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Does Your Spine Have a Strategy?
Exercise Basics | Movement

Does Your Spine Have a Strategy?

ByKristen Carter, MS

Wait…what?  Isn’t it YOU that needs to have a spine strategy?  For sure!  But, your spine has its own mission, which is important to recognize.  Then, you can work together “for best results.”  Hang in…this will all come together at the end. Your Spine’s Strategies Your spine’s list of strategies…

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Muscles: Not Always Easy Getting It Straight
Exercise Basics

Muscles: Not Always Easy Getting It Straight

ByKristen Carter, MS

Often we hear in fitness that most of our movements in sports and life involve rotation, bending, flexing, and making circles to warm up our joints.  After all, we are dynamic beings, doing all sorts of things, and need to be able to move appropriately for whatever it is we…

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Love Your Core So It Loves You Back
Exercise Basics

Love Your Core So It Loves You Back

ByKristen Carter, MS

Let’s say you are lugging around a couple of grocery bags, bags of mulch (or ice melt, depending), hefting luggage, or even having to help your aged dog up a flight of stairs. Ever wonder what your beloved core is doing to help you with this? Probably not! Even if…

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Exercise Without Moving?  The Pros and Cons
Movement

Exercise Without Moving? The Pros and Cons

ByKristen Carter, MS

Some of you may remember a (brief) craze back in the 60’s where isometric exercise was introduced and pushed as a way to get stronger without moving. The way you do this is to contract a muscle or a bunch of muscles, but you don’t move them! Examples would be…

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