Why Should I Exercise? We have all heard that exercise has many positive effects on our health, but what does this actually mean? When most people hear “exercise is good for you” they think that it helps you lose weight and improves your fitness. Although these things are true, there are many mental, and physical…
Continue readingGlute Bridge Exercise Registered Kinesiologist Martin Wardowicz explains the Glute Bridge exercise to help relieve lower back pain and strengthen your glutes especially if you sit for long periods each day. The glute bridge is a common workout that most individuals struggle with. The main objective of the workout is to activate your hamstrings, lower…
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Nighttime Stretching Routine More and more in our modern world we are sitting for our jobs as well as for our recreation time. All this sitting leads to weakness of the postural muscles of the back, and a tightening of the legs, hips and the muscles in the front of your body. This tightening is…
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Jaw Pain Relief Have you been recently experiencing some pain in your jaw? Is it accompanied by a painful, clicking sound? Have you been finding that your mouth doesn’t seem to open as wide as it once did and that this has been restricting which foods you can eat? If the answer is yes to…
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The Great Posture Myth What if I told you that slouching is ok? What if I told you it might even be helpful? You’d probably call me crazy, alert the posture police and I’d be thrown out of the physiotherapy profession quicker than those fluorescent shorts Richard Simmons used to wear. This flies in the…
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