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If you’ve been around Hope Clinic, then you know drinking lots and lots of every water is essential for your body’s health. You probably also know about these essential remedies for winter colds. But have you ever heard Dr. Brad share his best advice for how to stay young? Listen up!
When we hit 40 years old, certain things in our bodies do begin shifting. For instance, it’s around 40 when a person’s energy and activity levels start to drop.
If you know Dr. Brad, you know he values the health benefits of exercise. Patients have asked for his recommendation of an exercise routine they could do at home.
Check it out! With simply a bungee cord, light dumbbells, and a stable chair, you can also exercise the main muscle groups and get in some cardio as well.
For anyone Dr Brad has recommended the curling dead lift exercise to— here you go! Start light and see how you feel.
Is your shoulder stiff? Limited in range of motion? Does it flare up now and then?
You may benefit from some shoulder rotation exercises.
The rotator cuff is made up of four muscles; the subscapularis, teres minor, supraspinatus, and infraspinatus that work together to assist the shoulder joint and arm movements.
Careful exercise can boost the specific muscles that haven’t been doing their job. Recovery through exercise can help improve strength, movement and reduce pain.
Who knew? Part of body’s first line of defense is its mucous membranes. They play an important role in protecting and fighting off viruses that enter our throats, nasal passages and lungs. And what helps activate those membranes is to move!
Resistance exercise is necessary for a variety of reasons, like building and retaining muscle as well as being especially helpful in losing weight to achieve a lean, healthy body. When done properly, weight resistance can also help build stronger bones and healthy joints.
When you feel a bit tight on time, here's a Dr. Brad-recommended, full-body workout that will take you just 10 minutes! Do it at home in your living room or maybe even your kitchen.
Sadly, many things we’re told to do to avoid bone-related mishaps and disease are based on misleading information. These meant-to-be helpful tips can actually end up contributing to the problem! Shoot. So what’s the real deal? Let’s take it one piece at a time…
One of the reasons people seek out a professional to analyze their gait is to insure they are using the best shoe available. But sometimes this might not be as helpful as you think. And here's why.
When was the last time you tried a new sport, ate at a new restaurant, discussed politics with your in-laws? It’s been quite some time, you say? Activities like these might just be one of the healthiest ways you can care for that really important organ, your brain.
