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Simple Exercises for Neck Pain and Stiffness

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Feb 22, 2016
Exercises for Mobility and Functional Strength
Neck Mobility Exercises

If you experience intermittent neck pain and/or stiffness, you may benefit from a simple routine of stretching and strengthening the dozens of skeletal muscles and ligaments that line your neck.

The most important requirement for healthy ligaments and muscles is steady blood flow to these tissues. And stretching the ligaments and muscles that line your neck is the most effective way to promote and maintain a rich supply of blood in this region. Read more

 

How to Improve Scapular Mobility to Support Healthy Shoulder Function

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Feb 11, 2016
Natural Health Solutions
Shoulder Mobility Exercises

To have healthy shoulders that allow you to comfortably use your arms overhead, it's essential that your shoulder blades are optimally mobile and that you have good motor control over their movement along the posterior wall of your rib cage - the scapular mobility exercises shown in the video above will allow you to fulfill both of these requirements for healthy shoulder function. Read more

 

How to Improve Shoulder Stability and Function

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Feb 08, 2016
Natural Health Solutions
Shoulder Mobility Exercises

Like your hip joint, your shoulder joint has a ball-in-socket design, but the socket isn't very deep. In fact, it's quite shallow, which is what allows your shoulder the broad range of motion required to efficiently perform overhead activities. Read more

 

Exercises for Knee Pain

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jan 29, 2016
Natural Health Solutions
Knee Mobility Exercises

When hamstrings and calves are short and hypertonic from lack of mindful use and stretching, their tendons can generate a low-grade backward pulling force on the tibia or femur, which predisposes the quadriceps and patellar tendon that runs along the anterior portion of the knee to injury. This is why regular stretching of your hamstrings, gastrocnemius, and soleus is essential to supporting healthy knee function. Read more

 

Essential Movement Patterns for Preventing Shoulder Impingement, Frozen Shoulder, Bursitis, and General Shoulder Stiffness

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jan 07, 2016
Healthy For Tennis
Exercises for Mobility and Functional Strength
Shoulder Mobility Exercises

Where there is shoulder pain due to impingement, frozen shoulder, or subacromial bursitis, an often overlooked root cause is a tight shoulder capsule.

What is your shoulder capsule?

It's a series of ligaments that surround and stabilize your shoulder joint, which is where your upper arm bone (humerus) attaches to your shoulder blade (scapula). Read more

 

Natural Ways to Treat and Prevent Tennis Elbow, Golfer's Elbow, and Chronic Wrist Pain

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jan 06, 2016
Natural Health Solutions

Being a chiropractor, acupuncturist, and a certified tennis nut, over the years, I've found that a few specific stretches, massaging techniques, and strengthening exercises can reduce risk of elbow and wrist injuries. Most of the top pros bring their own physios with them on the road to do some of this work for them, but it's easily done on your own with some know-how. Read more

 

Selecting Fresh, Uncontaminated Foods

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Dec 19, 2015
Health Warnings

In early November, I spoke with a client in her early 50s who was going on about 6 weeks of experiencing chronic nausea and diarrhea without a clue as to why.

In reviewing her daily dietary and lifestyle choices, we realized that the onset of her symptoms coincided with regular purchases of pre-marinated chicken from her local grocery store - her sister-in-law out west had suggested this as a way to make healthy cooking easier after long work days at the hospital. Read more

 

9 Favourites From Our Amazon Shopping List in 2015

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Nov 23, 2015
Natural Health Solutions

Around this time every year, I like to review our Amazon account and share a short list of items that our family has been very happy with. Without further ado, here is a look at 9 items that we're glad we invested in: Read more

 

2 Main Causes of Colorectal Cancer and How to Prepare For a Colonoscopy

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Oct 13, 2015
Natural Health Solutions

If anyone among your parents, siblings, or children have had colorectal cancer, it's generally prudent to undergo periodic colonoscopies as a screening measure. How often you have a colonoscopy depends on your overall health status and the quality of your bowel movements, so be sure to let your physician know what your diet and lifestyle look like as you decide on a screening schedule. Read more

 

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