Health Blog Category: physical activity
5 Tips To Get More Physical Activity In Your Routine
It may feel like you’re on a never-ending hamster wheel in your hectic life, requiring you to accomplish as much as possible. It is critical, however, for everyone to realize what is and is not attainable through simple effort. It’s critical to recognize that your willpower has limits.
It’s difficult enough to get through your to-do list in the limited hours you have in the day without being exhausted. Instead, you’ll need to use methods and tips to stay interested, motivated, and active in your quest to complete everything – since no one can do it all alone!
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Changing Up Your Workout Routine Could Help You Reach Your Goals Faster!
When you repeat the same workout routine, it’s easy to fall into a rut or reach a plateau. According to Women’s Health, each time you repeat the same routine, your body becomes more accustomed to dealing with that same physical stress.
As a result, you will begin to burn fewer calories. However, there are several things you can do to alter your workout and, in turn, improve your results!
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Improve Your Health by Stretching Each Day!
Can a few simple physical movements significantly improve your overall health, wellness, and quality of life? In the case of stretching, the answer is emphatically yes!
Stretching exercises are a staple of physical therapy for just that reason. You might be interested to discover how many different ways stretching can help you, especially if done correctly.
Here’s a comprehensive guide to 4 different types of stretching and their benefits, in order to ensure you can either avoid – or avoid exacerbating – injuries.
Read full blogStress-Related Headaches Don’t Have to Cause More Tension in Your Life – PT Can Help
Do You Suffer From Stress-Related Headaches?
When you see someone at work or in a difficult situation clutching his head, you may assume either that he’s under extreme stress, or that he has a stress-related headache.
In fact, you may be right on both counts. Both physical and emotional stress can cause tension headaches; they can also trigger cervicogenic and migraine headaches, any of which can leave you effectively disabled.
You may struggle with chronic or recurring headache pain yourself — in which case, you’re probably tired of taking pain relievers all the time.
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Are You Ready to Get Started on the Path Toward Improved Health?
If you spend your days hobbling painfully from your bed to your reclining chair and back, the notion of pursuing any kind of vigorous activity may be the furthest thing from your mind.
The truth, however, is that getting active can vastly improve your health, your comfort, mobility, and overall quality of life.
What should I know about my health?
Read full blogLooking to Improve Your Health? Start with Core Strength!
Have you been suffering from persistent pain? Are you trying to get your body vacation-ready? Do you want to shake the sluggish feeling that’s been dragging you down? Whatever the case may be, core exercises can help. These simple and classic techniques have been practiced by athletes for years and are a great way to quickly increase your body’s core strength.
If you are recovering from an injury or beginning these core strengthening exercises for the first time, it would be in your best interest to consult with a physical therapist beforehand.
Read full blogIf Your Shoulder is Bothering You, it Could be From One of These 3 Reasons
The shoulder is an important part of your body for several different sports. It is used to make a free throw, swing a club, serve a tennis ball, or pass a football for the winning touchdown. If your shoulder becomes injured, it could greatly impact your physical performance. Common injuries and conditions (such as frozen shoulder, osteoarthritis, or a rotator cuff tear) can place drastic limits on your life.
Fortunately, physical therapy can help by providing natural and non-invasive pain relief.
Read full blogNot a Fan of Cardio? No Worries! These 3 Tips Will Help You Get Moving
We all know that cardio takes time. In fact, one of the most common complaints we hear from patients who come to us for physical therapy exercises is that there simply isn’t enough time in their busy days to complete cardio workouts. Other times, whether there’s a time constraint or not, many people report a lack of self-motivation simply because they can’t stand the thought of doing cardio.
Luckily, a physical therapist can help you incorporate cardio into your exercise routine in ways that you may actually find fun – or, at least more bearable.
Read full blogIncrease Your Physical Activity with These 7 Tips
Getting physical activity in doesn’t have to be an “all or nothing” scenario, even though it may sometimes seem like it. Perhaps you had a long day at work, or you have to spend time driving your kids around to their extracurricular activities, or maybe it’s raining and thundering and you simply don’t have the energy.
We all make these excuses every day – by the time we come home from work, it doesn’t feel as if there are enough hours in the day to get your necessary exercise, on top of all the other tasks you have to get done before you go to bed.
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