Some people love to exercise, some people hate it, but they all need exercise. Whether they enjoy it is a different story. I have a decent number of readers, audience members, and others who say that they hate to exercise, so I have to come up with creative solutions to…

Do you have a real problem with “cheat meals? “ You have a cheat meal (either planned or unplanned), you eat it with a combination of pleasure and guilt, and then either kick your entire diet to the curb, thinking “I blew this meal, I may as well just blow…

Your lower back hurts and you’re wondering why. It can be the season. It can be aging. Maybe it just feels tight after you’ve been sitting/standing for a while; maybe it’s a specific movement that causes it to hurt, or maybe it just “goes out” without warning. It’s irritating and…

Your knee hurts. Maybe it’s causing you to limp, maybe it feels weak, and maybe it’s not intense, but there’s a constant low-level pull feeling there. In any case, you know something’s not right. And you might have received different treatments for it — from physiotherapy to massage, chiropractic, acupuncture…

“All I want is an ENORMOUS steak. I just need more iron.” Chances are you, too, have echoed similar words, and drove to a local steakhouse for dinner. For years, popular belief has held that our cravings show what is lacking in our diet, that cravings are our body’s way…

You want to be more flexible, but despite all your stretching, you still feel stiff. Why is that? Because the range of motion is about more than just the length of the muscles. Traditionally, it’s been thought that 4 factors can limit your flexibility. Remember muscle length is only 1…

“You have a herniated lumbar disc,” your doctor says, and shows you a picture of an MRI. Well, that explains the symptoms you’ve been feeling from the sharp back pain, the pain along your sciatic nerve, and the numbness/tingling. The treatment: surgery (if it is your LAST option and bothers…

Since the beginning of the pandemic, many people have turned to home workouts. And even though gyms are opening up, many people like their home setup and are not planning to go back. So if you want to set up your home gym, what pieces of equipment should you get? …

According to the Mayo Clinic, High blood pressure (also referred to as HBP, or hypertension) is when your blood pressure, the force of blood flowing through your blood vessels, is consistently too high Blood pressure is determined both by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of…