Tendonitis and other subsequent tendon issues are never fun to deal with, and when it happens in your elbow it can make it hard to do your required daily activities. Whether the pain is a mild nuisance or a long-standing and painful issue, you want to do all that you can to get it taken care of. This leads many …
Faster Exercise Recovery: How to Remove Lactic Acid After a Workout
Lactic acid is kind of like your best friend and worst enemy. It’s your best friend in that it’s the byproduct of what ultimately allows you do higher intensity work and grind through some challenging workouts. But it also your enemy since it also plays a central role in regards to the resulting muscle soreness we can feel thereafter (well, …
Does EMS Help with Weight Loss? Here’s Why You DON’T Want it to
“Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.” – Henry Ford Many people wonder if EMS (Electrical Muscle Stimulation) (also referred to as NMES – Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation) can help them lose weight. We’ve all seen the claims on TV, on websites and plenty of other places: just turn the device on and let the machine do all …
How to Reduce Soreness After Dry Needling – Five Proven Tips
Dry needling (often known as Intramuscular Stimulation, IMS, trigger point needling, among others) can be a great therapeutic treatment intervention for helping tight, painful and otherwise misbehaving muscles settle down and relax. But oftentimes people experience some aching or soreness for a short period of time thereafter. Thankfully, it doesn’t last long and there are some great things you can …
In-Depth Product Review: B Strong BFR System (What You MUST Know)
There are two things that are for certain with me these days: blood flow restriction training is amazing for a variety of reasons and being smart with my money in this economic climate is a good idea. If you’re wanting to spend your money wisely and are interested in blood flow restriction training, I am hoping this blog post will …
How to Fix Your Posture While Sitting at Your Desk (Five Proven Tips)
They say that sitting is the new smoking. That’s the catch-phrase that has risen to prominence in the modern age of ever-increasing time spent sitting down at desks and workstations. Indeed, high amounts of prolonged sitting can wreak havoc on our posture and tends to give us all sorts of aches and pains as a result. But the good news …
Seven Easy Ways for Making Kinesio Tape Stick Way Better
Kinesio tape can be great for reducing pain and discomfort while also helping to expedite recovery from sore muscles and tissues. Perhaps that’s why when it comes to using Kinesio tape, few things are more annoying than having the tape not stick well. Thankfully, there are some rather easy, yet incredibly effective ways you can make your tape stick better in order …
A Review of the Kabuki Boomstick (Why it’s Worth Getting)
Most active individuals would have no problems with getting professional soft tissue treatment on a regular basis if money simply weren’t an issue. But for a lot of us, it is. So we look for all sorts of ways to effectively treat our tight and fascially bound-up muscles on our own. You know, those poor things that endure the chronic …
Tennis Elbow: How to Tape Your Elbow All By Yourself
Tennis elbow (also known as Lateral Epicondylitis) is quite an annoying condition to have. And while it isn’t the most devastating condition in the world, it can certainly be painful and can absolutely interfere with all sorts of activities you wish to partake in. Thankfully, there are some straightforward things you can do to help treat it on your own, …
Can (and Should) You Workout Right After Getting Dry Needling?
Dry needling, often referred to as IMS (Intra Muscular Stimulation) is a therapeutic treatment technique that many healthcare professionals use as a means to decrease muscle tension, reduce or eliminate trigger points and help restore mobility to otherwise tight muscles. However, if you find yourself wondering if you can workout right after an IMS session, you’re not alone as many …