Physical Sciences Institute Podcast

Paradigm shifts is about changing old thinking in health & wellness with new emerging ideas. I recommend non-pharmaceutical interventions, minimizing surgery, and creating preventative solutions first. You will always have the option to consider drugs, surgery, or injections but there is almost always multiple other options before those three. Take your health into your own hands. There are New ways to utilize physical therapy for your health. You have the consumer power to choose your physical therapist. We look back at the best of Paradigm shifts in Wellness and sport in 2013.

Despite its inclusion in most definitions of the core, few rehabilitation or fitness programs integrate the pelvic floor into strength training. When linked to the diaphragm, the pelvic floor acts as a powerful stabilizer of your low back, hips & pelvis ensuring efficient lower extremity & upper extremity mechanics. Evidence of dysfunction in this system can manifest across a woman’s lifespan: at puberty possibly contributing to non-contact ACL injuries in adolescent girls, during pregnancy and beyond as a myriad of musculoskeletal complaints and finally as balance and incontinence dysfunction in older women. What are the true core muscles? How can I engage them? What can physical therapy do to help me? What can I do to help myself? Join Dr. Ivan Huergo and Julie Wiebe as they answer these questions and discuss strategies for you to increase stability, decrease low back pain, improve breathing efficiency and help you move through life with strength and confidence.

As we age, due to various forms of stresses being placed on the body, the muscular system may become less efficient in its contractile abilities. The result of this diminished muscular activity may correlate with many of the physical complaints that we relate to aging. MAT recognizes that every injury may have a negative impact on our neuromuscular function and that over time, the communication between the nervous system and the muscular system becomes altered negatively. MAT is a specific program designed to identify and address these altered communication pathways with the primary goal being to restore muscle contractile capabilities. Join Dr. Ivan Huergo and Kevin Dunn as they discuss how this newer modality (MAT) ™ Muscle Activation Techniques can help you increase stability, improve sport performance, and help you move through life with strength and confidence.

What is the secret to training to avoid injury and peak when it counts? The answer is periodization. To train and compete at the best of your ability, and to do it with the least amount of injury, fatigue and worry, nothing compares to Periodization. Training for a race or simply to lose 20 pounds, whatever the reason, the principles of periodization will be the same, the intensity and frequency of training will differ. Injury, fear of injury, fatigue, and the lack of a real plan commonly prevent many from reaching their athletic potential. Give yourself the best opportunity to diminish the risk of overuse injuries or repetitive strains so you can continue to train and compete at your full athletic potential, listen to Be at your Peak when it Counts 2. Join Dr. Ivan Huergo and Robert Forster as they discuss strategies for you to resolve pain, improve sport performance, and help you move through life with strength and confidence.

Pain is normal—it is sensible to have a system which protects and preserves of course something can hurt; life can hurt. There are many different kinds of pain. Pain can be traumatic or pain may develop with much less obvious damage. Pain may emerge over time--- like the pain you feel after sitting in front of a computer all day. It could be in your neck or in your back. Pain is useful here, and hopefully will encourage you to get up and move about more often. But pain if often unpredictable, which can make you frightened of it. Sometimes you can lift the same object 1000 times without a problem. Then,--all of the sudden, one lift causes extreme pain. How can this be? Why do I hurt? What can I do for my pain? Join Dr. Ivan Huergo and Dr. David Butler as they discuss strategies for you to resolve pain, improve sport performance, and help you move through life with strength and confidence.

About 80 percent of Americans experience low back pain (LBP) in their lifetime. It is estimated that each year 15-20 percent of the population develop chronic low back pain. Americans spend at least $50 billion each year on LBP. LBP is the Third most common reason to undergo a surgical procedure. Why is your low back pain getting worse every year? What can physical therapy do to help me? What can I do to help myself? Join Dr. Ivan Huergo and Dr. Chad Garvey as they continue to discuss strategies for you to learn about the most current and innovative ways to treat low back pain and help you move through life with strength and confidence.

What is the secret to training to avoid injury and peak when it counts? The answer is periodization. Russian physiologist Leo Metveyev and Romanian sport scientist Tudor Bompa have been regarded as the fathers of modern periodization. To train and compete at the best of your ability, and to do it with the least amount of injury, fatigue and worry, nothing compares to Periodization. This stair-step training plan ramps your training up safely and leaves you primed to fly. If you just want to stay in shape and don’t care about getting faster or losing large chunks of time to nagging injuries, then continue to train without a plan. But if you want to improve your fitness, stop getting injured, and give yourself the best chance to reach your highest athletic potential, listen to Be at your Peak when it Counts. Join Dr. Ivan Huergo and Robert Forster as they discuss strategies for you to resolve pain, improve sport performance, and help you move through life with strength and confidence.

What is pelvic floor health? What connection does the pelvic floor have with my core muscles? What can physical therapy and the Total Control® program do to help you? What can you do to help yourself? More than a “Kegel class”, the Total Control® program is built around the Pelvic Pyramid, a concept developed by Canadian physiotherapist Diane Lee, which includes the transversus abdominus, the multifidii & the pelvic floor muscles. Some symptoms of a weak pelvic floor include; Leaking small amounts of urine when coughing, sneezing, laughing or running, Backache, Reduced sensation in the vagina. Pregnancy, childbirth, obesity and the straining of chronic constipation can weaken the pelvic floor and cause urinary incontinence. Join Dr. Ivan Huergo and Anna Albrecht as they discuss the Total Control® program . This medically-based fitness and educational program has been shown in research to boost sex, flatten tummies, improve bladder control. Total Control® can change your life!

Pain is normal—it is sensible to have a system which protects and preserves of course something can hurt; life can hurt. There are many different kinds of pain. Pain can be traumatic or pain may develop with much less obvious damage. Pain may emerge over time— like the pain you feel after sitting in front of a computer all day. It could be in your neck or in your back. Pain is useful here, and hopefully will encourage you to get up and move about more often. But pain if often unpredictable, which can make you frightened of it. Sometimes you can lift the same object 1000 times without a problem. Then,–all of the sudden, one lift causes extreme pain. How can this be? Why do I hurt? What can I do for my pain? Join Dr. Ivan Huergo and Dr. David Butler as they discuss strategies for you to resolve pain, improve sport performance, and help you move through life with strength and confidence.

Your Mother Was Right - Posture is Important! "Sit up straight!" "Don't slouch!" I'm sure we've all heard those words more than once from our mother when we were growing up. She probably wasn't aware of all the implications of poor posture herself! But somehow your mother always seemed to know best. What is good posture anyway and why is it so important? Basically posture refers to the body's alignment and positioning with respect to the ever-present force of gravity. Whether we are standing, sitting or lying down gravity exerts a force on our joints, ligaments and muscles. Good posture entails distributing the force of gravity through our body so no one structure is overstressed. What can physical therapy do to help me? What can I do to help myself? Join Dr. Ivan Huergo and Kevin Dunn as they discuss strategies for you to learn about the most current and innovative ways to maintain an ideal posture and help you move through life with strength and confidence.

Healthcare has always undergone change. Old diseases disappear or are conquered; new ones take their place. The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai chi contends that the Western model of medicine may have many acute problems under control; however it seems that there are not enough solutions for managing chronic illness. Conventional medical science now shows what Tai Chi masters have known for centuries: regular Tai Chi practice leads to more vigor and flexibility, better balance and mobility, and a sense of well-being. Cutting-edge research from Harvard Medical School also supports the long-standing claims that Tai Chi also has a beneficial impact on the health of the heart, bones, nerves and muscles, immune system, and the mind. This research provides fascinating insight into the underlying physiological mechanisms that explain how Tai Chi actually works and how it can enhance work productivity, creativity, and sports performance.

About 80 percent of Americans experience low back pain (LBP) in their lifetime. It is estimated that each year 15-20 percent of the population develop chronic low back pain. Americans spend at least $50 billion each year on LBP. LBP is the Third most common reason to undergo a surgical procedure. Why is your low back pain getting worse every year? What can physical therapy do to help me? What can I do to help myself? Join Dr. Ivan Huergo and Dr. Chad Garvey as they discuss strategies for you to learn about the most current and innovative ways to treat low back pain and help you move through life with strength and confidence.

All physical therapy is not the same. Most Americans are dissatisfied with their current health care costs, and are apprehensive about their future expenses. By choosing the right physical therapist, you give yourself the best opportunity to improve your health, while saving time and decreasing cost. What are some of the key questions before beginning physical therapy? What do most people not know when choosing a physical therapist? What is the biopsychosocial model and how can this framework help you? Join Robert Johnson and Dr. Ivan Huergo as they discuss strategies for you to resolve pain, improve sport performance, and help you move through life with strength and confidence.