Shoveling Preparation Why do you feel sore after shoveling? Often times with the first time you shovel in the winter season, you will feel pain and discomfort over the next couple of days from overusing muscles that hardly ever get…
Tight Upper Back Stretches What causes a tight upper back? You may feel pain or tightness in your upper back due to a number of reasons. Overuse, muscles strains, or injuries to the structures in your upper back could cause…
Shoveling Shoulder Injury Exercise What causes muscular injuries? Muscular injuries are generally caused by poor body mechanics and repetitive muscle strains. For example, not bracing your back while lifting a heavy object and continuing that poor lifting posture every time…
Resistance Band Full Body Workout Resistance bands are a great tool to increase the intensity of your body weight workout and can even be added to weighted workout exercises to step up your weight lifting game. Resistance bands vary in…
Plank Variations Planks are excellent exercises, not just for your core, but for your whole body. They isometrically engage all of the major muscles in your body giving them a good workout and when done consistently, can really tone these…
Improving Balance Balance is extremely important. It allows you to have your independence. Having good balance allows you to walk and complete daily tasks with ease. This is a skill that you can train every day and for as many…
Quad Dominant Exercises The muscles on the front of your thigh are called your quadriceps muscles. Quad means four and this group of muscles gets its name because it consists of four major movers; rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius…
Hamstring Exercises - Stretching & Strengthening This exercise video consists of stretches and strengthening exercises for the hamstring muscles. The hamstrings are a group of three muscles on the back of your thigh. These muscles are; biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and…
Golf Injury Prevention Golf injuries normally arise in the beginning of your season when your muscles aren’t used to moving the way you need them to after the winter months when you haven’t been able to play golf. The key…
Osteoporosis Health Small slips and trips, managing many tasks at once and having a lot on your mind can all increase your risk of falls. Living with osteoporosis, falls come with a greater risk of fracturing your bones. Osteoporosis causes…