by Ashley Hetrick | Mar 13, 2017 | Exercise Safety
For most people, the knees are one of the first body parts to start feeling pain when they work out, especially as they get older. Your knees take a ton of force every day just from general walking around. Add running, lifting or some other impact-heavy exercises on...
by Ashley Hetrick | Mar 9, 2017 | Stretching
Happy, healthy hip function is important to just about every part of your bodies well-being. Asymmetries or imbalances in the hips can lead to problems in all parts of your body, including, believe it or not, shoulder pain, neck pain, knee pain and foot pain. Long...
by Ashley Hetrick | Mar 3, 2017 | Stretching
With many of us spending a large portion of our day, often 8 hours or more, in an office chair, it’s hard to find time to stretch and maintain flexible, healthy, pain free joints. Over time, repetitive stress issues and back pain are bound to creep into your...
by Ashley Hetrick | Feb 17, 2017 | Physical Therapy
A relatively new treatment called “Dry Needling” is now being employed by physical therapists, and it’s becoming increasingly popular with athletes. Though some consider it to be painful and invasive, other swear by it as the miracle treatment that resolved their...
by Ashley Hetrick | Jan 20, 2017 | Workouts
The world was introduced to “cupping” as a practice in the 2016 Olympics, where the tell tale marks were easily visible on elite Olympic athletes that are using the practice to reduce pain and improve performance. While it may have been little known to...