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You know that physical activity is good for you. The benefits are well researched and the list is impressive. Here’s just a sampling: Physical Therapists Are The Experts in Human Movement Recent studies even show that physical activity strengthens your immune system, with a protective effect against COVID, and that staying active through middle age…
Many COVID 19 survivors report difficulty with increased fatigue and shortness of breath with daily activities like climbing the stairs, walking up a hill, running errands or carrying groceries. These survivors may or may not have been hospitalized. They may or may not have lead a previously healthy active lifestyle. Regardless of your starting point,…
Deep breathing exercises build core connection and body awareness. It also helps improve mobility of the core through mechanical pressure changes and elastic potential of soft tissue structures like organs, fascia, and muscles. Diaphragmatic breathing, sometimes called belly or deep breathing, involves actively pulling the diaphragm muscle downward with each inhalation, allowing the lungs to…
COVID has certainly made the importance of health very clear and we have all seen how quickly things can change with an illness. While COVID is currently front and center in most people’s thoughts, it isn’t the only thing out there that can change your life. Heart disease, diabetes, strokes and cancer can all be…
Why is movement considered a form of medicine? There has been plenty of research regarding exercise and how physical activity can improve and decrease one’s risk of developing various conditions and diseases. Why is this the case? Moving in general helps to increase overall blood flow into our bodies. With an increase in blood flow,…