Among the abundance of fads and buzzwords - fiber is high up on that list currently. So let’s dive into what it is, why you need it, and what it does.
Fiber is one of those unsung heroes of nutrition that so often gets overlooked. While most of us know we should eat our fruits and veggies, the significance of something so small like fiber intake can fly under the radar.
Fiber is a type of carbohydrate that the body can't digest. It comes in two forms: soluble and insoluble. Soluble fiber dissolves in water and can help lower blood sugar and cholesterol levels, while insoluble fiber adds bulk to your stool and aids in digestion. Both types are crucial for overall health. Sometimes it can make it easy to picture fiber like glue, it is helping bind things together while picking up other stuff along the way.
In recent years, standing desks have surged in popularity. Touted as a solution to the more sedentary lifestyle that plagues many office workers. As a Sports Chiropractor, we often see the benefits of standing desks in practice and our personal life. However, like any tool, they must be used correctly to reap the full benefits and avoid potential pitfalls. Movement (or postural) variability is key. Standing isn’t necessarily better than sitting.
Read MoreDr. Mallory comes from an extensive Sports Chiropractic background with over 8 years in practice in the Twin Cities area. Dr. Mallory's approach to treatment fits in well here at Minnesota Movement. She is more than just a traditional chiropractor in the sense that she tailors treatment and rehab programming to each patient’s individual needs and limitations. Treatment will vary from patient to patient and may include spinal and extremity adjustments, soft tissue techniques, and functional rehabilitative exercises.
Read MoreWe all have that one dish that our mom or grandmother has made for years, right? Yet they rarely follow the recipe and yet it always turns out the same - delicious. How does that happen?!
Well, it’s because they understand that the concepts often outweigh the protocols.
The same goes with rehab and treatment. Protocol based care only gets us so far.
What do we do when someone is progressing faster than expected?
What about when someone isn’t progressing fast enough?
Or what do we do when that person is actually falling behind instead of progressing at all?!
Merely focusing our movement patterns on flexion and extension based habits like walking and sitting to standing may lead to completely ignoring the internal and external rotators of the hip as well as the Ab/Adductors. Furthermore, with our more sedentary lifestyle in general, the patterns we utilize to access our flexion and extension can lead to inhibited Gluteal Muscles and over-dominant or ‘taught’ feeling Quadriceps Muscles. These imbalances are what we attribute as a cause to a lot of chronic Hip Pains we see clinically.
Read MoreYou ever hear the phrase, “If you pay, you pay attention?” No? Well you’ve had to have heard of “you get what you pay for” then right?
I just bought a knock off Athlemon shirt from Amazon for $16 vs the Lululemon shirt I could have bought for $60. And guess what?! The quality is definitely 3.75x less. Which means it won’t last as long in the closet and therefore I’ll have to keep buying new ones more often.
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