EXERCISE OF THE WEEK: THORACIC EXTENSIONS! Life is changing once again as our kids return to school, as we return to our offices, or as we begin a new adventure helping our little ones navigate “virtual learning”. This probably means you are spending more time sitting hunched over at a desk or computer, and we…
Stay-at-home moms, do you ever feel like you don’t have a second of baby-free time to workout? Working moms, do you ever feel like you don’t want to spend another minute away from your baby when you get home from the office or off the clock? I feel you. Having been in both positions, I…
EXERCISES OF THE WEEK! Sciatica is a general term for radiating pain down the back of the leg due to irritation of the sciatic nerve or one of the nerve roots of the sciatic nerve. A formal evaluation is necessary to determine where your symptoms are originating from but in the mean time, these simple…
EXERCISE OF THE WEEK: PUSH-UP PLUS! Instructions: Begin in a plank position with shoulders stacked above wrist and spine straight. Engage the core muscles and slowly lower yourself as close as you can to the floor without touching as you breathe out. As you breathe out, push up back to the starting position then push…
EXERCISE OF THE WEEK: STAR DRILL! Is knee pain limiting your squatting, kneeling, standing from the floor, or going up/down stairs? The Star Drill is for you! This exercise is great for improving patellar tracking, knee mechanics, and quadriceps strength and control! Instructions: Imagine yourself standing in the middle of a star. Stand on one…
Whether you’re kneeling and lifting a little one up from the ground all day long, or pregnant and packing on the baby pounds, or feeling the effects of osteoarthritis, knees are joints that commonly talk to us with pain. Luckily, there are a few things we can do to improve this pain! Improve Your Patellar…
EXERCISE OF THE WEEK: TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS CONTRACTIONS! The transversus abdominis is a muscle that lies deep in your abdomen and acts as a corset to support and stabilize your trunk. This is one of the very important core muscles that help to maintain your trunk stability during daily activities including lifting, reaching, carrying, bending, twisting,…
Low back and hips feeling stiff in the morning or tired after a long day? Do you often carry baby on one side all day long? Do you sit at a desk all day or have a long commute to work? Then this is the perfect mobility exercise for you! This mobility matrix provides a…
Yoga improves strength, stability, flexibility, and balance in one workout Yoga is the ultimate well-rounded workout. Most people think of yoga an exercise to work on increasing flexibility, but it does oh so much more. In fact, my favorite aspect of yoga is for those who don’t need to work on flexibility at all. For…
There are few things I have experienced in life more fear-inducing than pregnancy. Yes, its absolutely amazing and exciting but all of a sudden every one of my actions affected this fragile, growing being inside of me – intense! As a physical therapist, I knew how important it was to stay healthy and continue to…