It is your habits that actually create who you are. Maybe the order you put your shoes on doesn’t have a big impact on your life, but what you choose to eat for breakfast each day and how you react to your kids when they misbehave have enormous impact.
You may be wondering why this blog is titled Racing Toward Healthy. Keep reading to find out!
I never get sick of this Instant Pot meal! It’s delicious, healthy, and makes cooking lunch and dinner easier for several meals (more on this later). With my busy life, cooking healthy needs to be simple and this recipe keeps it that way. If you want to watch me make it, scroll to the video. But if you want to make this Instant Pot chicken dinner for yourself, scroll to the bottom of the post to get the recipe.
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My favorite part of working in physical therapy is teaching my patients how to use exercise reduce and avoid pain. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned regarding pain is that typically stretching exercises reduce pain, and strengthening exercises prevent pain. In this post I share 2 stretching exercises to help you reduce your shoulder pain and 2 strengthening exercises to help you prevent shoulder pain in the future.
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Neck pain is a common complaint that brings people to physical therapy. Not only are the causes of neck pain difficult to understand, but just how to get rid of this nagging pain is even more confusing. In this post, I share 4 exercises to reduce neck pain. The biggest perk, they can all be done sitting at your desk!
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Plantar fasciitis can be debilitating, but these 6 exercises can help reduce your pain and get you back to walking and running. Plantar fasciitis causes pain in the bottom of your foot. This pain sometimes wraps around your heel and up into the back of your ankle and can last for months. Today I’ll share 6 physical therapy exercises to help you get rid of this pain faster.
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If you can’t get rid of your ongoing back pain, you may be missing the posture piece. Focusing on proper posture while bending and sitting can significantly reduce your back pain. The best part about these physical therapy posture tips is that they are easy to implement into your day. Keep reading to learn these simple tips!
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Research shows that core exercises can reduce back pain. In this post I share the 3 different types of physical therapy core exercises I use when treating patients for back pain. Read through for pictures and a video!
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After 9 years working in physical therapy, I’ve learned that I love treating back pain. Below are some of the stretches that I’ve found to be most effective for reducing and avoiding back pain. Each exercise targets the 3 most important areas, the upper back, lower back, and hips. Read to the end for stretching parameters and a video!
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If you are one of the 40% of people who have suffered from back pain in the past year, these physical therapy tips for back pain will help you reduce your pain and avoid it in the future.
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This one pot chicken dinner is full of protein, a complex carb, and a fiber rich vegetable. But what I love most, it’s simple! Once you make it, you’ll want to add it to your “easy dinner” list. Keep reading for the details!
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If you’ve been struggling with knee pain while squatting, your quad and hamstring muscles may be to blame. Use these isolated quad and hamstring strength exercises to build their capacity to bear the load of squatting and reduce your knee pain.
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