While running is a great way to stay active and healthy, it can also be hard on your body. If you’re running on sidewalks, roads, or even a treadmill, the pounding on the hard surface can be tough on your bones and joints. Running places a lot of strain on your muscles and tendons in
What can be better than a really good massage? Massage therapy has to be one of life’s unspoken but most luxurious pleasures, right up there with the perfect cup of tea. Ok, maybe you like coffee, but you get the idea. Massage therapy has been a part of major medicine for centuries and it’s easy
The air is brisk. Snowflakes are powdering the earth. The slopes are calling. It’s ski season! If you take advantage of the colder months in Ohio, or other states, by dusting off your skis each winter, you are not alone. In 2015 about 9.51 million people in the US headed to the slopes to either
By Doug Kish, MA Winter is the perfect time for athletes to begin indoor sports training. Mike Grady has been well aware of that fact for many years. Grady played high school baseball for North Canton Hoover before he went on to pitch for Ohio Wesleyan University. By 2005 he was playing professionally for the
By Doug Kish, MA You finished physical therapy after knee surgery but you know you want to move even better. Your doctor advised you to exercise, reduce your stress and eat healthier to lower your cholesterol and blood pressure but you don’t really know where to start. Maybe you’ve been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia,
Veterans Day Honoring Our Heroes A Season of Gratitude: By Anna Huntsman Every year in November, Americans gather with loved ones and give thanks. While you might be thinking about the holiday with turkeys and parades, in this case, I am writing about the day set aside to honor and express our gratitude to those
By Allison Marsden, PT, DPT, OCS, PYT-C, Compass Media Contributing Writer Do you have leakage of urine when you cough, sneeze, or laugh? “Yes, but isn’t that normal after having kids?” The answer is NO. I cannot tell you how many times I have had this same conversation with female patients, yoga clients, and
Whether it’s heart-pounding thrills or a peaceful nature experience, High Rock Adventures and Hocking Hills Ecotours have an adventure just for you. All of the tours take place on beautiful, pristine private property less than a mile off of US Route 33 in the Hocking Hills. You’re sure to enjoy the natural forest and sandstone
The Health Benefits of Travel to Hocking Hills Health has never been so front and center of everyone’s minds before. We are inundated with information about protecting our loved ones and ourselves from a global pandemic. Social media is filled with humorous memes about the physical effects of working from home, quarantining and television bingeing.
It all began as a small store on the front porch of a growing family with seven children. Daniel and Cari Laudon believed that good health was a result of the right choices. For them it included eating natural foods and taking natural supplements rather than medicine. Cari was always part of an agricultural cooperative,
Often when people complain of “summer allergies” they are referring to various symptoms that can affect the nose and sinuses that collectively are termed rhinitis. Rhinitis is the inflammation and irritation of the soft tissues that line the nasal airways. Rhinitis can result from numerous causes, including breathing in irritating fumes or dusts, viral illnesses
