Posts Tagged ‘pilates’

Why Pilates?

I have been suggesting to both patients and friends alike that they should try the Pilates classes at Live Well. Mind you, I had never until recently taken one myself. However, I knew about the general concept behind Pilates. I’ve also seen first hand the enthusiasm that our patients have

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Shoulder Pain and Impingement Syndrome

The most common shoulder problem that people experience is known as “Impingement Syndrome”. This problem is often also referred to as painful arc syndrome, swimmers shoulder, supraspinatus syndrome and/or thrower’s shoulder. The pain that occurs is usually felt on the front (anterior) aspect of the shoulder and is the result

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Core Muscle Training

        When people say they want to strengthen their core this usually means that they want better looking abdominal muscles.  Our trunk is made up of six layers of muscle, with the outer most layer consisting of the largest muscle group and the deepest layer having the smallest muscle group.  It

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