avoid When Using Technology
Packing our “car bag” for the beach I load up on snacks, books, games, and SEVEN technological devices. You heard me right, we have iphones, ipad, ipods, laptops, and CD players. We don’t have much space in our schedule for “screen time” most weeks and I like it that...
The Cure for the “Sitting Disease”
Ironically, I am writing this while serving jury duty. With drive time, I will sit for 8 hours straight. This is not my norm! However, 86% of Americans do sit all day at work. In fact, the average American spends 21 hours a day sedentary and 13 hours sitting. You may...
5 Exercises To Do At Work To Relieve Shoulder Pain
The average full-time worker spends 1,650 hours at work each year. So, what you do at work day in and day out plays a big role in the health and function of your body. If you have an office job, or one where you spend the majority of your day sitting, think of all...
3 Healthy Back to School Breakfast Ideas for Your Busiest Morning
The days are starting to get shorter make me want to stay in bed “just a few more minutes”. The problem is, I’m not willing to rush out the door handing my kids a packaged snack and call it breakfast. I truly believe that the food we eat at the start of the day sets...
5 Essentials to Exercise and Hormones for Women Over 40
Age, gender, hormones, and general wellness play a huge role in whether your body responds positively or negatively to a certain exercise. The activities I performed in my 20’s no longer energize me and the training I did in my 30’s no longer works to shed stubborn...
5 Ways to Eliminate Car Line Back Pain
Back to school can mean a lot of sitting for both kids in the classroom and parents chauffeuring them. There is the drive back and forth and the after school activities that take extra time with traffic and school zone speed limits. But I have to say the worst is car...