by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | May 30, 2018 | Fitness
From the most sedentary desk jockey to the most nimble ballerina, people of all stripes will say they feel tight. Attend any yoga class and you’ll get to listen to the human pretzel next to you say how tight they are. Why do we all, no matter what our background, seem...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | May 22, 2018 | Fitness
If you are active, aches and pains happen. But if you keep experiencing the same ones over and over again, then something is off. Here are three common reasons you can’t seem to shake an injury. 1. Faulty Movement Patterns We spend a lot of time in chairs. We sit at...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | May 20, 2018 | Social Good
“When a new American friend persuades me to try out a yoga class, you can almost smell the tension and misery in the room.” That’s Ruth Whippman in her book America the Anxious: How Our Pursuit of Happiness Is Creating a Nation of Nervous Wrecks. Filled with hilarious...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Apr 22, 2018 | Fitness
It’s common to think of exercises like bicep curls and rows, or leg curls and leg presses as the main components of a workout program. However, for the non-body builder it can be more beneficial to view them only as extras. In this context they are called accessory...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Apr 12, 2018 | Fitness
A series of articles about low back pain attracted a fair amount of attention in the media this week. The series, published by the Lancet Journal, is a thorough review of low back pain’s causes and the efficacy of common treatments. Succinctly put, the causes of low...