Are masks safe to wear? Can you really wear one while working out? First of all, let’s be clear. Most people are only wearing masks for an hour–or less–at a time and they can definitely breathe as they sit in a waiting room, stand in a line, or walk through a store. (I’m not talking about
Hurricane COVID-19
It’s Like Being Hit By a Hurricane… Before I moved to Georgia, I lived through 10 hurricane seasons in Florida and experienced storms every season, Categories 1-5. Luckily, only one Cat 5 for me. But the scenario was always the same. I could see it coming, I knew approximately when it would arrive,
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Why Do So Many People Have Sore backs?
“Everything should be made as simple as possible—but not simpler.” ~Albert Einstein Quite simply, it’s a matter of alignment. Or really, mis-alignment. Form always follows function in our bodies. If a body is misaligned, it will change to accommodate what it needs to do. Bones and tissue ALWAYS remodel along lines of chronic stress. Think
We Earn the Body We Have
By Ann-Marie Giglio, Owner and CEO CoreMatters What does that mean? It means that we are a product of our injuries, our training, our compensations, and our accumulated thoughts and movements over our lifetime. It’s a basic law of bio-mechanics, the Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand principle (SAID). When we sit more than an hour
How I trained for my 30-mile bike ride: NOT!
By Ann-Marie Giglio, Owner and CEO CoreMatters I knew about this trip for months. I planned it myself, with my daughter and son-in-law. I knew she wanted to rent bikes and ride “around” on the Dingle peninsula in Ireland. “Thirty-miles” was never a part of the conversation…but honestly, I should have known these Pacific NW
Is it Time For You?
By Ann-Marie Giglio, Owner and CEO CoreMatters Autumn is fast approaching. It’s that time of the year when our thoughts turn away from summer fun and back to business… We make fourth quarter plans. We take stock. Did your health go off the rails a bit this summer? Worried about the approaching holiday parties? If you’re feeling a
Are you over 50?
By Ann-Marie Giglio, Owner and CEO CoreMatters “If only I could fit in my clothes—or just feel like myself again!“ Sound like you? I know exactly how you feel. Once I turned 50, everything changed. I realized I was counting fewer days ahead of me than behind and suddenly, an old prayer began to haunt me: Let me not
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First Step Can Be The Hardest
Everyone wants to change their health and fitness habits. So why is taking the first step so hard? What stops us? Mostly our brains. One problem is a law of physics: simple inertia. Overcoming inertia takes energy. But brains hoard energy. They need a whack from an outside force like a mean dog bearing down