Plantar Fasciopathy: Tips to Relieve Heel Pain
Whether you’ve experienced it yourself or have clients who have complained of it, you’ve likely heard of plantar fasciopathy, or more likely, plantar fasciitis. It [...]
Infrared Saunas: Benefits and Considerations
Infrared saunas promise a laundry list of benefits — from weight loss and improved circulation to pain relief and shedding of bodily toxins. Do the [...]
Client Pain: More than a Sensation!
We CPTs can be resourceful listeners and agents to help our older clients address both pain dimensions (yes there are two: sensory and emotional). [...]
The Epsom Salts Soak: Healing or Hype?
After a particularly strenuous workout, individuals often seek relief in a hot bath infused with Epsom salts. While the effectiveness of such a soak remains [...]
Cryotherapy for Athletes
There are so many options available these days to help optimize recovery from training and injuries. Some are grounded in research and some have been [...]
Injury Prevention: The Fundamentals of Assessing Risky Movement Patterns
Physical therapists and sports medicine professionals often use the term “overuse injuries” to describe the unfortunate result of repetitive actions executed with sub-standard technique. Trainers [...]
Oriental Medicine Modalities for Athletes
There are several other modalities utilized by Oriental Medicine (OM) and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that can help athletes besides acupuncture. Some of these may [...]
Developing Flexibility for Fitness and Better Living
Flexibility training is one of the most overlooked and underappreciated components of physical fitness. Mostly, because it is generally programmed at the end of a [...]
Outdoor Safety Considerations For Personal Training
I live in Phoenix, where we're experiencing one of the most severe summers of late. We're also under orders from the Governor keeping fitness centers [...]
7 Tips to Reduce Swelling After Running a Marathon
There’s no denying that the fitness prep for a marathon is challenging. However, often it’s the aftereffects of a race that catch up with a [...]