Ladies–I have heard from so many of you that one of the biggest reasons why you feel like you can’t lift heavy weights or do high-impact training is because of how your knees feel. They ache. They hurt. They feel tender and sore. Well today I am here to tell you that the knee issues you are experiencing aren’t actually issues with your knees… Or, at least, they aren’t ONLY issues with your knees. The Read more…
Tight back; tight hips; tight hamstrings… Oh my! At Muscle Activation Schaumburg, tight muscles are one of the most common complaints we hear from new clients. They’ve tried stretching. They’ve tried foam rolling. They’ve tried massages. They’ve tried deep breathing. And they are still tight! Can you relate at all? If so, you are definitely in the majority. In fact, for over 13 years we have seen first hand how the popular remedies for relieving Read more…
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you ever learned something new that completely contradicted so much of what you believed up to that point, such that once you learned it, you couldn’t see your old beliefs the same way again? This has happened to us time and again since we started practicing Muscle Activation Techniques® over a decade ago. On this week’s episode of the Read more…
Last week I was listening to JJ Redick and LeBron’s podcast and they were talking about transitioning from in season to off season. I found the discussion fascinating because every season is guaranteed to come to an end at some point, and as long as you have another season ahead of you to prepare for, there are some critical decisions you have to make regarding how to approach your off-season training. There is a balance Read more…
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you ever had a frozen shoulder? This is one of the most common shoulder issues that people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s experience, and it can be one of the most complex, as well. While many ways of improving frozen shoulder focus on improving the joint’s mobility, there is a huge role that your muscles can play in Read more…
One giant thing we see holding people back from exercising is not that they don’t have time or they don’t have easily accessible workouts… But rather that they haven’t given themselves permission to use their time, their energy, their resources, their attention for themselves. Whether it is a story they learned in childhood or something they adopted as they grew older, so many people operate under the false belief that the best thing they can Read more…
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you ever had an IT band issue? Maybe your IT bands are chronically tight. Or maybe you have even been told you have IT band syndrome. Or maybe you have had some pains down the side of your legs towards your knees… Despite how your IT bands may be feeling, what you have been told about it, or how Read more…
Ladies–if you are in your 50s or beyond then I am sure you have thought about your bone health. How can you build stronger bones? What can you do to keep your bone density high? Are there certain exercises you need to do? What about specific supplements to take? All of these questions are exactly what many women think about once they get into their 50s, and for good reason… Bone health is extremely important! Read more…
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Dentists–do your hands and neck feel like they are wearing out on you with all of the reps you are putting on them day after day? These two areas are far and away the top areas of complaint that we hear from dentists all the time. Maybe you’ve tried everything you can think of to get your hands and neck Read more…
Have you heard of Muscle Activation Techniques® or MAT® but aren’t sure what it is? Have you heard that MAT® is helping people live pain-free, but have no idea how or if it would work for you? Charlie Cates was recently interviewed on the Biohacking Superhuman Performance podcast where he answered these very questions and more. He and the show’s host, Nathalie Niddam, dove deep into many aspects of MAT®, the MAT® process, who it Read more…