There are days when everything seems to go your way… Days when every traffic light is green, every person you walk past on the street gives you a smile, and you wake up feeling great after a decent night’s sleep. Those days you feel on top of the world like nothing can go wrong. ButRead More…
Author: Trupti Mehta, PT, MS, OCS
Is Your Night Time Routine the Reason for Your Neck Pain?
Sometimes, it can often surprise us how the smallest things in life, can actually affect our health. Small things like carrying that heavy bag on the same shoulder every day, or that terrible posture you’ve learnt at work, but so desperately want to get rid of. That’s right everyone… it all adds up. When IRead More…
Neck and Shoulder Pain: Simple Exercises You Can Do From Your Desk, to Maintain a Healthy Looking Posture
Sometimes, it can often surprise us how the smallest things in life, can actually affect our health. Small things like carrying that heavy bag on the same shoulder every day, or that terrible posture you’ve learnt at work, but so desperately want to get rid of. That’s right everyone… it all adds up. Today I’mRead More…
Do’s and Don’t’s of Self–Diagnosing Your Back Problem?
Trupti Mehta here again! We’ve all been in pain before, and we all try to figure out what the heck is going on. We ask our friends, our trainers, our coaches, and our doctors, and sometimes they lead us toward the right answer. BUT, there are a lot of WRONG answers! Let’s look at backRead More…
3 Things That Cause Back Pain That You Didn’t Know Until Now
Quick question: How many of you have web searched “preventing back pain”? Yes, I thought so… We’ve all heard and read about what can cause back pain; incorrect lifting, bad posture, sports injury… but did you know that you may be making a common mistake in your daily routine, that might be encouraging back pain? What I’mRead More…
5 Tips for Running Recovery (for Spring, Summer, Fall Race Season)
Recovery = the act or process of becoming healthy, a return to a normal state of health and mind and strength. This is the definition of recovery and should be applied to running maybe more than any other sport or activity. We tend to see a lot of runners who eventually fall prey to the sameRead More…
How Heel Pain Causes Knee & Hip Pain
Let me tell you a quick story about a lady who recently came to see me for her left knee pain… = = = = = = Melissa started experiencing pain on the outside of her left knee about 3 months ago. When I spoke with her about her knee pain, she told me thatRead More…
What Is the Fastest, Cheapest, Easiest Way to Decrease Chronic Systemic Inflammation That Affects Your Neck, Back, Knees, Shoulder, Eyes, Brain, Organs and More?
So if you recall in this healthy tip series we talked about the anti-inflammation diet. We talked about how scientists have found that chronic inflammation is linked to chronic diseases: diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, arthritis, depression, cancer, asthma and more. Chronic inflammation is exacerbated by lifestyle factors: a diet with unhealthy fats and processed foodsRead More…
Screen Time and Your Vision! Yummy Oatmeal Recipe Too!
Most patients that I help are aged 40+ and trying to be active and enjoy life. I am also in that category. Besides physical and mental function, I also want to have my vision intact for next 20-30 years plus. I am willing to bet that even if you are ok with most aging processesRead More…
Is There Any Science Behind the Anti‑Inflammatory Diet?
Within the past few decades, scientists hit upon the discovery that many conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer, arthritis, depression, and long-lasting respiratory problems such as asthma, share a common element – chronic inflammation. Scientists suggest that many factors contribute to chronic inflammation, including genetics and exposure to toxic contaminants in the environment.Read More…