What is Sciatica? Sciatica is poorly defined but could be loosely defined by pain originating around your lower back area and traveling down (radiating) into your lower leg. As with most pain, everyone’s experience is different. For example, some people have herniated discs, spinal stenosis, or osteoarthritis and don’t have any pain, while other people…

This post will be a repost of a research paper by myself and a graduate professor of mine. My research was on motivational interviewing, goal setting, and problem-solving interventions with patients in a rehabilitation center. Even though the study was in a “Special population” the conclusions can be applied to many people’s seeking to change…

Point 1 When you first start changing your diet and incorporating new foods and decreasing other foods there can sometimes be a sudden change in your water volume. This is transitory, and its important to know that upfront because it can be discouraging if you think you have done great the first week and then…

We can quickly describe Resistance Training as applying resistance to a group of muscles in such a way that those muscles need to oppose, and hopefully overcome, that resistance. The resistance could be from dumbbells, barbells, bands, body weight, medicine balls, and the list goes on. Resistance training is important for general health for a…

Exercise! How much, how hard should it be, what should I do, what machine gets rid of my belly (while person shakes their belly)? These are just a few of the most common questions I have received in my many years in the fitness industry. Perhaps one day Ill write an article about the craziest…