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Does your core strength actually decrease the likelihood that you’ll have lower back pain? Many people come into the clinic with various back complaints and admit to having a subjectively weak core. The term neutral spine has become the victim of misinterpretation, people tend to view a spinal extension bias as neutral. 

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Early knee rehabilitation after ACL surgery is an extensive process designed to help you regain strength, mobility, and function in your knee. By addressing these essential goals, you'll pave the way for a successful recovery and get back to activities you love to do.

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Therefore, adding things like pre and probiotics, and collagen into your diet are beneficial not only for your gut bacteria, but also for your joints and recovery protocol. 

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Screen time is almost guaranteed at jobs these days. But we tend to blink less when looking at a screen, which actually dehydrates our eyes. And if you’re one of those people who has 2+ monitors, or 100 different tabs open at a time, constantly switching between that (and your cell phone) puts an increased strain on your eyes. Excessive strain on your visual system requires a lot of energy, and is a common trigger for headaches at work.

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Female athletes are at a higher risk of sustaining an ACL tear than their male counterpart. Some of the factors contributing to this include anatomical differences, muscular strength, neuromuscular control and hormone differences!

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