Tips and Benefits to Helping with Low Back Pain

Want some just some of the easy tips to help reduce or avoid low back pain See the tips below to easy and instantly implement into your daily life. These tips come from years of education and experience helping people improve their ability to move and recover quicker; allowing them to continue or get back […]

Do you know that a good night of restful sleep is probably one of the single most important things to insure good overall health. The average adult needs 7-8 hours of restful sleep, teens 8-10, and school age children anywhere from 10-14 hours of sleep. Good Sleep Leads to Many Great Things: Sharper Brain. Heathier […]

The pelvic floor, better known as the pelvic diaphragm, is a band of integrated muscles, connective tissue, ligaments, and tendons that run inside the pelvic bowl. This is similar to a trampoline around its frame. Just as your respiratory diaphragm rises and falls with each inhale and exhales, so should your pelvic floor. Think of […]

Pain is a Pandora’s box. Physical pain can lead to psychological and emotional pain…emotional and psychological pain can lead to physical pain…sometimes it’s hard to know what’s what. Pain is your body’s way of saying “Hey brain, there’s something you need to pay attention to!” Sometimes asking for help is enough – we all need […]

Neck and upper shoulder pain are very common and affect about 50-70% of people at some point in their lives. Neck pain can come from direct injury like a car wreck or other trauma, but 85% of the time it has a mechanical cause often due activities we do throughout the day, such as workstations, […]

I want to talk a bit about Postural Restoration (PRI), the basics, what it entails and where it comes from. Ron Hruska Jr, MPA, PT opened The Postural Restoration Institute 20 years ago. Ron was in practice for almost 20 years prior to opening this amazing institute of education, so he has a wealth of […]

“Lungs are meant to be squished” – Ron Hruska… Well, I could not have said it better myself. Lungs ARE meant to be squished, but for lungs to be able to “squish,” expand, contract, and move there needs to be mobility in the surrounding cage, otherwise known as the rib cage. The rib cage encapsulates […]

Do you suffer from annoying knee pain. Pain with running, walking inclines, doing stairs, squatting, getting on or off the floor, or pain at night?  Here are some simple things to consider when it comes to managing your knee pain and get back to doing what you love. See a good PRI trained physical therapist! […]

Hello, I wish I was better at getting these blog posts out regularly, but this crazy and continuing education-filled Autumn has just not allowed me enough time. It’s important to me to get this holiday blog sent your way. I want to thank you personally for supporting me, my education, and my desire for growth […]

I want to share a personal story with you on how I changed my thinking about cellulite. I am currently taking a certification course for Post-Partum Corrective Exercise Specialist. Yes, I’m always learning and never wanting it to stop. The instructor of the course shared some information about cellulite that I related to, and I […]