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Shoulder Exercise – Wall Angel Glide
Once you have mastered the floor angel glide exercise, you can progress the wall angel glide, then the seated angel glide. The shoulders and arms position are the same as floor angel glide. However, you will likely to notice that … Continue reading
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Shoulder Exercise – Floor Angel Glide
Many people with shoulder injury because there is a postural imbalance in the shoulder girdle including the shoulder blade (scapula). In order to truly strength the shoulder and prevent further injuries, retraining the scapula is very important. Here is the … Continue reading
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Tagged shoulder exercise, shoulder pain, shoulder rehab
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Exercise Principles
Many people like to go to the gym to get stronger. However, some people ended up injuries while exercises. We have patients with injuries are trying to get back into regular exercises too soon. So when we should do what? … Continue reading
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Calf Stretching
This video demonstrates a few various of calf stretching. Stretching the inside calf (medial Gastrocnemius) Stretching the outside calf (lateral Gastrocnemius) Deep layer of the calf (Soleus) These stretches can benefit for those who suffers from plantar faciitis, calf injuries … Continue reading
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Tagged achilles injury, calf, lower extremitiy, plantar faciitis, stretching
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Bird-Dog Exercise
This is a very popular exercise prescribed by your physio, chiro or trainer. Bird-dog. I love the use of a stick to ensure a proper setup and posture. Make sure you have also mastered the basic core exercises.
Posted in Exercise, Spine Health, video
Tagged back exercise, Backpack, chiropractic, physio, trainer
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Inner Core-Part 2
If you have mastered the basic muscle recruitment of the inner core as demonstrated in Inner Core-Part 1, please go ahead to try the more advance exercises with more dynamic movements as demonstrated in this video. Once you have mastered … Continue reading
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Tagged chiropractic, core strength, Exercise, Low back pain, personal trainer
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Inner Core Exercise-Part 1
Weak core trunk muscle can certainly contribute to recurrent low back pain. Many people would try to strengthen the core by doing a bunch of sit ups. While sit ups and plank exercises are great to shape that 6 packs … Continue reading
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Fall is here. Use food to maximize your energy.
Kids are settling back into their school routines and resuming their extra-curricular activities. They’ll need lots of nourishing foods to provide them with the energy for staying active and alert all day long. We’re also into the peak of the … Continue reading
The True Story About Sugar!
Did you know that in the 1940’s we consumed 30 grams of sugar a day. Today, we have an average of 135 grams of sugar a day. Wow.. that’s right. High amounts of sugar can wreak havoc on your immune systems, … Continue reading
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Fall is here! How to Protect Your Immune System
Fall is here. Temperature changes rapidly, cool morning, warm afternoon and cool evening again. We are more susceptible to getting a cold around this time of the year. Here are some tips from The Wellness Wagon on how to protect our … Continue reading
Posted in General Health, Nutrition, Uncategorized
Tagged adaptogens, astragulus, cold, echinacea, fall, immune system, prevention, probiotics, siberian ginseng, Vitamin D
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