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How To Check For Diastasis Recti

June 15, 2017

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Recently, my wife and I had the privilege of welcoming our fourth child into our home! Of course, with a newborn comes incredible joy, incredible fatigue, and an incredible amount of love!

My wife is now six weeks postpartum and ridiculously excited to resume working out again (even “ridiculously excited” it is somewhat of an understatement in her case! Let’s say she’s incredibly anxious to get her pre-baby body back!).

However, the physical therapist in me says that we need to check a few things before she jumps back in to working out full-time. The most important of which after having a baby is diastasis recti.

Today on Tone and Tighten I wanted to quickly discuss what is a diastasis recti, why it’s important to know whether or not you have one, and show you a simple test of how to check yours. Here we go!…

Feel The Burn Summer Workout Series Week 3

April 21, 2016

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The weather is heating up… shouldn’t your workouts follow suit??

Hey everyone – and welcome back to Week 3 in our “Feel The Burn” get-toned-and-tight-for-summer workout series. With two weeks down and 6 to go, anything is possible if you start right now and stay consistent through the end of the workout series. So come on! Get your cardio on to melt some calories; get your strength training on to shred some muscle definition, and be prepared to be in the best shape of your life when summer comes around! Let’s do this week 3…

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How to avoid injury while exercising

February 27, 2016

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Most of us have been there before: you just started a new workout plan. You’re a couple of weeks into it – just starting to see some really exciting progress, and WHAMMO – something starts hurting. Whether it’s your shoulder, back, neck, knee, or any other body part, nothing sidelines great progress as quickly as an injury. Suddenly we stop moving, start rehabbing, and before we know it we forget to pick up again where we left off (sound familiar?!). Well not today! This is the day we take back our fitness and eliminate those injuries from our lives! Today I wanted to share 6 things you can do right now to avoid injury and ensure you see your progress all the way through to completion of your goals! Keep reading for more…

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10 of the Best Foam Roller Exercises

May 26, 2015

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When in doubt – roll it out!

As a doctor of physical therapy, one of the simplest and yet most valuable pieces of equipment that we have in the clinic is the foam roller. This one simple tool offers numerous exercises with a myriad of benefits: increase joint flexibility, improve posture, injury prevention, and injury recovery (to name just a few!). Today on Tone-and-Tighten in connection with Kohl’s and their #MakeYourMove campaign, I wanted to share with you my 10 favorite foam roller exercises to ascertain you enjoy a full summer of sun-filled, healthy, injury-free moving!

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What Is A Pulled Muscle?

April 2, 2015

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Muscle strains – what they are and what you can do to help heal them.

We’ve all been there before (some of us more than others!) – it’s that one lift that was too heavy, the one sprint that was too fast, and even that one motion that tweaked things just right. Yep – today we’re talking pulled muscles here on T&T! As a physical therapist this is a problem that I encounter in my patients on a daily basis. Knowing what they are and knowing the steps you need to take after it happens is vital to improving healing time and maximizing your potential for recovery. Today is all about muscle pulls – what they are, how they happen, and information you need to know to help you “Feel Better Now”….