Houston Healthy Living Blog
Building an Aerobic Base and Thereafter
Aerobic base building is the foundation you build your future strengths that allow for injury free training. People who train for half or full marathons at one point move into speed training and will experience reaching their anaerobic threshold which occurs when the...
Overcome Knee Pain With Pilates
Knee pain can prevent people from being active for months, even when it has been iced, rested, an exercised to strengthen muscles around the knee. The solution to correcting the lower body alignment is with a Pilates program. Pain under the kneecap is common among...
The Path To An Active Lifestyle
Bridging the patient from Physical Therapy to an active lifestyle within that person’s capabilities may be the most challenging step in the public health model, especially for those with chronic conditions. However, the Physical Therapist is the one professional most...
Geriatric Assessment With a Hip Focus
Hip injuries and pain sustained in older adults are a result of pathology (e.g., osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis), or can result from injuries received after falling (e.g., hip fractures). According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hip...
Pregnancy and Sacroiliac Pain
Women who experience sacroiliac joint dysfunction during pregnancy suffer from pain and discomfort that may prevent them from being physically active. With a focus on improving pelvic alignment and mechanics at the sacroiliac (SI) joint, located in the pelvis between...
Antioxidants
Antioxidants are natural compounds that help neutralize “free radicals”, the damaging chemicals in our bodies. Free radicals naturally occur in the body and react with protein, fats, and DNA in our cells. Unfortunately, these reactions can lead to myriad diseases and...
Pilates… Pursuing Fitness At Any Age
In our youth is an ideal time to begin a lifelong commitment to physical activity. It is a good time to really establish sound exercise habits, in terms of biomechanics and the use of muscles around the pelvis and spine. The discipline and concentration Pilates...
Do You Know the Reason for Your Run Today?
Maybe you ran long yesterday. Today you plan on running a few miles….tomorrow you plan on a challenging workout. Do you know why? It is important to know the reason behind a workout or a series of workouts. Your training plans need to include goals other than...
Caffeine- a performance Enhancer?
Caffeine can make you feel more alert and less fatigued, give you a psychological edge, or make you nervous and jittery. Many of us depend on it or just enjoy it on a daily basis in a variety of forms, perhaps most familiar and popular to most of us in the form...
Train to Gain
Without right balance of frequency, duration and intensity plateau and or stagnation will become evident. Tips to avoid dwindling progress would include: Be consistent. Consistency with the frequency of your runs builds efficiency. At least three half hour runs...