Dealing with Runner’s knee, or any other type of knee pain for that matter, is not a fun experience. Anytime you’re sidelined from performing physical activities you enjoy — sporting-based or simply activities of daily living, having safe, simple, and effective ways to decrease pain and discomfort can be immensely helpful. If you need a simple, effective, and no-nonsense way …
Challenging Ankle Stability Exercises: No Equipment Required!
While there are a lot of great ankle rehabilitation devices and ankle-specific equipment out there, not everyone has access to them, or any other equipment, for that matter. So, how can you perform effective ankle stability exercises without any equipment? Can it even be done? Of course it can! And I’ll prove it to you if you read through this …
Hip Flexor Pain When Squatting: It Might Be More (Here’s Why)
Squats and squatting-based movements often comprise a significant portion of one’s strength training and exercise pursuits. And for good reason — these movements are necessary for developing stronger legs, more muscular endurance, and improved overall lower body performance. But man, this is a hard thing to do when you experience hip flexor pain when squatting. So, finding a fix — …
Lifter’s Guide: Low Back Pain From Squatting | What To Know & Do
Working out and performing squats is supposed to make you stronger, not break you down and leave you writhing in pain. Even if you only have mild pain or discomfort after squatting, it needs to be addressed. At best, experiencing lower back pain from squatting will interfere with your next one or two workouts, while at worst, it will lead …
Ankle Stability Exercises For Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation
When it comes to building a strong, optimally functioning body, ankles are one of the most often overlooked body parts. Without optimal ankle function (strength, mobility, and stability), the performance of your entire body can be compromised. After all, your entire body relies on having a healthy pair of ankles to produce full-body movement, and a chain is only as …
Here’s Why Your Neck Hurts When Deadlifting (And How To Fix It)
Deadlifts have a reputation for challenging nearly every aspect of the body. In contrast, the neck has a reputation for being quite finicky and prone to experiencing various forms of pain or discomfort. Naturally, when you put a challenging exercise together with a sometimes unpredictable body part, you’re bound for an occasional neck issue or two to arise. So, if …
How to Stay Fit & Active When Injured (Yes, It’s Possible)
Life can feel like enough of an uphill battle at the best of times. If staying fit, active, and healthy is important to you, that up-sloping challenge can feel like it gets exceptionally steep exceptionally quick when you throw an injury into the mix. Injuries can feel like they leave us powerless to stay active, but with the right mindset …
Causes Of Heel Pain When Squatting & Proven Solutions (Expert Tips)
Squatting is a fundamental movement pattern for humans. And whether you’re squatting with a barbell that holds hundreds of pounds across your back or only with mere bodyweight, this movement should never cause pain in your heel. Heel pain can be debilitating and spiral out of control if you’re not careful. Thankfully, I’ve written a detailed article here to help …
5 Reasons Why One Shoulder Is Tighter Than The Other (& Solutions)
Shoulders are one of those things where you never truly realize how much you use them until they’re not working as they should. And perhaps the only other thing more annoying than dealing with a tight shoulder while trying to workout or exercise is not knowing why the darn thing is getting tight in the first place. If this is …
Sit-ups and Back Health: Why Science Suggests Other Exercises Instead
Strong, chiseled abs will never go out of style, but the most popular exercise for achieving them – the sit-up – certainly has. While a carved-up set of abs is indeed considered to be quite sexy, debilitating lower back pain certainly isn’t. And according to science, that might be what you’re in for if you keep performing them as part …