Mae Jensen, licensed massage therapist and Tonya Tittle of Energy Fitness (a personal training studio in downtown Memphis) partnered up to tell you how to do self-care massage and stretching for low back pain.
Oftentimes when the lower back
What is cortisol? When your body is under stress it releases a steroid hormone produced in the adrenal cortex.
Here’s the downside to increased cortisol:
causes your body to store fat in your abdomen
increases blood sugar as your
Please just tell me what to eat!!!!!!!!!!!
This phrase is heard over and over again at Energy Fitness, a personal training and nutrition coaching studio with massage and body wraps located Downtown Memphis since 2002. What I’ve noticed being in
Deficiency in this one mineral can lead to:
interrupted sleep
hormone imbalance
a deficiency in other minerals, like potassium and calcium
osteoporosis
low energy
toxicity in the cells
arteries eventually becoming “calcified”
muscle spasms (restless legs)
anxiety & depression
I challenge you to make a list of your habits based on a daily, weekly or monthly timeline. Chances are that you have a different set of habits you may need to adjust or adopt to begin getting your right-size
Do you have low back pain with tingling, burning or numbness
that may at times reach all the way down to your feet?
Most people will tell you that you have Sciatica. Don’t just accept that answer!
This post is
Working with our clients at Energy Fitness over the years our personal trainers discover how limited most of the population is in spinal flexibility once we get them moving and doing functional and balance exercises. Your thoracic spine is the
How often do you perform exercises in a twisting motion? Let’s take it a step further… how many do you perform without rotating at the hips? Without rotating my hips…huh? Often times I see clients, as well as myself, doing
The McKenzie Method is a reliable assessment process intended for all musculoskeletal problems, including pain in the back, neck and extremities (i.e., shoulder, knee, ankle etc.), as well as issues associated with sciatica, sacroiliac joint pain, arthritis, degenerative disc disease,
Pronounced ash-wa-GAN-d-ha (go ahead, try it… it’s really fun to say!)
Ashwagandha is an adaptogenic herb, meaning it adapts to what YOU need in your body. I take it to control cortisol production (the stress hormone that tells your body