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Does Stretching Reduce Strength and Power?

Taking a closer look at potential negative effects of a common pre-exercise routine

Dec 14, 2021
5 min

You Don’t Need to Stretch to Improve Your Mobility

How resistance training can help you achieve your mobility goals

Dec 8, 2021
5 min

The Fitness Gurus Are Wrong and Scaring People

10 varieties of deadlifts and squats they will never show you but are great for building resilience and strength

Dec 1, 2021
6 min

Eating Well Can Be Challenging But It's not Complicated

It’s easy to make it complicated though—and one of the biggest offenders is dieting

Dec 1, 2021
4 min

Stronger People Are Harder to Kill

More muscle may help protect you against COVID

Nov 29, 2021
3 min

Why You Should Care About Your Grip Strength

Grip strength and overall health are closely related

Nov 28, 2021
2 min

November Book Recommendations

Here are the books I read in November. All are worth checking out.

Tackling Health Misinformation Together

Health misinformation is pervasive and harmful. Roughly 36% of US adults have basic or below basic health literacy levels and up to 96% of individuals use at least 1 unaccredited source when searching health questions online.

Source credibility is often considered to be made up of expertise and trustworthiness. Expertise is the extent to which the source is able to give accurate information while trustworthiness reflects the extent that one is willing to provide accurate information. Health professionals as individuals seem to be at the top of nearly all scales for public trustworthiness.

My experience as a physical therapist, researcher, and educator provides me the expertise and credibility to help you better understand health research and challenge misinformation.