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Health Concerns for Students
Summer is coming to an end, and for most kids, that means back to school. Some kids thrive in the traditional school environment, but unfortunately, many kids are not cut out for the rigors of the traditional classroom. Long hours sitting in a chair, inactivity, lack of sunlight and natural surroundings, and often a diet
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Plantar Fasciitis: Healing Up Your Heel Pain
In this video I discuss the muscles associated with plantar fasciitis, why people get this type of foot pain, and what you can do with respect to plantar fasciitis natural treatments. See the accompanying plantar fasciitis article here! Video Transcript Hey, this is Dr. Gangemi, and I’ve got a new Sock Doc video for you
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Plantar Fasciitis: The Pain You’ve Got That Doesn’t Really Exist
It’s just your imagination—this pain that you or your trusted practitioner has diagnosed as “plantar fasciitis”—because it’s impossible to have that problem where there is no fascia in the body! Ok, it’s not in your head, and naming an injury doesn’t explain why you have the problem in the first place, let alone tell you
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Stretching as a Warm-Up and Injury Prevention
Part IV: Move with a Purpose: Stop Mindless Stretching—Warm-Up, Cooldown, Injury Treatment, and a Bozo Prevention Strategy Stretching should not be the sole activity performed during a warm-up before or a cooldown after your movement or exercise program. Should it be a part of your routine at all? Most of us have heard to never
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Yoga Flexibility, Yoga Stretching, and Mobility
Part III: Move with a Purpose: Stop Mindless Stretching—Movement, Mobility, and Yoga Contrary to popular belief, yoga is not Sanskrit for stretching. It actually means to join or unite, and it is a combined spiritual, mental, and physical practice. Assuredly, most yoga poses do focus on flexibility and strength to varying degrees; however, each pose
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Fascial Fitness and Flexibility
Part II: Move with a Purpose: Stop Mindless Stretching—Flexibility, Fascia, and Your Nervous System Flexibility might be the ability of a joint to bend through its full range of motion, but in actuality, it’s the reflection of your nervous system. (Check out Part I of “Move with a Purpose: Stop Mindless Stretching.”) In essence, stretching
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Stretching for Flexibility, or Not
Part I: Move with a Purpose: Stop Mindless Stretching—Stretching for Flexibility, or Not It has been almost five years since I first posted my somewhat controversial “Stop Stretching!” article on the Sock Doc website (or Soc Doc as many continue to write). My views regarding stretching haven’t changed much, but my knowledge and experience around
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Male Estrogen Dominance
In this video I discuss the epidemic of male estrogen dominance. Many men who are converting testosterone into estrogen and losing their masculine characteristics. Many men are also consuming products that act like and increase estrogen in their body leading to male estrogen dominance. Learn how to increase your testosterone and decrease your estrogen levels
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Athletic Diet and Nutrition
In this video I discuss how your fitness diet should be personalized to suit your lifestyle and your aerobic vs. anaerobic training levels. Learn about the role of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins as they relate to your training intensity. What you eat significantly affects your health and performance. While there are many popular athlete diet
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Running Pronation & Overpronation
Learn what running pronation and overpronation mean and how it impacts how you move. Overpronation is a symptom of another problem and is often associated with various injuries. Shoes and orthotics will not truly correct your overpronation. In this video, I explain how overpronation is a symptom indicating that the tibialis posterior muscle is functioning
