Category: Knee Health Napa

Reducing Risk of Falling with a Strong Core

“I read some research that one of the biggest factors causing falls is related to having a weak core,” expressed Dutch during one of his weekly personal training sessions.  Dutch expressed this as we performed an exercise involving balancing on one leg as I threw a la crosse ball, bouncing it off of the ground …

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Fend off Arthritis by Managing Stagnant Joints

As I was meandering through my garden over Memorial Day weekend, basking in the glowing Napa sunlight and enjoying the refreshing Northern California breeze, I went to move my wheelbarrow away from one of my garden beds.  The bok choy in my garden was thriving.  However,  something disturbing residing within the bed of the wheelbarrow …

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Postural Awareness Increases Productivity

The spinal cord is an elongation of our brain consisting of a series of hollow bones stacked on top of each other.  These bony structures are our vertebrae.    Spanning from the base of the skull down to the buttocks, each vertebra possesses a hollow cylinder-like interior meant to encase and protect the spinal cord.  Consisting …

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Is There a Book that Tells you How to Get Old?

“I wish there was an instruction manual that told you how to get old,” expressed Selwyn as we enjoyed a cup of coffee and pastry outside of West Won Bakery.  After catching up after a few months of being too busy to meet up and conduct our usual friendly banter, something that came up with …

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Benefits of Physical Balance and How to Improve it

Commonly defined as the even distribution of different elements in correct proportions, balance appears in various presentations throughout our everyday functions.  Whether it be juggling timelines of making deadlines as work, struggling to figure out where we’re going to be at what part of the day to attend meetings, or ensuring the digital numbers in …

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Exercise Before Your Brain Turns On

Agendas in our lives require a substantial amount of bandwidth made up of our thoughts, feelings, and actions.  From waking up in the morning to making breakfast and getting spruced up for work, to figuring out what’s for dinner at the end of the day, we have many obligations that need to get done before …

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Strong Hips Makes for a Strong Life

“You know my hips don’t lie” is one of Shakira’s most recognized lyrics in her iconic song written in the early 2000s, “Hips Don’t Lie.”  Shakira is known for her elite demonstration of moving her hips in an athletic display of artistic Latin dance.  Not only are Shakira’s performances and music videos an example of …

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Keep Moving During Plane Flights

A successful start to the new year has welcomed gyms with motivated individuals looking to achieve their fitness goals.  Entering the third month of the year is usually when results from our health and fitness efforts start to materialize.  New Year’s resolutions commonly include visions of weight loss, losing a few inches around the midsection, …

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Prioritizing Lower Body Strength

Completing a full-body resistance training exercise session introduces a plethora of benefits toward everyday functionality.  Movements featuring productive exercise-induced stress on the lower extremity, core, and upper extremity have historically demonstrated how they assist in optimizing the ability to move more efficiently, avoid injury, reduce physical pain from previous injuries, and bolster the interactions within …

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Eat the Right Foods at the Right Times

“Six packs start in the kitchen,” Felix told me as I was gulping down my protein shake after a two-hour training session and I waited for my dad to pick me up from the gym at seven o’clock in the evening.  One-hundred-pound dumbbell chest press, fifty-pound dumbbell curls, and five-hundred-pound leg presses weren’t an unusual …

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