Guilt Free Spring Quiche

It’s been a while since I posted a great, carb-free, breakfast (or lunch and dinner) meal. So, how about a delectable, crust-less, vegetable, quiche for a delicious guilt-free meal? This quiche is vegetarian but still protein packed and you cannot go wrong with this easy recipe. Quiche is so great during the spring for a light,… [Continue Reading]

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Simple Pilates Moves for Golfers

As golf season approaches, I have more than a few clients who are scrambling to get the last leg of golf specific training in before they hit the links. For these athletes, I like to mainly focus on rotation, balance and stability. These three things are obviously important to any golfer. There are also a handful of… [Continue Reading]

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Yoga or Pilates? How To Choose

When people discuss the physical benefits of exercise, they tend to focus on the three S’s: Strength, Stamina and |Slimming. With this in mind, their training program usually consists of weight-lifting to build muscle with some form of aerobic activity to build cardiovascular endurance and burn calories. However, lately there is a second tier of benefits… [Continue Reading]

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Paleo Clean Eating Spring Challenge!

I notice that lately alot of my friends, family, clients, and random people I hear in coffee shops and yoga classes are all doing their own version of Spring cleanses. This goes anywhere from the Dr. Oz three day shake cleanse to juice fasts to “I am not eating anything until I faint”.  Since some… [Continue Reading]

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Paleo Banana Chocolate Mug Cake

Mug cake seems to be a huge trend lately, especially among fitness professionals who like to get a good serving of protein in any way they can that isn’t in the form of boiled chicken. I decided to try to create a super quick, super easy, delicious, mug cake for you just in time for… [Continue Reading]

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Yoga Pose Challenge: Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel is one of my favorite Yoga poses and it is perfect as we head in to the Spring. Aside from the aesthetic beauty of the pose, I love the story telling that dances around the posture. It embodies what it must be like to fall from grace, to hit the ground hard, but… [Continue Reading]

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Pilates for Rehabilitation and Posture

Pilates exercise has been introduced to the physical therapy community in recent years to enhance rehabilitation programs by focusing on spinal and core stabilization. This particular method can be incorporated into a patient’s treatment plan to improve strength, range of motion, coordination, balance, muscular symmetry, flexibility, and proprioception.  Pilates can either be performed as mat work on the floor… [Continue Reading]

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Detox Yoga: Twist in to Spring!

It’s that time of the year when we start to pull out our summer clothes and bikinis and we might be feeling a little less then excited to bare some skin. Yoga is the perfect way to not only shape up for the warmer months, it also helps to detoxify our internal organs, boost our… [Continue Reading]

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Thoracic Kyphosis and T-Spine Mobility

By now, you should be convinced that attaining and maintaining mobility in your thoracic spine is a good idea for many reasons. Kyphosis of the thoracic spine is a virtual epidemic (just take a look around at everyone the next time you’re in a coffee shop or classroom – rounded backs abound) and everyone at some… [Continue Reading]

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Sprains and Strains: What’s The Difference?

I see a lot of clients who complain about straining a certain muscle or spraining their ankle, however, for the most part a lot of them do not know what their injury actually is or the difference between a sprain and a strain. This is important because sprains and strains are among the most common… [Continue Reading]

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