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Fitness

Fitness is an important part of physical therapy. Check out these articles to learn more about the relationship between fitness and physical therapy.

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Overtraining Injuries

Once you start placing unreasonable demands on your body, you start to overtrain. This can easily result in injuries. Overtraining injuries can put a quick stop to any progress you’ve been trying to make and…
August 18, 2017
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Yard Work & Proper Lifting Techniques

It’s the time of year when the weather is warm and many people spend part of their day outside caring for their yard. While gardening and caring for your yard can be rewarding, the back…
July 5, 2017
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Stretching

Stretching before and after working out is often forgotten to anyone returning to an exercise regimen. Many people don’t think they have time to stretch the right way or they just don’t know how to…
April 21, 2017
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Nutrition and Our Bodies

Because March is Nutrition Month, we wanted to share some simple nutrition tips for a healthy, active lifestyle. Nutrition is important because it can affect your body in positive or negative ways. When we eat…
March 15, 2017
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Thanksgiving: the Healthy Way

Thanksgiving is a great holiday to spend time with family and friends and celebrate the things we are grateful for. But sometimes food over-indulgence can lead to unwanted weight gain. To help keep off those…
November 17, 2016
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Proper Lifting

We have all heard the saying “lift with your legs.” But what does that really mean? Why is it so important to lift with our legs? Injuries can happen anytime, and many back injuries occur…
August 23, 2016