Let’s start with a question—What medication has been proven to have all of the following effects?
✓ Decreased risk of all-cause mortality
✓ Protective effects for hypertension
✓ Reduced metabolic syndrome prevalence
✓ Lesser likelihood of future cardiovascular events
The […]
Standing up and down from a chair, aka ‘squatting,’ is one of the most functional exercises our bodies perform on a day-to-day basis. This is an important movement to learn with great quality, strength, endurance, and power, as it is so critical to our lives […]
By Dr. Michael Jordan, PT| May 3rd, 2022 |...
We can all agree that movement becomes more challenging over time. Toddlers and young children seem like they can play for hours on end, teenagers and young adults are in the prime of their sports careers, and those in middle adulthood may pick up a favorite yoga or cycling […]
The ability to sit down and rise from the floor without using your hands is positively related to longevity (Brito, et al., 2012). In an article by the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a team of researchers has shown that the floor to stand test is predictive […]
“F.O.O.S.H.” is a fun word to say, but it actually stands for a “Fall On an Outstretched Hand.” When a loss of balance occurs, it is a normal response to reach out towards a stabilizing surface to try and catch yourself. However, the impact through the upper body can […]
