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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.

  The video above is a (quick and thorough) look at the tremendous power of well-designed mobility work fueled by a detailed assessment. This week, I want to share the process that we use (taught in school and by mobility CE courses from SFMA, The Ready State, and the National Academy of Sports Medicine) so that anyone

I have worked in and in support of the fitness industry for the last 12 years. Over this decade, I have observed a classic pattern from many of my clients and friends I call “The Wet February Storm.” It goes like this… Many people get motivated to wipe away the sins of December with a

How To Properly Run Up and Down Hills By Coach Johnny B (MS, CFL3, LMT)   Atlanta is the place where the players go to play. It’s also the land of heat, humidity, and HILLS! If you are a runner and do not know how to adjust your biomechanics to tackle the elevation correctly, you