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The Connection Between Nutrition and Pain Relief
Find Relief for Your Aches and Pains with Nutritional Changes
Could you be feeding your chronic aches and pains without even realizing it? If your pain problems have steadily worsened, you may need to look at your nutritional choices.
Certain foods have been known to alleviate inflammation, where some foods can aggravate it. In fact, according to Harvard Health Publishing, “A lot of chronic pain is the result of chronic inflammation, and the evidence is quite strong that your diet can contribute to increased systemic inflammation.”
Eating too much and/or eating the wrong types of foods can trigger inflammatory reactions that contribute to muscle, nerve, and joint pain.
Read full blogDiscovering the Many Benefits of Custom Orthotics
Have You Given Any Thought to Custom Orthotics?
Have you heard of custom orthotics? According to VeryWell Health,
“An orthotic is an orthopedic appliance or apparatus used to support, align, prevent, or correct deformities or to improve the function of movable parts of the body. Simply put, an orthotic is any device that is applied to your body that is meant to help you move and function better.
Read full blogImprove Your Fitness With These 5 Benefits of Walking!
Did You Know About These Walking Benefits?
If you think you don’t know how to exercise, you are wrong. Plain and simple, you get out of a workout as much as you put into it.
If you are willing to give physical fitness a try, then there is absolutely nothing holding you back from getting started.
Don’t believe it? Well hear this: You’ve been building your fitness skills since your very first step.
Read full blogGet More Out of Your Workouts with A Proper Nutrition Plan!
A Nutritional Diet Can Help You Reach Your Physical Goals!
You are what you eat, so if your plan is to be the strongest, most powerful athlete you can be, then you need to eat the part. Focusing too much on the workouts and not enough on the nutrition side of becoming an athlete is a rookie mistake.
If you are heading out on a road trip, then you fill your car up with fuel.
Read full blogMaintain an Active and Healthy Life With Carbs!
Everything You Need to Know About the Importance of Carbs
Eat less, move more. That is the weight loss mantra, the key to success, the secret to the obesity riddle that has left too many people unhealthy and uncomfortable for far too long.
The problem is that diet and exercise aren’t that simple to figure out individually; and they tend to become really complicated when you attempt to put them together.
Read full blogImprove Your Physical Performance with Blood Flow Restriction
Have You Discovered the Benefits of Blood Flow Restriction?
If you haven’t heard of blood flow restriction yet, you should give it a shot! According to the American Physical Therapy Association,
“Blood-flow restriction training can help patients to make greater strength training gains while lifting lighter loads, thereby reducing the overall stress placed on the limb.
By applying the right amount of external pressure to an extremity, it’s possible to maintain arterial inflow while occluding venous outflow distal to the occlusion site.”
If you’ve been at the gym recently and notice someone weightlifting with bands wrapped around their biceps, they are likely trying out a new training regimen called Blood Flow Restriction Training, or BFR.
Read full blogBoost Your Physical Performance with High-Quality Proteins
Have You Added High-Quality Proteins to Your Diet Yet?
Protein is a necessary nutrient for maintaining high levels of physical function.
If you’re a dedicated athlete, a weekend warrior, or someone who is simply trying to become more active, your protein intake plays a key role in your physical performance.
There are many factors of high-quality protein that can benefit you in ways you may not have even considered!
Read full blog3 Secrets to Sneaking in Cardio Workouts – Without Even Realizing You’re Doing So!
Are You Looking to Do More Cardio? Try These Tips!
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.
Read full blogEnhance Your Workouts with the Help of a Healthy Diet!
Did You Know a Nutritious Diet Could Help You Reach Your Physical Goals?
Nutrition strongly affects your physical performance, whether you’re a dedicated athlete, weekend warrior, or just trying to get out and exercise more.
Your body does a lot throughout the day, and the food you supply it with helps it to function properly, whether you’re hitting the gym or simply performing your daily tasks.
Lifestyle changes can help tremendously when trying to reach your physical goals.
Read full blogHow Nutrition Can Decrease Inflammation and Pain
When people say they want to improve their diet, their inspiration is often to lose weight, avoid an allergy, gain muscle, improve their skin, or increase their athletic performance. What we don’t hear quite as often is, “I want to improve my diet in order to alleviate my chronic pain.”
The truth is, making some simple changes to your diet really can improve your pain! Call our office now if you’d like to schedule an appointment with a physical therapist who can help you start living pain-free.
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