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The Upside of Diets & Cleanses With formal diets on the downslope and balanced, healthy eating on the rise, a restrictive diet or cleanse can sometimes be a hard sell. As much as I tend to err on the side of balanced, clean eating, I do think there is a time and a place for either of these options. Below are a few benefits I’ve found: 1.) A metabolic “reset.” I wouldn’t go as far as saying you are fully cleansing your system in such a short amount of time, but steer...

April Showers Bring May Flowers  Experiencing pain and injury can bring on gloomy days. It is hard to alter participation in your life. Maybe pain is keeping you from lifting your child, or exercising to maintain your mental and physical health, or sleep, or you just feel distracted because it is pulling your focus. Regardless of how big or small the adjustments to your daily life are, it can be very frustrating. Kind of like a cold rainy day in April when you are feeling very ready for Sp...

Feeling better Have you ever not realized how tired you were until you laid down? How tight you were until you got a massage? How stressed you were until you started crying? Our bodies are remarkably resilient in so many ways - if we are determined to complete a task, we will find a way to do it…regardless of how tired, sore, or stressed we really are. This resiliency can serve us incredibly well in the short term, but eventually, if we push too hard for too long, we can move beyond our...

Our family business “The story starts with my parents, who met and connected through their love for running, the outdoors, and health. They attended Chiropractic College together in the late 70’s after my Mom had earned her Physical Therapy degree. After graduating, they had a vision to build a practice addressing a continuum of physical health, combining Physical Therapy, Chiropractic care, and fitness. In 1982, STAR - Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation - was born; soon after, in 19...

The impact of Exercise on the Brain  We hear a lot about the positive effects of exercise on the body. Every major system of the body benefits from exercise, especially the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory and endocrine systems. Recently, however, attention has turned to the positive effect of exercise on the brain, which of course is part of the nervous system. This is an exciting and growing area of research. There are many aspects of brain function that have been found to im...