One side of our body is always stronger; the other side is weaker or overworked. When you go to the gym, you have to UNLEARN your patterns… Work on using both sides of your body equally as your doing your exercises and as you are doing your “daily living activities”. Catch yourself and adjust until ...

This exercise works on your mobility, stability, and strength! It works your core stabilizing muscles, hips, legs, and shoulders. I consider the full version of the Turkish getup as the #1 exercise to do! Watch Now

One of the most memorable commercials aired during the Super Bowl game in 1993 featured Michael Jordan and Larry Bird facing off on the court for a Big Mac prize. More recently, during the 2010 Super Bowl McDonald’s revisited this ad, but with a newer cast. This time the commercial featured superstars Dwight Howard and ...

I love this question! I look at 3 things: 1. What type of caffeine metabolizer are you? 2. What type of coffee are you drinking? 3. How do you process oxalate foods? 1. What type of caffeine metabolizer are you? For slow metabolizers, there are negative side effects of caffeine consumption. I see the ...

For a long time, doctors, nutritionists, and dietitians have touted oatmeal as one of the best options for breakfast. What they have failed to take into account is the other effects of oatmeal on our body. Just because a food has been shown to lower cholesterol, it does not mean it is great for ...

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends everyone to wear face masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The face masks help stop the spread of respiratory droplets when talking, sneezing, or coughing. Since people may spread the virus before symptoms start, or even if people never have symptoms, wearing a face covering may ...

If you are like most healthcare providers, you believe that your biggest responsibility is to provide the proper physical treatments to help an injured athlete/person recover or become pain-free. The general expectation we all have is that once we treat an athlete they should go back to performing to their previous same standards– isn’t that ...

What gives the best athletes their game-winning edge? It’s not their physical traits or technical skills, but it’s having conquered their real opponent — their mind. A warrior wins his war in the mind first whereas a defeated warrior goes to war first and then figures out how to win. Kobe Bryant, the basketball star ...

Pro Athlete Self-Quarantine #my24fasting ChallengeI am inviting you to join #my24fasting challenge and fast for 24 hours.You may think that you are supposed to protect your immune system by eating a lot. Continue reading and learn how fasting is beneficial for you and your body.This is more a mental game than a… Read more »

Are You Missing What’s Right in Front of You?By: Navin HettiarachchiMost orthopedic specialists, physicians and healthcare providers perform evaluations while patients are lying on an evaluation table. To me, trying to identify the cause of a patient’s issue while they are on an evaluation table is like looking at a static… Read more »