Exercises for those deep abdominal muscles Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CGFI Recently, I’ve seen a couple of young athletes with low back pain. Their range of motion wasn’t an issue, it was their ability to stabilize their spine and active their core. The core muscles, especially the deep abdominal group, the transverse abdominus, …
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Fascia: New age voodoo or scientific structure Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI I recently read an article about a “mysterious” tissue that is present everywhere in the body but is mostly ignored by medical professionals. It’s called fascia. Based on your philosophy of medicine, it can be integral to the …
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The forgotten core of the neck WRITTEN BY: MICHELLE MILLNER, PT, DPT, OCS Core. We hear that word a lot in the rehab and fitness industry. It’s usually associated with abdominal exercises, crunches, push ups, the list goes on. But did you know that your neck has a core also? Earlier last year, I …
How to stretch your hamstrings the right way Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP If you exercise regularly, there’s probably a good chance that you’ve stretched out your hamstrings. These are the muscles behind your legs that bend your knee, but they also extend your hip. The hamstrings are a group of three …
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What is the “Core”? Written by: Michelle Millner, PT, DPT, OCS Did you like to play with blocks when you were a kid? Do you remember how they needed to be balanced just right when you built a tower otherwise it would all come crashing down? Human vertebrae are kind of like those blocks. They …
