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Exercise = Medicine
For the 32 years I have been in practice my daily mantra to patients has been “life is motion”. Over the years more and more research is proving how important motion (aka exercise) is to being healthy. The latest promotion for exercise as medicine is found on the...
GUEST BLOG: Correct Motion Matters – By Anita Luck
Dear Performance Health Center Community, I am honored to write a guest blog post for my chiropractor and friend Dr. Bradley Weiss! As you know, aside from being a great Chiropractor and ART Practitioner, he is helpful, open, and friendly. When I mentioned that as a...
Continue with Sunscreen into the Fall Months
Happy September! September in New England usually has amazingly nice weather; cooler nights and warm and sunny days with lower humidity- which makes outdoor activities even more pleasant. Just remember even though the days are starting to get shorter and the...
What’s Cupping?
I am thrilled that the Olympics have sparked a curiosity regarding the art of cupping. Cupping was developed thousands of years ago by the Romans, and the first cups were made from the horns of animals. Today cupping tools have been modernized but the philosophy...
Prevent & Treat Muscle Cramps!
Last August I wrote a Blog on how to prevent muscle cramps. https://www.performancehealthcenter.com/got-muscle-cramps/ This August I would like to follow up on that blog with one about the latest research on fighting muscle cramps. I recently competed in the Patriot...
A Split Second & the Road to Recovery, Part 5, (Life is Motion)
It is almost 4 months post-knee surgery and my rehab could not be going better. The saying I use many times every day to my patients could not ring truer. “Life is motion”. This phrase has a whole new meaning to me now. Yes, life is motion, but the quality of...
Tips to Prevent Lyme Disease
We are now in full swing of summer, and with the many extra outdoor activities we are all now enjoying I thought this would be a good time to post a Blog on how best to Prevent Lyme disease. I am amazed at the number of patients that I have encountered who either...
A Split Second & the Road to Recovery, Part 4
I had my 10 week post-surgical orthopedic consult with Dr. McKeon & Jason (his PA) on June 22. The conclusion is that the rehabilitation of my ACL allograph is going very well, probably ahead of schedule. I was given the green light to play golf, ( though I hit...
Why You Need a Strong Core!
As a Doctor of Chiropractic my job is to help you live a pain free active lifestyle, so you can do all the things in life that you like to do for as long as you want to do them. One of the most common things that I see preventing my patients from leading the active...
A Split Second & the Road to Recovery, Part 3
The Rehabilitation of my left knee is going very well! I’m a extremely motivated and compliant patient. Both Steve Crowell, my PT and Dr. Brian McKeon, my orthopedic surgeon feel I am on track, if not a little ahead of where I should be at 8 weeks post-surgery. It’s...