How to Safely Return to Running After Having a Baby
Discover expert tips and exercises to safely return to running postpartum. Build a strong foundation and avoid injury with guidance from pelvic health PTs.
5 Essential Exercises to Prevent Common Spring Injuries
Training for a spring race or just getting active again? These 5 exercises can help you prevent common injuries as you return to your favorite activities.
Think your toes are just for decoration? Think again!
Next time you’re working on your fitness routine, don’t forget to give your toes some love—your balance and mobility will thank you!
Cardio for Heart Health: Tips & Benefits
Discover how aerobic exercise can boost your heart health. Explore diverse workouts, practical tips, and recent research to enhance your cardiovascular wellness.
Kickstart Your New Year’s Fitness Journey: Stay Injury-Free with These Tips
Stay injury-free while crushing your New Year’s fitness goals with these expert tips on warm-ups, form, hydration, and building a safe, sustainable routine.
Perimenopause to Menopause: Running Tips That Work
While menopause is a time of significant change, it doesn’t have to mark the end of your running adventures. With a few key strategies, you can continue to run safely, comfortably, and with confidence.
Health Tips for Better Posture
In this guide, we’ll share exercises and workstation adjustments that can help you maintain good posture, relieve neck and back strain, and improve shoulder health — all with minimal time investment.
Creating a Complete Fitness Program for Lifelong Wellness
An exercise program that incorporates strength training, stretching, balance activities and power work — rather than focusing on just one of these areas — is the ideal pathway to optimize your health and fitness.
Rediscovering Fitness: What My Personal Journey Taught Me
While getting fit or returning to an active lifestyle may seem daunting or impossible as we get older, the journey is well worth it!
Is Pilates Right for You? Common Questions Answered!
To help you get started with Pilates and understand its benefits, here are some common questions and answers that can guide you through the process and address any concerns you might have.
Feeling Unstable? Boost your Balance with 4 Simple Moves!
Good balance can help you stay on your feet, reduce your risk of injury, and improve your coordination. Boost your balance by adding these 4 exercises into your workouts.
Childhood Joy Meets Exercise – Hula Hooping for Fitness
When searching for a low-impact, whole-body exercise that’s fun and even offers a little nostalgia, try hula hooping!
Understanding Muscle Imbalance: A Key to Preventing Pain and Injury
Dive into what muscle imbalances are, how they happen, and most importantly, how you can keep them in check.
TRUE STUFF OR FLUFF: Do recovery sandals really help recovery?
Recovery sandals are purported to aid recovery after intense workouts or long-distance runs. So, do recovery sandals really work? Perhaps it is a “Yes, and … “
Finding Motivation — Advice from a Physical Therapist
In April, clinic director Jessica Dorrington crossed the finish line in the Boston Marathon. As she reflects on her experience she shares these tips for staying motivated to work toward your goals.
5 Effective Exercises for Your Ankles
Ankle flexibility, strength, and balance are essential for proper movement, injury prevention, and overall body balance and coordination. Incorporating these five exercises into your workout routine can help reduce the risk of injury and improve athletic performance.
4 Common Causes of Walking Injuries and How to Avoid Them
Walking is an optimal choice for people who are new to exercising or resuming a more active lifestyle after a particularly sedentary period. However, despite the relative safety of walking for exercise, injuries can still occur.
How Can I Run Safely in Winter?
With the right gear, training and preparation, running in winter can be as rewarding as it is in the summer. Whether you’re a trail runner or a road runner you can layer up and lace up no matter what season it is.
The Four Pillars of Cold-Weather Workouts
Preparation and knowledge are keys to safely exercising in any extreme environment, and during this time of year, it is important to keep in mind the four pillars of cold-weather exercise: clothing, balance, hydration and common sense.
Bulletproof Ankles — How do I prevent repeating an ankle sprain?
Maintaining good flexibility and ankle mobility is critical for ankle health. Strong ankles are also important for withstanding the occasional misstep that all too often leads to a sprained ankle.
Discovering Success with Movement
For many people who lead sedentary lives, finding successful ways to incorporate exercise into their days can be difficult for a variety of reasons. But whatever the challenge, there is a strategy to overcome it.
Run (or walk) Your Way to Wellness
Both walking and running provide excellent exercise, and a great excuse to get outside (optimal for both physical and mental health!). Which you choose is up to you – just remember the best exercise is the one you’ll do regularly!
Top 4 Tips for Making Fitness a Family Affair This Summer
It’s that time of year when the kids are getting excited for summer, and you’re probably wondering what to do with them until school starts again! As a dad of three kids 12 and younger, physical therapist Matt Rogers offers 4 tips to get the whole family moving together.
Walking: Accessible, Approachable, Achievable Cardio!
Often exercise, especially cardio, can seem intimidating and frankly, unenjoyable. Walking is a superb way (and dare I say underrated way, too?) to obtain the physical and mental benefits of cardiovascular exercise. It can be social, connect you to your community, or simply be dedicated self-care time.
