Health Blog

Rehabilitating Tendons Feb5th 2018

“The Princess Bride” Guide to Rehabilitating Tendons

Not long ago, I was teaching a patient with rotator cuff tendinopathy the principles of the rehab program we would be implementing for her physical therapy. After my rather dry presentation of how the rotator cuff tendon is likely degenerated, and how it has lost its tolerance to managing the loads required of it, and

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When yoga's a pain in the butt Jan29th 2018

When yoga’s a pain in the butt

Sometimes, in the midst of doing the best you can do to be healthy, a part of your body begins to aches and pains. This can happen due to unresolved old injuries, increasing your training load too rapidly, or just simple repetitive overstraining of a particular tissue. This latter reason is why yoga is often

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healthy body Jan8th 2018

How to construct an exercise routine

As the year comes to a close, many people are making time to assess their lives, their habits, and their relationships.  One of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to start an exercise program.  If this is you, congratulations.  You are making a decision that has the power to change almost every aspect of

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