Lower Body, Physical Therapy Education, Sports & Active Lifestyle

How to Perform a Squat

The squat movement is a huge part of your daily life: standing from a chair, getting something out of the bottom cabinet in your kitchen, or just playing with your kids. The perfect squat is a functional exercise that engages multiple muscle chains in one move. Basically, it's your full-body “bread and butter.”Read more...

Hips, Lower Body, Whole Body Care

How To Do a Proper Hip Hinge Exercise

The simple task of bending over to pick something up can hurt your back if you perform the motion incorrectly. Learning a simple movement pattern called a hip hinge can prevent back pain.Read more...

Physical Therapy Education, Whole Body Care

Three Tips to Fight the Effects of Sitting

Picture your day. If you commute to and from work by car you are most likely sitting. If you have an office job, you likely sit in front of a computer. If you are a student, you sit in the classroom. And it's not just during the day. When you get home you probably sit to eat dinner and then head to your comfy couch to, once again, SIT and watch your favorite television show. Before you know it, it's bedtime and this routine start all over again the next morning.Read more...

Back Pain, Whole Body Care

6 Stretches to Relieve Your Lower Back Pain

Pain is your body’s way of telling you that something is wrong. Low back pain usually stems from the overuse of other muscle groups, specifically the hamstring, hip flexors, and QL (quadratus lumborum). These overused muscles pull the pelvis and lumbar spine into a position where the muscles that stabilize your hip and pelvis can no longer fire properly.Read more...

Whole Body Care

Upgrade Your Plank

Want to upgrade your plank? Try this variation The bear crawl position is a very effective exercise that will work your…Read more...