Besides ensuring you have proper shoes and support, warming up the 33 joints and 29 muscles in each of your feet is a must. This is especially true before a run or if you are starting to hear the whispers of plantar fasciitis, shin splints or tendonitis (or if you just want to avoid those issues!). So spend just a few minutes (literally) doing some basic and effective foot warm ups. In this quick clip from a longer video with Guy Delia, PT, DPT, COMT of Renew Physical Therapy. Guy walks me through what have become my daily quick and easu go-to drills for keeping my feet, joints and all my tissues happy.
Clients are sending me pictures of Trader Joe’s ready-to-eat protein pancakeswith 20g of protein thanks to cottage cheese, along with countless easy-to-make recipes like this one and this one. (Cue my best Carrie Bradshaw voice.) I couldn’t help but wonder… is cottage cheese the new Greek yogurt? There’s also a Heated Rivalry joke here waiting to be made. #meetmeatthecottage
Is the way we think about movement affecting how our bodies actually move? After catching myself making “cranky, achy man noises” every time I stood up, I decided to test a simple mindset shift—and discovered some fascinating insights from some medical professional friends about motor patterns, sitting and the mind–body connection.