This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the rotator cuff and why what you may be experiencing as a rotator cuff symptom may not actually be a rotator cuff issue. The rotator cuff gets a lot of press about often being too weak or dysfunctional, but there is a lot more that goes into the rotator cuff than just the shoulder itself. Check out all of the details in this Read more…
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays. This week we are talking about the rotator cuff. This group of muscles is often blamed for being too weak, leading to a multitude of other shoulder issues. There may be other areas of the body that are contributing factors, though, such as the trunk and the hips, so we want to discuss exercise tips for working these areas if you have a rotator cuff issue. Read more…
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss their top tips to help you exercise if you have some kind of “itis” – tendonitis, bursitis, plantar fasciitis, etc. One in five US adults reports having chronic pain, and that number increases the older someone gets. Learn how you can continue to exercise–and reap the multitude of health benefits from doing so–even if you have a nagging “itis” in this week’s episode! Read more…
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays. Now this week, we are talking about how to exercise with a common complaint that we hear about, and that is an “itis” issue, such as tendonitis, bursitis, plantar fasciitis. How can you start modifying your exercise right now to help respect the symptoms that your body is giving you while still ensuring you are able to workout consistently? The two biggest categories that we need Read more…
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Matt Dhingra to discuss his work as a compounding pharmacist. What is a compounding pharmacist? How can a compounding pharmacy improve your health? How is it different than a traditional pharmacy? Check out all of these details and more in this week’s episode! Links referenced in this week’s episode can be found below: Professional Compounding Centers of America website Connect Read more…
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays. This week we are talking about how to customize your exercise for your body. We find that one of the biggest inhibitors to somebody exercising consistently for the long term is sustaining recurring injuries from exercise. This often happens when people are doing exercises and workouts that are not customized for their body, so to combat this, we want to show you the top thing you Read more…
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the IT band – what it is, where it lives, and why so many people may have issues and symptoms with it. The IT band often gets a bad rap as being too tight and causing different hip, knee, and postural issues. However, the IT band may not be to blame at all! Learn why this is what you can do about in Read more…
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays. This week we are discussing one of the more common issues we hear about when talking with prospective clients, and that is IT band issues and IT band syndrome. The IT band is a thick band of tissue on the outside part of each of your legs that runs from your hip to your knee. When it encounters excessive stress for an extensive time, it can Read more…
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss what they have dubbed as the Five Stages of Fitness. Whether or not you are currently exercising or have any interest in exercising, Julie and Charlie provide a road map for you to start implementing that can guide you from where you are to being able to consistently Exercise For Life. Check out all of the details in this week’s episode! Links referenced Read more…
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays. This week we are talking about how to go from not exercising at all to exercising consistently. You may see people who workout all the time and think, “There’s no way I could exercise that hard, that long, and that frequently,” and you don’t have to. But, if you are not exercising on a consistent basis, there are some simple habits that you can start developing Read more…
