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Expectations of Pain / An utterly confusing relationship.
Expectations of Pain / An utterly confusing relationship.

As a Chiropractor, we work within the realm of helping individuals not only get out of pain but avoid it by increasing their performance capacity as well. It’s been through these experiences of helping people that I’ve been able to gain the importance of these values and lessons which are worth sharing and elaborating on.
As patients not only are you expected to do "exercises" you are also expected to allot time for walks in nature, meditate, journal, sleep 8-9 hours, eat 10 servings of vegetables - oh and still show up for work on time after getting kids ready for school...before picking them up and making sure their homework is done, they aren't getting too much screen time, dinner is something everyone can enjoy and that they actually shower before bed

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Mobility Vs Flexibility- A Never-Ending Battle Within Our Joints
Mobility Vs Flexibility- A Never-Ending Battle Within Our Joints

Mobility is the ability of a joint to travel in its full range of motion (ROM) without any constraints or pains. It is all about how well you can control your joint through the necessary ROMs. Having good mobility is important to maintain pain-free, unimpeded, fluid, and independent movement.

Flexibility, on the other hand, is the ability of a muscle to fully lengthen. We have talked about different types of flexibility before and ways to increase your muscle’s length. It is important to have good flexibility in order to unlock the full ROM a joint complex has and utilize it to generate explosiveness by full muscle contraction.

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The SIMPLE Way to Form a Habit / Happy [early] New Year!
The SIMPLE Way to Form a Habit / Happy [early] New Year!

Habits are defined actions triggered automatically by a contextual cue that is linked to performance (1). To make sense of this, let’s think of an easy day-to-day example. Think about the habit of putting on our seat-belts (defined action) after we get into our car (contextual cue)

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Use of Resistance Bands for Workouts and Rehab
Use of Resistance Bands for Workouts and Rehab

Resistance Bands are a great tool not only clinically, but for your at-home use as well!

When you come into our office, you will see some bands hanging up on the walls and, if your system’s needs calls for them, you will be using them quite a bit. So let’s get acquainted with the benefits of bands.

  1. Bands offer the ability to be Multi-Planar with movement

  2. They allow for more constant resistance/tension

  3. This resistance/tension is variable throughout the motion

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New Face for the New Space!
New Face for the New Space!

We're super pumped to be bringing Dr. Andrew onto the team here at Minnesota Movement and look forward to the knowledge and experience he will bring to the table as he starts Mid-March!

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Movement Is Medicine - Dosage and Type
Movement Is Medicine - Dosage and Type

Are there great exercises out there on YouTube or WebMD or WebEx? YES!
Of course there are.
But are they the right fit for you? Maybe? Maybe not?
Part of my job is to figure out not only the right movement pattern your system needs, but the right dosage as well.
Movement Is Medicine.

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