Improve Your Health: Walking is the Best Medicine
Walking is an accessible and low-impact form of physical activity that has many positive impacts on short-term and long-term health, and can cause improved outcomes. It is universally accessible, requires little skill or equipment, and has a low risk of injury. Improved Body Composition and Fitness A meta-analysis by Murphy et al1 included 24 randomized […]
Patient Education Pain Series Handbooks
We are pleased to introduce a new series of Patient Education Handbooks, focusing on pain relief for specific body regions, and effective workouts to improve fitness and rehab. These are the ultimate guides to help your patients alleviate pain: Head & Neck Pain (US Store | CA Store) Shoulder Arm Wrist & Hand Pain (US Store | CA Store) Low Back […]
Keeping Strong: The Importance of Squatting
Today, we’re going to talk about the importance of squatting. Often, in rehabilitation and recovery plans, the focus is on strengthening and recovering function in other muscle groups. The muscles involved in squatting can end up being overlooked. This is problematic, because the muscles involved in squatting are crucial for maintaining and improving basic executive […]
Joint-Play and Mobilization eBook
“Movement = health and motion is life.” – The Joint Play and Mobilization textbook is now available in eBook format. It contains concise, easily accessible information on topics including joint play and mobilizations, muscle energy and myofascial techniques, and much more. Joint Play and Mobilizations is designed as a quick reference guide for students, instructors […]
A Brief History of Massage Therapy
It seems to be a universally instinctive response that we should rub an area of our body where we are experiencing soreness or fatigue. Prehistoric cave paintings in the Pyrenees dating to BCE c. 15,0001 appear to depict some form of therapeutic touch, but it’s difficult to say exactly when and where massage practices first started to be performed in any kind of methodical way. Ancient literature, artwork and archaeological evidence reveal that massage practices existed in many ancient cultures such as India, China, Egypt, Greece, the Roman Empire, Japan, Thailand and Korea.
New Evidence Informed Yoga Book
The new Evidence Informed Yoga Book is close to being released! Here is what the evidence suggests… Improved Flexibility and Balance Yoga improves flexibility and balance to optimize performance through the use of specific poses. Maintaining flexibility as we get older in one of the major factors that can lower your physiologic age, keeping you […]
