Are you worried about having bent over posture as you age? Here are two simple moves to prevent this: 1️⃣Get down on your knees. Cross your arms and put your forehead on your forearms. Move your knees and push your butt back. Drop your chest and armpits towards the ground. Hold for 3 seconds

Did you know this bicycle move can actually create major irritation in your back? Let me explain to you why you should try a different exercise to build a stronger core. The spine desires a curve called lordosis. Working the core while the spine is in lordosis is extremely important becaus

Are you getting that pinching feeling in the front of your shoulder when you lift your arm overhead or out to the side? That could be something called shoulder impingement, and it is not something you want to ignore. Let me show you how using a resistance band for just a few minutes can help

Let me tell you why these stretches most likely won’t work for you. We function in a sling system in the front and back. 🟢EASIER VERSION: One way to target the anterior oblique sling is to take a band and hook it up to something high. Step forward with the foot that is on the same side as

Every single day, I see patients doing this trash move for their lower back pain. The vast majority of lower back pain is caused because the spine is not staying in lordosis. ❌If you do that first stretch, you’re rounding your spine, meaning you’re taking yourself out of lordosis. This caus

Walking on a cushion is very unstable and TERRIBLE for balancing. Believe it or not, your foot is designed to work like your hand. You need to grab the ground to get traction and have balance. Wearing a super cushion shoe, you’re at risk for rolling your ankle, falling and experiencing foot

Do you have shoulder pain in either of these places? Let me show you how to find the root cause of this pain to actually fix the problem. When your shoulder comes up and dumps forward while weightlifting, that puts a tremendous amount of strain on the bicep tendon and rotator cuff. Inste

Let me show you how I fixed my patient that had sciatica that was coming from a disc bulge in her lower back. First, she went into a decompressed position, which is simply hanging out on the forearms. Next, I had her lift herself up with her elbows (about 20 reps) to feel that pressure in the

Do you have pain right here? Well, you may have a problem with the supinator or extensor muscles. Here's two moves to address the source of your pain: 1️⃣If you have a problem with your supinator, you'll feel a lot of pull in your elbow when you pronate. Rotate your arm over and feel a

Do you have hip/groin pain right here and it never goes away? Most likely, the groin is trying to overwork to stabilize the hip, but the glute isn’t firing. Let me show you how to fix it! 1️⃣First, start with a simple bridge. Using intra-abdominal pressure to stabilize the spine and

Most people treat neck pain by stretching the very posture that caused it. That's not addressing the root cause-it's managing symptoms. Here's what's actually happening: when you work at a computer, your head drifts forward. The upper back rounds, and the neck hyperextends to keep your eyes on t

Do you ever wonder why your lower back pain never goes away? It is most likely because these moves are back breakers. They take the spine through a range of motion, destabilizing it. Your spine should be in a lordosis or curve. Let me show you what you should be doing to strengthen your

If you're over 40 like me, and you're squatting-whether it's heavy, moderate, or even light weight—I don't want you to do a single rep until you've done these two moves first. **Move 1: Hip Mobilization** To drop into a clean squat, you need mobile hips. Grab the bar you're about to use, step ba

Did you know lower back pain in these places is often not the cause of the problem? In many cases, the cause is actually higher up in the spine. Let me show you my favorite two moves that I do with my patients every single day to help mobilize the upper area of the spine. 1️⃣Lower Thoracic

Do you have pain on your elbow and you’ve had to stop working out because of it? Let me explain to you why that pain was most likely caused by your shoulder and not your elbow. When you’re doing a bicep curl, for instance, and your shoulder dumps forward like that, you’re putting the humoro

Walking is a controlled fall. You're falling forward, and you catch yourself with every step. When you catch yourself, everything up here has to fire-most importantly, the glute medius, right on the side of your hip. The job of the glute medius is to keep your leg from turning inward. If

Movements like these are not going to get rid of your belly fat. They may even hurt your back. Let me show you how to work your core properly! You have to remember, there's no such thing as spot reduction. Exercises like those will not flatten your tummy. Most of your fat loss will co

Do these stretches never loosen your hamstrings? Try these deep hip rotator stretches to solve the root problem: 1️⃣Find a bench or a bed/couch and put one knee down. Rest your hands down for support. Turn your belly button towards the hip that you want to stretch. As you push your belly butt

You are not your MRI. Have you gone to see a doctor for back or shoulder pain, and based on an MRI, you were told you have a disc bulge or a rotator cuff tear? Let me tell you something: your MRI is just a snapshot in time. And according to recent research, most of us are walking around with

What if I told you pain in your IT band was actually pain coming from somewhere else? Let me explain. First, we have to understand how the tibia works. The tibia rotates in various directions depending on how you flex your leg. The popliteus muscle helps unlock the knee when you’re