Your amazing shoulders are the most maneuverable joints in the whole body, yet sometimes those two ne’er do wells, the elbows and the wrists, try to do all the work. This leads to pain, weakness, and poor sports performance. These simple Egoscue Shoulder Circles help to make sure the shoulder is back in charge! Plus, with the shoulders in charge, the wrists and elbows do better work!
“It’s impossible to find time to exercise. With work, and the kids….” I’ve heard this line too many times. I may have even said it myself once or twice. And yes, with all of us working more, and with all the extracurricular activities our children have now, it seems like there is less time to…
Too often nowadays, our shoulder motion gets confined to a little box; our hands rarely come above our shoulders or below our waists, and we simply rotate at our elbows inward and outward like a bunch of Tyrannosaurus Rexes (and let’s not forget what happened to them). When we get in that box, the shoulder…
Fasting has received all kinds of attention in the media these days. In 2018, it was one of the most searched for diet terms on Google, and many weight loss experts are touting the benefits of fasting to the public. Our practice supports fasting because it has been clinically shown to promote health and help…
We all feel it. But how do we deal with it? AND… What is it? Why do we have it? These are all good questions. Let’s begin with a brief insight into what stress is: First off stress isn’t all bad. Eustress or “good stress,” is often a feeling of pleasure and even a motivator that enables us to…
Here are some easy stretches you can do at work to give your poor back a break. The Standing Low Back Stretch is a perfect at work stretch. You can do in any doorway (just don’t do it at the break room door at lunchtime, or beware of your hangry coworkers). It also with a…
Biological rhythms are the natural cycle of change in our body’s chemicals and functions. Like an internal master “clock,” it takes cues from environmental rhythms (circadian, diurnal, infradian, seasonal rhythms). These function of these rhythms include regulating sleep, appetite, body temperature and the immune system. A common example of disrupted biological rhythms is Seasonal Affective Disorder…