Has your doctor ever said that to you? It makes my blood boil. Someone tells me nearly every month that their doctor said their knee/shoulder/joints/etc. are achy or hurt because they are just getting old. Even worse, they’re told to get used to it. What?? Wait—I’m older than your doctor! Getting older is a fact, but it’s
Are you feeling burned out?
Better question: Who ISN’T burned out? It’s a pretty common theme as the responsibility of work and life pile up. Especially as we age and find ourselves carrying the weight of children and our parents on top of our jobs. Companies are getting leaner (which means more work for us), our schedules are jammed as
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
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
Feel the Joy. Ask it To Expand
Would it be OK if you never had to diet again?
Are You Sick of Feeling Like a Failure?
The latest data says that a third of all adults in the United States are obese, and another third are overweight–and thus on the path to chronic illness. How could this happen? I assure you, it’s NOT a lack of willpower, or about laziness, or genes. Nor is it because you lack one thing: one special
Top 7 Ways to Reduce Stress (no purchase necessary)
(Click the photo to continue reading…) Recently, I’ve noticed many people (clients, friends, family and colleagues) are struggling with finding a balance between their demanding careers, home life and their health. Folks are going through the day on 5-6 hrs of sleep or less (sleep interrupted by kids or worry), downing tons of coffee or