At Muscle Activation Schaumburg, we believe your health is your most valuable asset. Join hosts Charlie and Julie Cates as they discuss how to utilize exercise to help improve and maintain your health, as well as interviews with health and wellness experts from various fields including chiropractic, accupuncture, psychology, nutrition, and functional medicine. Both Charlie and Julie are certified personal trainers and Muscle Activation Techniques® practitioners in Schaumburg, IL.
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E382 - The One Issue That Over 98% Of People Have
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20:18Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com Are you falling short of your health and performance goals? Is your strength not at the level you want? Is your mobility more limited than you’d like? Is your energy throughout the day lower than you’d prefer? There is one is…
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E381 - How Quickly Do You Get Results With Muscle Activation Techniques®?
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16:11Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com There is one question that every client who is new to Muscle Activation Techniques® has, and that is, “How quickly will I get results?” If you have ever wondered this yourself, you are in luck! On this week’s episode of the E…
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E380 - 2 Key Concepts You Need To Understand When Strengthening Your Flat Feet
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20:41Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com Do you have flat feet that struggle to get stronger? Flat feet are often blamed for many of the aches and pains people experience, and when they are weak, the issues can be amplified. But, doing general exercises is not the a…
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E379 - One Giant Reason Why You Aren't Getting Stronger
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21:26Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com Are you struggling to get stronger despite consistently working out? Do you do strength training multiple times a week but haven’t been able to progress to using heavier weights? Do you feel like your strength has plateaued a…
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E378 - 3 Areas You Need To Strengthen If You Have SI Joint Pain
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16:07Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com Do you have SI joint pain? This common ailment often makes it difficult to sit, walk, and sleep comfortably, especially when the issue is more intense. However, by getting your body stronger, you can do a lot to help support …
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E377 - Why Sleeping On Your Side Isn’t Your Issue
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17:03Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com Are you a side sleeper? Too often, the aches and pains people feel in their shoulders, neck, elbows, and back are blamed on them sleeping on their side. But the truth of the matter is, sleeping on your side is not your issue.…
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E376 - 3 Unusual Signs You Need Muscle Activation Techniques®
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13:06Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com How do you know if your body needs Muscle Activation Techniques®? While there are common signs that your muscles are not functioning well–such as certain muscles always feeling tight, flexibility being limited, joints aching,…
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E375 - The #1 Thing Missed When It Comes To Neck Weakness
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29:44Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com Does your neck feel weak? Maybe it feels like you have difficulty holding your head in the posture you’d like. Or maybe your neck often feels fatigued throughout the day. Unfortunately, when it comes to trying to build a stro…
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E374 - Why Your Achilles Issue Is Actually A Muscle Issue
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17:12Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com Does your Achilles tendon ever feel tight or sore? Too often, the attempted remedies for Achilles issues focus only on the Achilles itself, leaving much to be desired in terms of pain and symptom relief. But, what if we told …
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E373 - Why Your Forward Shoulders Aren't A Rhomboid Issue
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22:05Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com Do your shoulders round forward? It is often said that forward shoulders are a result of weakness in a specific muscle group called the rhomboids, but that’s actually not true. While the rhomboids can help to pull your should…
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E372 - Should All Of Your Weights Be Equal?
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22:42Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com When you lift weights, should all of the weights you use for specific areas of the body be the same? Should you use the same amount of weight when you do leg extensions as when you do leg curls? Or rows and chest presses? Or …
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E371 - One Big Thing That Is Misunderstood About Tight Calves
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21:17Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Do your calves get tight when you walk or workout? There are many methods and remedies to try to stretch and loosen the calves, but all of them are missing one big variable that helps your calves relax…
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E370 - Tight Quads? Here's What May Be Going On.
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25:02Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Do your quads constantly feel tight despite your best efforts to get them to relax? Maybe you notice it after sitting for a while or after you have been standing more than normal. Or maybe they are alw…
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E369 - One Huge Missed Component When Trying To Improve Your Golf Swing
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18:47Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Do you want to head into golf season swinging your best? You can spend hours at the range and take weeks of lessons this winter, but if you are missing this one thing, your swing (and golf game) are go…
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E368 - 3 Considerations If You Have Forearm Pain
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25:53Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Forearm pain can be one of the most nagging, long-lasting issues you experience. While many remedies focus strictly on the forearms themselves, there are often things that are completely overlooked wit…
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E367 - One Simple Thing To Add To Your Workouts To Increase Your Strength & Consistency
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20:24Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services What if there was something simple you could add to your workouts that would not only help you get better results, but help you stay more consistent with your workouts, too? And what if this thing didn…
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E366 - The Easiest Way To Stay Consistent With Your Workouts
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23:40Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Being consistent with your workouts is a key component of the results you will get from your workouts both in the short term and over the long term. But, one of the most difficult parts of working out …
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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you not been satisfied with the results you’ve gotten from your workouts and are looking for the next new thing to help you out? While it can be tempting to jump from one program to the next, doin…
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E364 - PSA - Stop Doing What Is Hurting You
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21:57Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services We have a Public Service Announcement for you that you need to hear if you have been battling any aches and pains… Stop Doing What Is Hurting You. While this may seem like obvious advice, it is often w…
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E363 - 3 Strategies To Build Stronger Hands (& Why You Need To)
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17:34Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services One of the most important areas of your body to keep strong as you age is your hands. Your hands are something you use for almost every task throughout your day, so maintaining their strength and funct…
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E362 - What Is Your Body’s Injury Prevention Insurance Policy?
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23:09Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Your body has an injury prevention insurance policy that is built into it, but did you know you can change how robust this policy is? If you are active and using your body in your day to day life, even…
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E361 - How To Exercise If You Have Tight IT Bands
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22:38Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Do your tight IT bands keep you from working out on a regular basis? Tight IT bands are one of the most common complaints among people who try to exercise consistently, especially when doing running an…
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E360 - The #1 Thing To Do With Your Workouts To Keep Your Body From Flaring Up
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22:02Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Does your body flare up when you push yourself too hard? Maybe your back gets stiff after a round of golf… Or your knees ache after going for a walk… Or your shoulders and neck bother you after doing y…
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E359 - What's The Difference Between Rest & Active Recovery?
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23:58Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Do you know the difference between rest and active recovery? While rest is often what is thought to be needed to help your body recover and feel better, that may not always be the case. In fact, there …
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E358 - What Professional Athletes Do All The Time That You Don't
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23:26Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Professional athletes may be known for their speed, strength, and athleticism, but there is one thing that they do differently than most non-athletes that allows them to compete and perform at their hi…
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E357 - What To Do When You Wake Up With A Stiff Neck
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21:10Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you ever woken up with your neck feeling super stiff?Sch This is an issue that many people experience, and while the temptation often is to massage it or stretch it out, there are some steps that …
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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services How important are your muscles for the health and function of your joints? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, we are sharing a crazy story from a client who was given no other o…
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E355 - A Little-Discussed Aspect Of Your Long-Term Health
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21:41Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Heart health, brain health, and metabolic health are often talked about in relation to your longevity and quality of life long-term. But did you know that there is another organ whose health has a trem…
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E354 - Why A Tight Psoas Isn't Your Problem
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20:51Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you been told you have a tight psoas? Maybe you’ve been to some type of therapist who told you you have a tight psoas. Or maybe you have done some internet searches and landed on a tight psoas as …
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E353 - How To Take Control Of Your Hamstring Tightness
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22:17Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Are your hamstrings chronically tight? Much of the fitness and therapy worlds would lead you to believe that you need to focus more on stretching muscles, relaxing muscles, mobilizing joints, and relea…
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E352 - One Critical Fact Most People Don't Know About Their Knees
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23:22Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Are you having knee issues? There is one thing many people don’t understand about their knees that can have a tremendous influence on how their knees feel and function. On this week’s episode of the Ex…
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E351 - How To Prepare Your Feet For Running
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24:57Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Are your feet ready to run? Whether you are already running consistently or you are preparing to start, your feet need to have the strength and mobility to hold up to the stress. Unfortunately, while m…
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E350 - A Simple Plan To Get Your Low Back Moving Better
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25:26Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Does your low back feel like it’s not moving well? Too often, the strategies that are promoted to help your low back feel less restricted are over-complicated and ultimately ineffective. So what can yo…
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E349 - Should You Be Wearing Barefoot Shoes?
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30:08Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Barefoot shoes ebb and flow in popularity with the general public, and even though we are personally fans of them for ourselves, it does not mean that they are right for every person. So what things do…
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E348 - 3 Things You Need To Know About Your Shoulder Blade
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21:56Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you ever been told you have an issue with your shoulder blade? While the shoulder blades get a lot of blame for different symptoms and postural issues, the truth is it may not be your shoulder bla…
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E347 - 3 Things To Consider With Achilles Issues
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20:33Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Does your Achilles tendon ever bother you? From high-level athletes in their 20s to sedentary people in their 80s and everywhere in between, Achilles issues are extremely common. While the primary issu…
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E346 - What To Do If You Can't Feel Your Muscles Squeezing
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19:48Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Do you have difficulty feeling your muscles squeeze when you workout? If you have listened to our podcast at all, you likely have heard us talk about our four Exercise For Life Principles, the last of …
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E345 - A Little-Known Reason Why Your Body Is Feeling Older
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25:01Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Do you ever wake up in the morning feeling like your body has gotten noticeably older? Maybe you have some aches and pains that weren’t always there. Or maybe your strength and fitness feel like they a…
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E344 - What Is Muscle Activation Techniques®?
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52:34Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you ever heard us talk about Muscle Activation Techniques®, or MAT®, but aren’t quite sure what it is? Recently, Charlie had the opportunity to talk with Nat Niddam on the Biohacking Superhuman Pe…
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E343 - How To Optimize Your Bone & Muscle Health After 40
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29:50Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services How can you make sure your muscles and bones remain strong after the age of 40 without risking injury? While there are many methodologies promoted by the mainstream fitness industry, most of them compl…
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E342 - How Can You Exercise Every Day? - Part 2
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30:00Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services How can you exercise every day no matter what else is filling your schedule or what you are feeling in your body? We laid out a simple framework to follow to do exactly this for the medical students at…
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E341 - How Can You Exercise Everyday? - Part 1
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25:58Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Is it possible to workout every single day and do so in a way that doesn’t leave your body feeling achy and sore no matter how crazy your schedule is? This was the exact topic we discussed with medical…
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E340 - Why Having Strong Hamstrings Isn't Enough To Prevent Hamstring Injuries
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24:01Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Do you have a history of hamstring injuries? Oftentimes, the recommended step to prevent future injuries is to strengthen the hamstring. While having hamstrings that are strong enough is part of the eq…
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E339 - Why Pushing Your Range of Motion Is Making You Less Mobile
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24:20Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Do you feel like you are becoming less flexible and mobile despite doing all the “right” things? The truth is, many of the traditional strategies for increasing mobility can actually be making you less…
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E338 - What To Change With Your Workouts If You Have Piriformis Syndrome
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19:51Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Do you have piriformis syndrome? There are a lot of proclaimed remedies out there, but what if everything you try just seems to make things worse? How can you keep your body feeling strong and fit desp…
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E337 - The 3 Things You Need To Consider After Knee Surgery
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22:58Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you ever had knee surgery? Too often, the focus during the recovery process is 100% focused on the knee, but that is only a piece of the puzzle. Regardless of whether you have had surgery to repai…
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E336 - The Hidden Issues Underlying Neck Tightness
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E335 - Your Feet Need To Be Mobile. Here's Why...
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23:22Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Did you know that your feet are one of the most complex and influential structures in your body? With 28 bones, over 30 joints, and 50 muscles in each foot, there is a lot going on down there! Unfortuna…
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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you ever learned something new that completely contradicted so much of what you believed up to that point, such that once you learned it, you couldn’t see your old beliefs the same way again? This …
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E333 - The Muscle Issues Behind Frozen Shoulder
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19:58Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you ever had a frozen shoulder? This is one of the most common shoulder issues that people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s experience, and it can be one of the most complex, as well. While many ways of …
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