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Check out our epic article detailing the best RECOVERY gifts to get the active person/athlete in your life and where to save the most. Red Light & Lasers Who is this for: the person who is always complaining about their sore/achy knees (or other joints) — this is even good for pets. The Benefits of Red Light/Laser […]

HRV: The Executive Brief On All Things HRV By Coach Johnny B (MS, CFL3, LMT)   HRV has been a massive topic of discussion with my clients over the past month. There have been many questions about what it is and if it’s essential or not. I wrote an article using the simplest terms possible […]

You’re about to go out for a run; as you head out of the door, you notice your hamstrings are a little stiff, so what do you do? Prop your foot up on a bus bench and hold for 30 seconds on each side? Some magical dynamic stretches like a kang squat, bootstrappers, or toy […]

Muscle: The Driver Of Longevity By Dr. Gabrielle Lyons with flavor from Coach Johnny B   If your muscles are strong, you live better. Not only does it make you able to move and look good in and out of clothes, but having increased muscle, compared to fat, has profound implications for your metabolic (how your body […]

When you squat, have you ever felt a sharp pinch in the front of your hip? Maybe you get a weird, deep ache around your hip flexor and groin after you run. Or you may notice it when you bend down to grab your laundry. These pains are most likely the effects of a femoroacetabular […]

Sciatica is a pain in the butt! It also can be a pain in your lower back, pain radiating down the back of your leg, sometimes even referring to your calf or toes. It’s annoying, and when it’s flared up, it can ruin your life. This article discusses sciatica, why it occurs, and how it […]

  TMJ SUCKS! The pain is referring your jaw up to your head. It gives you headaches, and that annoying clicking when you open your mouth is the worst! There are all sorts of crazy therapies out there, ranging from mouthguards to Botox injections. Some provide temporary relief; some actually make it worse. What most […]

What are shin splints? Shin splints is the generic name for medial tibial stress syndrome. What are shin splints or medial tibial stress syndrome? This answer can get nerdy fast, so here is the simplest explanation we have Your lower leg muscles get tight from doing too much of something, causing them to pull on […]

My wife, Amy, is a cradle robber. She swooped down from heaven and plucked me out of the sea when she was 30 and I was 26. The four years in our age gap have produced fun, exciting idiosyncrasies, especially since I am an old millennial and she is a young Gen X’er. One of […]

Out of the four stages of sleep, the deep sleep stage is the most important for repairing your physical body. During deep sleep, your body releases growth hormones to build and repair muscles, bones, and tissue, and immune system functioning. (Patel et al., 2022). In an ideal world, you spend 25% of your sleep time there. […]