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  • How to Prepare For Cyber Monday Olympics (Neck + Arm Event)

    Pokemon-Go-Launches-in-Brazil-Ahead-of-OlympicsCyber Monday is becoming a bigger phenomenon in our modern society as we shift towards the internet of things.  Smartphones have hyper-drive cyber Monday even busier, however, our bodies are not designed for spending hours on the small phone devices or at a desk looking for these deals.

    smartphone-570214_1280This article will dive into 3 exercises that are designed to help keep your upper body limber so you do not get any unwanted tendinitis, stiff neck syndrome, or nerve irritation.  Yes, we have seen an uptick in this diagnosis more and we would like to explain why these exercises are important and how it can help you enjoy your Christmas and online presents for yourself.

    Our body will protect your nerves at all cost.  The nerves depend on two things to stay healthy: blood and lymphatic circulation.  Lymphatic circulation is the system that works with our immune system to fight unwanted things and detox them towards our lymph nodes.  There is a hierarchy in who is the boss of our body.  Our brain tells our nerve what to do.  Our nerve talks to our muscles and tells it to move, relax, or freeze up into a muscle spasm.

    Anatomically, our nerves are strategically at the parts of your body that are intentionally protected.  Our ulnar (funny bone nerve), median (carpal tunnel nerve), and radial nerve run under the surface of our arm.  Deeply under our collarbone, chest muscles, and armpit region.

    How is your posture going to impact the nerves and its health?

    If you round your shoulder forward and/or stick your chin out as you type, you are slowing the circulation of vital nutrients to the nerve.   Imagine your plumbing system being slowed down by weeds and waste like my kids putting play-doh down the toilet.  (more…)

  • ACL 101: Common 6 Pitfalls of ACL Care (When Avoiding Surgery)

    bike4This article is my latest continuation of the ACL 101 series.  ReVITALize Rehab Club is designed to simplify the medical jargon so every member can be empowered in their own care.  Social media and medical information in the internet are notorious for giving snippets of fitness and medical care and I want to bridge that gap so every member can get in the heads of the medical and fitness professionals to make the best decisions for themselves.

    Recent studies showed that 60% of ACL rehab make a full recovery, less than 60% return to sport, and more than 50% develop knee osteoarthritis by middle age.  My goal is to inform our club members on how to not fall into this category of less optimal outcome.   Most studies are happy to demonstrate above average statistical significant, but if one desires to bulletproof their knee, one needs to get the upper hand in short and long term care.

    Read “ACL 101: the Breakdown of How Not to Break Down (The What?!)” and “ACL 101: How to Be the Last One Standing (After Surgery)” in which I wrote about how to test your ACL, the shift in ACL care, risk factors, and what to expect after the early phase of ACL surgery.  Having an ACL tear is not all doom and gloom.  Did you know that research has categorized ACL patients into 3 groups.  The three groups are: “copers” without brace, “copers” with brace, and “non-copers” needing surgery.  The name of the game with the first two groups is to teach the whole body (notice I did not say knee) to find a different strategy to move efficiently with a weakened ACL.  I will take this idea a step further and will teach you how to bulletproof your knee to not be another statistic of having meniscus or total knee replacement surgery in the future.

    Common Pitfalls During ACL Care (To Cope Well or After ACL Surgery)

    1. De-emphasizing the basics. (more…)