Recently, my inbox has been filling up with all kinds of holiday offers. Black Friday, extended Black Friday, cyber Monday, and various other holiday sales. Many of these sales and offers have been for health and fitness related tools such as foam rollers, hypervolts, smart watches, fitbits, etc. How do you know if any of these tools are beneficial to you?
Recently, Eliud Kipchoge ran a marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds. To do this, he had to average a speed of 13.1 miles per hour throughout the race! In other words, he had to be fast, but you don’t have to be Eliud to run faster. Anyone can benefit from incorporating more sprinting into their run programming!
Here at Cohen Health and Performance, we often work on nasal breathing with our clients. Why in the world would be doing that? After all, we are physical therapists. Aren’t we just supposed to be strengthening, stretching, and doing things like that? Feeling better and performing at your best extends far beyond these classic approaches to rehab.
Even the world’s most competitive athletes need help building better training habits!
How many times have you heard this? Have you ever wondered what is meant by “functional”? What does “functional” even mean for you?
Physical therapy clinics throughout Bethesda and other areas like this are now crowded with people that have injured themselves shoveling snow. Back injuries are the most commonly injured area when shoveling however many other areas can become irritated as well. Why does this so commonly occur?
