Losing Weight Isn’t Always About the Scale by Meredith Amann

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Losing Weight Isn’t Always About the Scale The stockings have been taken down from the mantle and the champagne glasses are washed and put away. A fresh new calendar is hung on the wall. It is a new year! With Every New Year Comes the Promise of New Possibilities This will be the year I […]

‘Anxiety Busters & Tools You Can Use’ By Krista Watkins

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Feeling more anxious than normal? It’s all normal and we all feel it from time to time. Especially this year! But, there is something we can do about it. Here is an activity for the next time your thoughts start to go down the road to useless worry. Step 1: Isolate the thought and acknowledge […]

What Is a Health Coach and What Is It Not?

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How Pilates Builds Self-Awareness

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How Pilates Builds Self-Awareness For nearly a decade I have relied on Pilates based exercises to help teach my patients about their bodies. My interest in Pilates started way back when I was working in neurologic rehab, primarily with individuals who experienced a stroke or spinal cord injury. Sadly, these injuries result in a disconnect […]

How can the McKenzie Method help with your pain? By Dr. Chelsea Walter

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How can the McKenzie Method help with your pain? By the time I finished my last semester of classes in physical therapy school, I still had no idea how to help clients with low back pain. Furthermore, because the world of physical therapy is so broad, PT education must touch many different topics. Therefore, it […]

8 Reasons YOU Should Do Pilates by Dr. Sarah Crawford

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8 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD DO PILATES It’s often thought that Pilates is a female-dominated practice but in reality, many men participate as well, especially athletes. Used as a form of cross-training, athletes across the genders rely on Pilates to improve their overall performance. But, that doesn’t mean you have to be an athlete to […]

Let’s Talk About the Core by Dr. Jessica Chavez-Kline

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Let’s Talk About the Core You know, the core muscles in your body. Chances are if you’ve been involved in a fitness activity in the last few decades, you’ve heard someone talk about how important that core is. It’s not uncommon for a person to hear that they should somehow be “tightening their tummy muscles” […]

The Secret to Staying Young by Meredith Amann

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Life gets challenging. There used to be a nice ebb & flow of difficulties but in these post-COVID times, it seems pretty consistent. If there’s ever been a time to start preserving your youth, now is it! Let me ask you a question: What do you do that keeps you young? If it doesn’t come […]

Postpartum Health – Why Moms Should Give Themselves Grace by Dr. Jessica Chavez-Kline

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Postpartum Health Why Postpartum Moms Should Give Themselves Grace The hustle and bustle of preparing for a baby are glorious, especially when it’s your first child. The freedom of moving independently while growing a human is remarkable. We all have these ideals of the perfect pregnancy and delivery. Inevitably, something goes awry but none of […]