TP BLOG

Welcome to our blog, here you will find information on fitness, nutrition, weight training, general healthy and physical therapy. It is our hope you will find the information useful and as always please ask us if you have any questions.

Exercise and Osteoporosis

Exercise and Osteoporosis

Many people with osteoporosis are afraid to exercise because they might fall and break a bone. While falling is always a concern; exercise and common sense are great for people with osteoporosis. In fact, with a properly designed program, bones and muscles can grow...

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Reactive Stepping: How Not Too Fall

Reactive Stepping: How Not Too Fall

Medicare defines a fall as “an unintentional change of position to a lower level.” Many factors contribute to increasing the odds of having a fall.  Some are health based (intrinsic) risks including: neuropathy in the feet, weakness in the legs and core, poor...

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We May Call It Breakfast, but is it Dessert?

Desserts have been masquerading as breakfast foods for years, particularly gaining ground in the in the 1950s during what was called the Golden Age of Cereal. This is when sugary cereals were heavily marketed to children, as well as their time-strapped,...

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Exercises to Help Improve your Balance

Exercises to Help Improve your Balance

Balance, which is essential for integrated movement, declines as we age. However, you can work on maintaining your balance while working through some fun, creative core exercises. Having a strong trunk and hip complex helps us maintain balance for years to come. In...

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Holiday Health Tips

Holiday Health Tips

Many of us face the challenges of handling heaps of food at parties or family festivities along with a hectic schedule that allows no room for working out. Never fear, there are some things to help you with these challenges and while you might not be able to exercise...

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Safe Meal-Prep Guidelines

Safe Meal-Prep Guidelines

Did you know that the majority of food poisonings come from home? Everyone thinks of restaurants when they get sick but Jeff Eisert, California health inspector and UC San Diego environmental health and safety consultant stated in a recent article that “throughout my...

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Why is Core Strength Important?

Why is Core Strength Important?

We have discussed the importance of core strength many times and I am sure many of you have read articles on this as well. What isn’t always clear is why having a strong core is so important. For starters, the core is synonymous with posture, and posture is connected...

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Healthy Spines w/Core Exercises

Healthy Spines w/Core Exercises

Low back pain is “second most common ailment” in the United States which results in yearly costs of approximately $50 billion a year.  It is estimated that 85 percent of Americans will be plagued with back pain at some point in their lives. This cannot only reduce...

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Posture

We have all been told to stand up straight and not “slouch”.  We understand that it is important to have good posture but we don’t always understand what that means.  Proper posture is an alignment of the head, spine and extremities that provides maximal function. It...

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A Fit Brain

A Fit Brain

Study after study shows that physical activity, diet and other lifestyle factors keep the brain healthy as we age—contrary to the popular notion that cognitive function inevitably declines in the later years of life. Admittedly, Alzheimer’s disease and other types of...

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