A personal trainer and a physical therapist are both able to assist you in reaching fitness related goals and their roles do somewhat overlap. When would you choose a physical therapist versus when would you choose a personal trainer? education differencesFirst, let’s start with the education differences that occur between the two. A physical therapistContinue Reading»
Quick question: How many of you have web searched “preventing back pain”? Yes, I thought so… We’ve all heard and read about what can cause back pain; incorrect lifting, bad posture, sports injury… but did you know that you may be making a common mistake in your daily routine, that might be encouraging back pain? What I’m about to tell you,Continue Reading»
Let’s be honest, a lot of us spend our workdays cooped up indoors under bright office lights, our eyes fixed on computer screens for hours, drinking copious amounts of coffee, to then return home to bask in the glow of our TV screens… But spending too much time inside isn’t good for you. And getting outsideContinue Reading»
There are days when everything seems to go your way… Days when every traffic light is green, every person you walk past on the street gives you a smile, and you wake up feeling great after a decent night’s sleep. Those days you feel on top of the world like nothing can go wrong. But for a lotContinue Reading»
Have you ever experienced knee pain?The kind that slows you down in life, bothers when you walk up and down the stairs, hurts every time you bend down, aches when you sit, and just generally leaves you feeling frustrated wondering when it’s finally going to wear off…If that sounds like you, you’re not alone.Painful knees are one of the most common things we seeContinue Reading»
I got this question sent to me yesterday by a “confused” reader of my newspaper articles suffering with knee pain… “Hey Jake, I’ve been suffering with a pain in my right knee now for a few weeks. What I can’t put my finger on is what I did to make it start in the firstContinue Reading»
Hey, it’s Dr. Jake Berman!How are you sleeping?Good? Okay? Not sure?If you’re having trouble sleeping, the culprit may be your sleeping position! The way you arrange your body in bed plays a major role in the quality—or lack thereof—of your sleep!There are three main sleeping positions: back sleeping, side sleeping, and stomach sleeping.STOMACH SLEEPERSIf you’reContinue Reading»
Hey, it’s Dr. Jake Berman!It’s time to get political. I’ve been passively sitting by watching our country walk its way down the drain, and I can’t keep quiet any longer! It’s time to express my feelings! It’s time to let the cat out of the bag! It’s time to bring truth to America!It’s time toContinue Reading»
Hey, it’s Dr. Jake Berman!Let’s talk about balance. It’s one of the most common things people want us to help them with when they come in to the clinic!Balance is something we take for granted until it’s taken away. Remember when you used to do cartwheels or spin around as fast as you could whenContinue Reading»
DRIVER FATIGUE – DID YOU KNOW:The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration conservatively estimates that 100,000 police-reported crashes are the direct result of driver fatigue each year. This results in…Over 1,500 deathsOver 70,000 injuriesOver $12 BILLION in monetary lossesSo let’s talk about sleep. (It could be life or death!) We know that the recommended amount of sleep is eightContinue Reading»