Health Management

Take Care of Your Body

Good health involves taking the time to take good care of your body. In addition to eating well, exercising regularly, and getting plenty of sleep, there are things you can do to keep your body performing at its best.

In this section, you can find information on a variety of topics intended to help you stay in top shape—from massage therapy to chiropractic care. We have invited medical and healthcare experts, and together we try to simplify concepts from the latest research to show you how to both prevent injuries and heal from them faster.

So whether you are interested in the benefits of stretching, strengthening your immune system, or ways you can minimize chronic pain, you may find ideas about how you can spend more time being healthy to do the things you enjoy most.

Please note that our articles are not intended to replace professional medical advice! If you are ill or have been injured, please consult a medical professional for treatment!

How To Prevent Injuries While Running

Avoiding running injuries is critical to improving your times. There are many simple preventive measures to make sure you enjoy injury-free training. Uta reveals tips that helped her during her championship career.

Lymphatic Massage: A Healing Therapy

Lymphatic Massage can help your body to heal and recover from injury. It is used to treat a variety of conditions including sprains, muscle strains, joint pain—and even the common cold.

Managing Achilles Tendon Injuries

Why are Achilles Tendon injuries so prevalent—and so painful? Thomas Michaud, DC turns the spotlight on this most vital part of an athlete’s anatomy and advises how to avoid injuring it—and the fastest way to recover.

Conquering the Common Cold?

Would you like to win the battle against a cold or flu bug this season? Our time-tested, health-promoting program can help you to stimulate your immune system to feel better faster and resist future infections.

Hands-on Help: The Benefits of Sports Massage

Sports massage can benefit anyone who is active, from the elite athlete to the beginning exerciser. By targeting one’s most troublesome body parts, sports massage helps to improve performance, increase range and quality of motion, prevent and treat injury.

Treating the Painful Kneecap

Pain behind the kneecap (i.e., retropatellar pain) is the most commonly seen injury in runners. Learn the new directions in which research is taking us to understand retropatellar pain—and a few simple home exercises that can help in treating this injury.

Is Running Really Dangerous?

Ryan Shay's tragic passing during the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials shook many athletes. It’s important to know whether you might be at risk, say experts—but equally important to remember that regular exercise plays a vital role in good health.

What is Polarity Therapy?

Polarity therapy is a gentle, holistic method of treatment, applicable to many health issues as well as useful in health maintenance and disease prevention. It offers a new paradigm for wellness—the idea that healing comes from within.

Neuromuscular Massage: A Deeper Understanding

Neuromuscular therapy works with the central nervous system to relieve chronic pain in cases where direct, deep pressure can’t be applied. This well-known therapy has wide-ranging effects from treating and preventing soft-tissue injuries to targeting chronic pain.

Stretching: The Truth

To stretch before exercise or after? Or not at all? They are some of the most frequently debated questions among runners and other athletes. Thomas Michaud, DC, discusses the latest—often surprising—research on how and when to stretch to stay healthy and prevent injuries.

Do Running and Alcohol Mix?

Many people enjoy a drink now and then. Is that a problem if you are exercising a lot? Will it effect your ability to recover from a workout?