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The Axcess Bulletin The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body
Aaron Fuerst PT, DPT, CWCE, FAAOMPT
“If you have pain, you shouldn’t ignore it. We can help you feel better fast!”
The Core Of Good Health Improve Your Health By Strengthening Your Core
WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE CORE MUSCLES? Whenmostpeople thinkofcoremuscles, they immediately thinkof theabdominals. However, the core is made up of much more than that! In fact, your core muscles include your abdominal, lower back, pelvic, and gluteus muscles. The group of muscles that make up your core help with stabilizing your body, constructing your posture, and allowing your skeleton to move properly. When any of themuscleswithin thatgroupbecomeweak,yourbodyexperiencesan instability that makes it difficult for your body to function properly. As a result, you end up compensating by straining different areas of the body, most commonly the back and neck muscles. As a result, this leads to undesirable consequences, such as poor posture, fatigue, inflammation, or pain.
How is your posture? Posture is an important part of everyday life that many of us tendnot to focuson–Doyouslouch inyourdeskchair,orslumpatyourcomputer while you do work? When you stand for prolonged periods of time, do you notice your stomach sticking out a bit?These are all signs of core muscle weakness that can affect your posture and cause pain in your back or neck. Your core muscles help you do a lot – from sitting, to walking, to doing a large numberofphysicalactivities. Ifyourcoremusclesareweak,youmayunknowingly becausingsomedamage toyourbody.ContactAxcessPTtoday tofigureouthow we can help you strengthen your core muscles and improve your overall health.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.”-Oprah Winfrey
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