Japanese Walking: A Simple Way to Get More from Your Walk Walking is one of the best exercises you can do.  It’s convenient, inexpensive, easy on the joints, and doesn’t require a gym membership. But what if you could make your regular walk a little more effective without walking for hours? That’s where interval [...]

Inflammation “Inflammation is the number 1 cause of chronic disease.” When we think of inflammation the first thing that usually comes to mind is the image of a swollen, painful, sprained ankle.  However, this is only a small paragraph in the large story we call inflammation.  We are going to expand this story so [...]

Do you find that your back screams at you when you prepare meals in the kitchen?  If so, you are not alone. The one meal that stands out above all of the others when it comes to back pain is Thanksgiving dinner. In this video I cover 7 tips to help your back survive [...]

Upon returning from my recent vacation, rather than feeling recharged and refreshed, I felt tired and run down. Between the recent time change, traveling to the airport in the middle of the night to catch a 6 am flight (not to mention the whole airport process of ‘hurry up and wait’), going to bed [...]

In this video I want to share with you the most important exercise (and work) advice for people over 40 to prevent chronic pain. Ignoring this advice has had a greater negative impact on the wellbeing of my patients than almost any other single thing. I will also share one of the most common [...]

We've all heard over and over: push the snow, don't twist your body when you toss the snow, keep your spine and your back straight, and so on. While these tips are important, the mistakes we cover in this video are often overlooked. These are the types of things that need to be addressed [...]

One of the most common complaints I see in practice is tight hamstrings and the way people are trying to stretch them. In this video I will explain why bending forward to touch your toes is not a good way to stretch your hamstrings and why this method may be causing you more harm [...]

Our knees are probably the most important part of our body when it comes to mobility in our golden years.  As our knees wear out, our ability to walk declines. The most common cause of knee pain I see in my patient’s is due to plain old wear and tear. In this video I [...]