exercise orthopedic health

I snore a bit. Not anything serious (unless I’m on my back which causes my wife to relocate elsewhere). I know I have minor sleep apnea, so should I treat it? So, I thought it would be a great addition to the Aging Athlete series. Let’s dig in. Denial Ain’t Just a River in Egypt … Continued

This is my weekly “Aging Athlete Series” tip. This series is for people in their 30’s and up who want to stay active as they age. Those who want to be that guy or gal who is in their 70’s or 80’s who are still doing cool active stuff. This is my third episode: The … Continued

I needed some ProActive injections done, so this is a dose of my own medicine. This is part of the ProActive approach I discussed last week (from the book). So the first tip is to fix small problems while they’re small. You can see in the video what I had done. These were all platelet … Continued

I am now officially 56. I can no longer claim to be in my early 50s! So how do you stay active as you age? In this tips and tricks for the aging athlete series, I’ll go over what I do to stay active. Getting Old is Not for Sissies Man, it’s tough getting old. … Continued

Did you know there are 7 basic things that you can do to prevent or reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease? Dr Pitts, our nutrition expert, breaks this all down for you in this new addition to his "Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Series"

Tony is perhaps one of our most inspiring ongoing treatment success stories. Tony first came to us a few years ago with a shoulder injury he got “on the rings” (we’ll explain in a moment). Tony has continued to come to us regularly with minor issues he wants us to address before they become great … Continued

We’ve all experienced it—that midday drag when our tired, overloaded brain just shuts down. With deadlines, no doubt, looming and beating our head against our desk and chasing it with yet another cup of Joe doing nothing to jumpstart our brain back to life, it can send us into a bit of a panic. But … Continued

It can be challenging to work up the motivation to exercise. It may sound cliché, but for most of us, the more persistent and consistent we are with an exercise routine, the more we look forward to exercising and how good it makes us feel. There will always be those days, however, that you just … Continued

What if there was something you could do to slow aging? We’re not talking about artificially, a nip here a tuck there, but genetically slow the aging process? There’s one thing that consistently hits our radar in that proverbial Fountain of Youth search that has seemed so important not only in today’s world but throughout … Continued

Today we’re covering the fourth topic in our April exercise series: how exercise affects our muscles as we age. We know exercise is good for our muscles, but one study goes a bit deeper into its muscle benefits and looks at how exercise affects our muscles at the cellular level, possibly even slowing the aging … Continued