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Family Fitness: Instilling the Importance of Healthy Living in Kids.

Everyone wants their kids to be healthy. It's an easy thing to say, but it takes planning and behavior modeling to actually reduce the likelihood of your children becoming at risk for many health issues that go along with being…

Healthy Summertime Snacking

Snacking is often looked down upon by the average person seeking to be healthier or lose weight, but science disagrees. Did you know snacking can actually be beneficial to those trying to lose weight or maintain health? Regular intake of…

Knowing When it’s Time: Getting Physical Therapy

The choice to start physical therapy can be conflicting. How do you know if an injury is “bad enough,” or if it will heal on its own? Sooner, rather than later, is the time to visit a licensed physical therapist.…

How Physical Therapy Empowers You

Physical therapy is fantastic for your health. It helps you heal faster, reduces pain and improves your overall well-being. After referral from a doctor, you’ll want to know the details of the process before deciding to sign up. PT can…

3 Healthy Habits to Improve Athletic Performance

Sports seem to be more popular than ever with many kids striving to make a high school team or earn a college scholarship. Parents spend large amounts of money to pay for their child to be a part of the…

The Benefits of One-on-One Personal Training

A personal trainer is someone who is knowledgeable about fitness and has the ability to effectively coach clients through workouts. Oftentimes, trainers will have an educational background from a university in a health-related field or have completed a variety of…

The Month of Moustache Wisdom Part 2: Magnum PI

i’move continues to celebrate men’s health month by getting advice from guys with great moustaches. Entry number two in this series is perhaps the most famous tv moustache of all time: Tom Selleck. In a 2014 interview with GQ Magazine,…

The Month of Moustache Wisdom: Hercule Poirot

The Month of Moustache Wisdom: Hercule Poirot November is Men’s Health Month, and it is sometimes celebrated by men around the globe who draw attention to their health by not shaving for the month (“No Shave November”) or by growing…

What is Physical Therapy? Empowerment though Listening, Learning and Collaboration.

by Andrew Young, DPT, Physical Therapist Despite previous experiences that might quickly come to mind, Physical Therapy is more than a combination of stretching, strengthening and hands on treatment. Physical therapy is empowerment. When someone is empowered, it means they are…

“How much do I have to do my home exercises?”

by Mike Klobucher, DPT, FAFS This might be one of the most common questions we hear on a daily basis as physical therapists, and it is undoubtedly an important question to answer. It is important because we most effectively make…