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How to Avoid an Injury During the Holidays

By |December 20, 2019|

The holidays are full of good things: family in town, decorating the lanai, long drives up I-75 and a kitchen that never seems to close. They're also full of ladders, heavy boxes, long hours on your feet and skipped workouts. It's the time of year when a lot of people slip, strain a [...]

  • Dr. Scott Gray guiding a patient through a hip exercise on the treatment table

7 Simple Ways to Keep the Pounds Off During the Holidays

By |December 20, 2019|

The holiday season is the time of year when extra calories lurk around every corner: cake at the office, cookies from a neighbor, chocolate in your stocking and big family dinners. Here are 7 simple ways to keep the pounds off during the holidays, plus a quick 20-minute workout you can do at [...]

Why You Need Personal Training

By |November 23, 2019|

About a hundred years ago, life was your gym. People walked, lifted, carried and worked with their hands all day. Today many of us sit for hours, rush through busy days and push our health to the back burner, while living far longer than our great-grandparents did. That is why exercise is no [...]

  • Dr. Scott Gray assessing a patient's shoulder as she raises her arm overhead

What Is the Rotator Cuff? Why It Matters for Your Shoulder

By |November 19, 2019|

It aches when you reach for the top shelf, it pinches when you put on a jacket, and lately it bothers you when you lie on that side at night. When the shoulder starts to complain like this, the rotator cuff is very often involved. It is a small group of muscles, but [...]

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Text Neck: Symptoms, Prevention and How to Fix It

By |November 10, 2019|

Look around any waiting room, restaurant or airport and you'll see it: heads bent, shoulders rounded, eyes locked on a phone. Text neck is the neck pain and stiffness that comes from spending hours looking down at handheld devices. It's also called "anterior head syndrome" or "turtle neck posture." If you spend a [...]

  • Physical therapist treating a patient's abdomen and pelvis as she lies on the table

Everything You Need to Know About Pelvic Pain

By |October 23, 2019|

It's a dull ache low in your belly that never quite goes away, a sharp pain with intercourse, or a pressure in your pelvis that gets worse the longer you sit. You've been told your tests are "normal," yet it still hurts. Pelvic pain is complex and often misunderstood. It affects both men [...]

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