Mobility / Stability Skeleton: The joint by joint approach
Looking at the joints in the body, every other joint is predominantly built for either mobility or stability. This is an important concept to understand when you are looking at the body as a whole. All joints have the capacity of both stability and mobility. But each joints predominant function is either one or the other. Predominately mobile joints are multidirectional and have lots of range of…
Read moreMovement Matters: 3 behind the scenes reasons to move more!
You hear me say it all the time: Get up & Move! But why do we need to move? And why do we hurt when we don’t move our bodies? Contrary to looking around at the average population, humans are built to run, lift, climb, walk, and lots of other physical activities! Somewhere along the way we stopped moving our joints and muscles into different…
Read more5 simple exercises you can do for knee tendonitis
Of course, there are a lot of exercises that you could be doing if you have knee tendonitis, however here are a quick five to get you going! Straight Leg Raises: Sit on a chair with your back straight. Extend one leg in front of you and raise it to a comfortable height. Hold for a few seconds and slowly lower it back down. Repeat…
Read moreHow to tell that you may have tendonitis?
Tendonitis is acute inflammation (itis) of a tendon, or you could have tenosynovitis, which is an acute inflammation of the sheath surrounding the tendon. A tendon is a thick cord that attaches muscles to bones. Often people confuse tendons and ligaments, where ligaments attach bone to bone. To confirm if you have tendonitis, you will have to be examined by a practitioner, however, there are…
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