Hiking vs Biking

Hiking vs Biking

Increased Outdoor Activities in Spring Spring is the time of year that most of us get more active outdoors!  I love early spring knowing that I have 3 seasons ahead of me that will invite me to be outside more (I do get outdoors in winter but definitely not as much as...
Weak Core Causing Pain & Stiffness?

Weak Core Causing Pain & Stiffness?

How do your know if your core is doing a good job of stabilizing and supporting you?  And helping you to move well from the center of your body out to your extremities? When working with my clients I typically do several tests to see if their core is functioning well....
How Breathing Properly Can Reduce Pain

How Breathing Properly Can Reduce Pain

How does breathing properly help reduce pain? Most of us don’t think much about how we breathe because it just happens automatically.  We breathe around 20,000 times our more per day!  Although breathing is automatic even when we’re sleeping (thankfully!), we also...
Are Your Hips Causing Knee and Back Pain?

Are Your Hips Causing Knee and Back Pain?

Are you moving and using your hips enough? How well do you move your hips?  Our hips are ball and socket joints that have the ability to move in several directions: flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, external rotation and circumduction!! BUT...