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12 Easy At Home Exercises for Sciatica Pain Relief

Do you ever feel a tingling sensation that starts at the base of your spine and goes down the backs of your legs? It can also get pretty painful, right?  This is sciatica.  Sciatica is a common yet debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Up to 40% of people deal with sciatica pain […]

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Understanding Your Knee Pain: 3 Low-Impact Stretches for Relief

Let’s Talk Knee Pain! So, you’ve been dealing with knee pain for a while? The first step to recovery is understanding what is causing the pain in the first place.  Knee pain is a common complaint that affects people of all ages and activity levels. Knee pain affects approximately 25% of adults and causing millions […]

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How To Improve Hip Mobility Without Static Stretching

Hips are not born to be “tight,” but with how often people describe their hips as feeling more like rusty gears than Stretch Armstrong, it is easy to believe they are. The good news is that, for most people, hip mobility issues can be significantly improved by shifting how you think about what is actually […]

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Why Bands Aren’t Helping Weak Hips

Many people are told that their knee pain, hip pain, or low back pain is caused by weak hips. This conclusion is often made after strength testing shows difficulty activating muscles like the glutes, which play a major role in hip and pelvis stability. The most common solution is banded hip strengthening. This usually looks […]

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Why Stretching Isn’t Working: Hamstring Edition

Stretching is something most of us do, but have we ever stopped to think about why. Usually the logic is simple. The muscle feels tight, so we stretch it. If a muscle is tight because it is shortened, stretching it to make it longer makes sense. But what if the reason a muscle feels tight […]

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Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS): It May Not Be About Your Knee

If you are here to read about your knee, you have come to the wrong place. We are not here to talk about your hips and ankles either. Well, not entirely true. We are really here to talk about your diagnosis: patellofemoral pain syndrome, or PFPS, which typically describes pain in the front of the […]

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Your Guide To Returning To Squatting After A Knee Injury

If you are pushing your limits in strength training and challenging your ability to produce or absorb high levels of force, you are not always going to feel great physically. Exercise is a form of stress on the body. That stress can be positive or negative depending on how well your body is able to […]

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The Top 5 Foam Roller Exercises For Instant Low Back Pain Relief

If you are dealing with low back pain, even basic daily activities can feel difficult, not to mention workouts. While these foam roller exercises are not meant to be long term solutions, they can provide a valuable window of relief. That relief can help calm symptoms so you can get through your day and continue […]

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