Greenwood Health Center Blog

Glute Amnesia: Don’t Forget Your Backside! Our Exercise of the Week features an exercise crucial to anyone’s routine, whether you’re training like an athlete, or simply recovering from an episode of lower back pain: The Glute Bridge. We are all aware, or should be aware, of the fact that technology is making us more sedentary…

Where Your Pelvis Should Be, And How To Get It There What is the axis point of your entire body? Take a look at any dancer, gymnast, or athlete and you will notice quickly that virtually every force humans produce, whether that is walking with our legs or tossing an object straight up in the…

Kettlebells: The “Oldest” Tool in Fitness History If you are an active member of the fitness community, by now I am sure you have witnessed or at least heard of the kettlebell, or Girya for the Russian speaking folks. These cannonball shaped weights with a handle date back at least 300 years as a tool…

Stretching: Facts and Fiction Stretching: much ado about nothing? Or is it a primary aspect of keeping you healthy and well balanced? If you have ever competed in sports, participated in an exercise class, or even taken a Phys Ed class, there was almost assuredly some level of emphasis placed on “warming up.” Now let…

The Sitting Disease Before crossfit, boot camps, bicycling, treadmills, or even the ancient practice of Yoga, physical fitness was maintained purely as a means of efficiently tracking, hunting, and gathering nutrition for the best possible opportunity to survive and reproduce (1). About the only other documented incidence was the dancing and celebration that ensued following…