Over the years different foods become fads and the focus of research, and we tend make changes to our diets as a result of the prevailing winds. Eggs are an example that comes to mind. For years, [...]

The basic ‘push-up’ is one of the best and most effective exercises you can do. It is a full body movement that incorporates multiple joints and muscle groups that can be done anytime, anywhere, [...]

Sleep has been an increasingly hot topic when discussing health and wellness. In a way, it is very intuitive, we all feel better when we get a good night’s sleep. But what the latest research [...]

Now that Halloween is over, welcome to the holiday season. That time of year when we kick it into overdrive with family, friends, dinners, and parties. I find that it can be a tough time of year [...]

We all know how important it is to make working-out a regular part of our lives. Whether that means daily walks or Spartan racing, resistance training at home or CrossFit WODs, movement IS [...]

Most of us are both familiar with, and intimidated by, the idea of running a marathon. Running a couple of miles a week doesn’t seem too bad, but 26.2 on a single morning is more than most people [...]

It’s the time of year again when our runners in the Central Valley are preparing for the annual Two Cities half and full marathons. Over the weeks of training we have been supporting the running [...]

Too often when we think fitness, we think only about the adult population. The assumption gets made that even though we tend to see more and more chubby kids around, they are young and therefore [...]

In the world of orthopedic injuries, low backs seem to get all the glory. This is with good reason, after all, low back injuries cost an estimated 100 billion dollars a year here in the United [...]

People often associate massage with physical therapy. While many times as a physical therapist I utilize soft tissue techniques, we are distinctly different in our approach to treatment than a [...]