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CrossFit: Details & Advantages

What is CrossFit? CrossFit is one of the fastest growing body strength and conditioning exercises founded by Greg Glassman, a former gymnast. It involves active workout programs that combine strength training, speed training, explosive plyometric, style weightlifting, body weight exercises, and endurance exercises among others. Unlike traditional weight lifting, CrossFit is a strict workout program … Read more

Causes of Sciatica

Proper treatment of sciatica requires both treating the immediate symptoms as well as treating the underlying cause of the condition. However, with how many medical issues can cause sciatica, finding the underlying cause is not always an easy task. Six of the Most Common Causes of Sciatica Degenerative Disc Disease – Disc degeneration is a … Read more

Trigger Point Injections

A trigger point injection is a type of treatment used in treating muscle pain in patients. The pain is usually caused by a tight knot of skeletal muscle known as a trigger point. The nodule swells, pushing the adjacent organs, which then presses the nerves and causes pain. This pain can either be mild or … Read more

Exercise with Oxygen

What Is Exercise With Oxygen Therapy (EWOT) Why is it that the first thing ER technicians put on your face after a major injury is an oxygen mask? Oxygen reduces the stress your body will endure. Stress kills the oxygen you consume and a lack of oxygen slows down brain function and other organs. Your … Read more

Supartz Hyaluronic Acid Knee Injections

Osteoarthritis can be a crippling disease. Usually occurring in adults after the age of forty, it is caused by general wear and tear as well as putting excessive strain on the knee joints. It is progressive and can have a disastrous effect on the quality of your life. It restricts motion and can be extremely … Read more

Shoulder Pain

Shoulder pains are very common for a number of different reasons. They can be caused by many factors and are normally relatively simple to cure. Shoulder pain is often also a symptom of other potential problems, often caused by bad posture. Some of the most common and typical types of shoulder pain are: • Frozen … Read more

Food Sensitivity Test

With the passage of time and the opening of people’s minds we are learning so much about reasons for different diseases and ailments. Whereas before the medical profession would simply try various medications to treat different problems, now we are learning that prevention is far more important than cure. Prevention is only possible if we … Read more

Lower Back Pain

Almost 80% of adults will suffer from some type of back pain in their lives. The most common of these problems will be lower back pain. The lower back is usually described as the area between the bottom of the rib cage and the top of the legs. This area is a complicated part of … Read more

NECK PAIN

Pain or stiffness in the neck is extremely common and almost all of the time is absolutely nothing to worry about. Even with no treatment, it will invariably disappear on its own after a few days. Neck pain can result from a number of everyday activities, like frequent computer use, sleeping in a bad position … Read more

Sciatica

The longest nerve in our body is called the sciatic nerve. It starts at the back of your pelvic bone and goes all the way down to your feet. When this nerve is squashed for any reason it can result in a numbing of the nerve which usually begins in the pelvic area and shoots … Read more