Jony Sena

Recently Reader's Digest came out with a horrible article about exercises. We'd link it but trust us it was terrible. Why? Because it vilified movement and exercise based on opinion NOT science. The idea that any exercise is bad is a deeply flawed one and does MUCH MORE HARM than the actual exercise. In reality, exercise comes down to capacity. The likelihood of injury (according to research) is often minuscule. In other words, the benefits FAR outweigh the negatives. So here are 5 exercises you can (and often SHOULD) do at any age. 5 Exercises You Can and Should Do At Any Age Keep spreading the message, and share yesterday's video/post as well! Loading is life! #stopthoughtviruses via Dr. Ryan Michael Smith, DPT - Recharge HoCo CrossFit Want to learn in person? Attend a #manualtherapyparty! Check out our course calendar below! Learn more online! Want an approach that enhances your existing evaluation and treatment? No commercial model gives you THE an...

Did you see that Reader's Digest article - "14 Exercises To Never Do After Age 50"? I'll save you the time...It was terrible & caused an outrage on social media. This morning, I published a  Response Video on the Institute of Clinical Excellence page . The video highlights the issues with the article & a call to publish a more evidence-based follow up article. As I'm writing this email: >11,000 views & >300 shares The title of the article changed to "14 Exercises You Should Modify If You're Over 50" & received a message from the Digital Managing Editor of Reader's Digest regarding the article Help us send a message that Old ≠ Weak & the perpetual ageism found in media needs to come to an end. Please consider liking & sharing the video. Via Dr. Dustin Jones, DPT - Senior Rehab Project Want to learn in person? Attend a #manualtherapyparty! Check out our course calendar below! Learn more online! ...

By Gene Shirokobrod I’ve evolved as a clinician more so in my approach to people than in my accumulation of techniques.   I went from wanting to fix people to wanting to connect with them.   Let's take a quick trip back in time to one of my first patient experiences. This was years ago. Before I get into the patient experience, let me paint a little picture of how I got to this clinic. I accepted a job at this clinic months before graduation. While I was in my last year of physical therapy school I went through a year long advanced training program. This program consisted of learning how to diagnose and treat a multitude of musculoskeletal issues. I learned how to access and manipulate (see:crack) any joint in the body. Then I practiced. And practiced. And for good measure, practiced some more. I was ready to fix people. I was eager to start working. To prove myself to my colleagues and to myself.   The way it worked was we would see patients on our schedule, and re...

AMTA members are invited to promote the massage therapy profession and their practices during AMTA's 22nd annual National Massage Therapy Awareness Week , October 21-27, 2018. Get tips on sharing the benefits of massage with your community.  Ways to Get Involved Educate Your Community and Massage Clients. Distribute information on the health benefits of massage at your practice, doctors' office, health clubs and other locations focusing on health and wellness. Download free materials » Create a Listing for Your Practice.  Activate or update your AMTA Find A Massage Therapist profile to help new clients find you! Through multi-media advertising, AMTA drives consumers to our locator service while promoting the benefits of massage and the importance of using an AMTA member massage therapist. Get started » Obtain a Proclamation. Download a sample mayoral or gubernatorial proclamation  » Send Us Your Stories! Members, submit photos for consideration in ...

Vicious Cycles was originally published on Imagine Wellness Center There is a vicious cycle, known well in dentistry, called the cycle of dental fear. The cycle works like this; patients are afraid to visit the dentist; their fear means they don’t get regular check-ups, so health problems aren’t prevented, […] Via Dr. J's Imagine Wellness Centre - Feed http://imaginewellnesscentre.com Via RSSMix.com Mix ID 8246245 http://www.rssmix.com/

Stop beating yourself with mobility balls, or doing painful pin and stretch techniques. Do they work, yes! Do they have to be painful, absolutely not! Isometrics are great modulators of pain and reduces the perception of stretch. After inhibiting the pec minor with light palpation and resisted isometric shoulder elevation, an anteriorly tipped scapula is often temporarily in a better set position at rest. It's time to load it up with overhead kettlebell or dumbbell carries to work the scapular stabilizers. For the full 12 minute mini case check out Modern Manual Therapy Premium! Pec Minor Inhibition Technique Want to learn in person? Attend a #manualtherapyparty! Check out our course calendar below! Learn more online! Want an approach that enhances your existing evaluation and treatment? No commercial model gives you THE answer. You need an approach that blends the modern with the old school. Live cases, webinars, lectures, Q&A, hundreds of techniques and ...

It wasn’t all that long ago that I was a casual kettlebell therapy blogger who was merely dabbling on Twitter and trying to find and otherwise connect with like minded people — ANY people… that didn’t see kettlebells as some type of severely dangerous, off the wall, voodoo exercise modality.  This was a personal thing to me. And, of course it was personal. After all, I got my doctoral thesis noted and published by the American College of Sports Medicine on the exercise effects of kettlebells — even presented in Baltimore at the inaugural Exercise Is Medicine congress. Little did I know that some cathartic blogging and authentic tweeting would lead me……. HERE  5 Ways Blogging Prepared Me For Business 1. Blogging Forced Me To Write… A LOT This one might be obvious, but there is so much more writing in business than I could’ve ever anticipated. Daily, there are messages, emails, group chats, proposals, responses, rebuttals, threads, and copies that I think on, write on...

Photo by  Jaunathan Gagnon  on  Unsplash How we conceptualize our body, our joints and tissues, affects how we react to situations that involve those tissues. Our joints and tissues represent, in the minds of most laypersons, a static entity. That is, “they are what they are”. They can often be viewed as the sum of all stresses, where stresses are responsible for “wearing out” the tissues. This analysis can be misleading. How we conceptualize our tissues dictates, or at least influences, how we behave. In essence, we  act out  in the real world what we believe to be true about our bodies. The “wear and tear” model of joint structure, while intuitive and rational in terms of what we know about the world (we all are well aware discontinuity of all things that exist, aside change), has some misconceptions when applied to the living adaptable system that is our body. The main misconception involves the belief that tissue wear itself is irriversable ti...

Diseases of Excess Read more on: Imagine Wellness Center Wealth is a peculiar thing; up to a certain point, it seems to be incredibly useful for increasing happiness and health, but over a certain amount, wealth might cause problems. You may have heard of diseases of affluence or excess; […] Via Dr. J's Imagine Wellness Centre - Feed http://imaginewellnesscentre.com Via RSSMix.com Mix ID 8246245 http://www.rssmix.com/

The patient in the video had several level spinal fusion from T7-S1. He had several years of being able to golf and return to function and running. However, he noticed continued lumbar lateral shift to the right. His lumbar spine and left LE is still Sx free, however it has atrophied significantly and in the past year, he has found it difficult to load. His balance is affected and he now needs a cane to walk. He is a PT and is also going to several PTs for gait and general strengthening/conditioning. The video series I show 4 videos Unsupported gait  gait with cane gait with kettlebell on L - involved side gait with cane and kettlebell Manual therapy was also performed to his L hip, L ankle and great toe, all of which had mobility issues. After all of this, he felt much steadier and enjoyed the kettlebell farmer's carries. He was able to walk faster as well with increased ability to accept load on his left. Gait Loading Progression Initially, we also attempted carryi...