Can Exercise Help Build a Healthy Gut Microbiota?
A new branch of medicine is quickly emerging from the growing evidence of the link between the gut microbiota – the complex set of microbial populations living within our gastrointestinal tract- and human health. In a recent blog, I discussed how nutrition shapes bacterial communities in the gut, and how dysbiosis -the loss of bacterial […]
Answers to the 7 Most Puzzling Questions About How to Exercise When It Hurts
You’ve heard it from your practitioner, TV, and the Internet, that exercise can improve your quality of life and even decrease your pain, but where do you begin? There may be numerous questions buzzing through your mind such as: How much should I exercise? What kind of exercise should I do? Why is exercise sometimes […]
The Top 5 Overlooked Benefits of Exercise and How It Works to Rapidly Alleviate Chronic Pain
No medication even comes close to exhibiting equal pain relieving benefits as exercise and it has virtually no negative side effects. Exercise has been shown to be just as effective as prescription medication for managing pain (1). There are numerous benefits for your health and some of the most well-known benefits include: Reversing obesity Managing […]
Treating Tendon Pain and Busting Myths
No one is immune to muscle pain, whatever your personal level of activity you’re vulnerable to it. Basketball players, ballet dancers and even office workers can all develop tendon injuries causing pain in their daily life. If you live a very active life, you’re no stranger to this risk and you might have faced it […]
Erase Your Fear, Cure Your Pain
Fear is not your friend when it comes to living with chronic pain. Fear of movement can hold you captive causing further regression into a life of more pain and further disability. Your brain is constantly rewiring itself, processing new information, and creating shortcuts to adapt to environmental changes. While these processes occur unconsciously, they can […]
5 Ways to Super Health on Super Bowl Sunday!
Super Bowl Sunday is a lot of fun. The problem is, many people over-indulge on this day at their health’s expense. Heavy snacking while parked on the couch for hours can deteriorate your body, unless of course, you stick to these 5 easy plays:
