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Author: Joseph Rendina PT, DPT, OCS
Joseph received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from New York Medical College and is also recognized as a Board-Certified Orthopedic Specialist. As a former competitive athlete and weightlifter, Joseph understands the specific needs and demands of the human body. Joseph’s goal is to maintain an active approach to rehab while facilitating recovery.
STOP Ankle Sprains NOW
Spraining an ankle is an extremely common injury among athletes and the general public alike. There are a number of ways this injury can occur on the field and in day to day activity. While the risk of spraining your ankle cannot be completely eliminated, there are a number of ways to increase ankle stabilityContinue Reading »
Fundamentals of Powerlifting by Dr. John Ribeiro
Powerlifting has been around for as long as civilization has existed. Although the sport has evolved throughout the years, individuals were engaging in feats of strength to prove their worth as far back as ancient Greece. Today, powerlifting exists all over the world in multiple countries, federations, and gyms for men and women of allContinue Reading »
Introduction to Running – By Dr. Maria Muto
Running is a natural form of movement that involves segments of the entire body. This includes the arms, upper spine, lower spine, pelvis, lower legs, ankles, feet and even the toes! Each segment plays an important role in the form of running. If there is a deficit in one area, it trickles up or downContinue Reading »
8 Physical therapy exercises for sciatica
Radiating pain caused by sciatica can be enfeebling to manage in daily tasks as it does not get better with rest. The sciatic nerve is of considerable length and the body’s most extended spread out nerve. It starts from the lower back, hips and then branches out to both legs. It is the widest nerveContinue Reading »
5 Exercises To Counteract Sitting all Day
With the millennial advancement in lifestyle, we are moving towards sedentary life. It includes sitting all day in front of a screen. Whether working on a laptop, watching a tv show or sitting behind the wheel driving all day. All of these activities require sitting, and when you round it up, it turns out youContinue Reading »
Sit Down With MLR Player JP Aguirre
Hey guys! If this is your first time listening to the Iron Health podcast, be sure to subscribe so that every month you can hear the latest content from us! We welcomed JP Aguirre onto our podcast this past month. We had a lot of fun talking to JP. Going over his history in theContinue Reading »
Physical therapist vs Chiropractor
You might have thought, or someone had questioned that “what is the difference between a Physical therapist and chiropractor?” This is a popular question that pops up all the time, and the answer is a bit tricky to explain.In most people’s minds, physiotherapists and chiropractors are the same. They see no difference whatsoever. To someContinue Reading »
Wake Up and Do These 10 Exercises Everyday!
Our body goes through many changes as we age; it reacts according to the environment it has been provided. Due to these external stressors, the change is silent, but it changes the posture as time progresses; other structural dysfunctions also develop if these minimal changes are not addressed on time. The body adapts and reacts toContinue Reading »
Benefits of a stick foam roller
You often have felt pain due to muscle stiffness in traps; Low back, hamstrings, glutes and calves. It occurs due to poor sitting posture or sleeping with a soft pillow height. There are other causes of muscle soreness, including sitting for long hours or performing a high-intensity exercise. What exactly is foam rolling?The foam rollerContinue Reading »
Best office chair for lower back pain
You get up in the morning and feel pain in your joints for about half an hour, especially in the knee joint and might think that you are just feeling lethargic from an increased load of work. After a routine visit from the doctor, it turns out that you are suffering from osteoarthritis and areContinue Reading »
Osteoarthritis Pain and How To Decrease That Pain
You get up in the morning and feel pain in your joints for about half an hour, especially in the knee joint and might think that you are just feeling lethargic from an increased load of work. After a routine visit from the doctor, it turns out that you are suffering from osteoarthritis and areContinue Reading »
Running with Knee Pain
Do you feel horrible pain when you straighten your knee under load? Hitting the gym after the pandemic and returning to a regular routine has been quite a dreadful transition for many people. They were used to sitting and lying down for long hours, very few maintained their mobility routine. All of this put individuals onContinue Reading »
What do you eat with Jenya Katsnelson
Hey guys! If this is your first time listening to the Iron Health podcast, be sure to subscribe so that every month you can hear the latest content from us! Jenya Katsnelson is a nutritionist here with some great information to share with everyone on nutrition and what we are putting in our bodies. WeContinue Reading »
Scoliosis Physical Therapy vs Chiropractic
Nature has designed man in a way to boast of an erect posture. Any deviation in the physiologic curvatures of the spine throws the well adjusted spinal mechanism out of gear.Scoliosis is a deformity of the spine. It is a lateral deviation from the normal curvature of the spine. The abnormal lateral curvature is oftenContinue Reading »
Cracking It Open With Brett Poniros
Hey guys! If this is your first time listening to the Iron Health podcast, be sure to subscribe so that every month you can hear the latest content from us! Today we have Brett Poniros of Apollo Performance. Brett is a chiropractor and found his want to helping athletes through some of his own injuries heContinue Reading »
On Mat With Iowa Wrestler Will Carano
Hey guys! If this is your first time listening to the Iron Health podcast, be sure to subscribe so that every month you can hear the latest content from us! Today’s Podcast guest is Iowa Wrestler Will Carano. Will has been wrestling for years and recently signed with Iowa Wrestling. We discuss his career in wrestling,Continue Reading »
Tennis Elbow
Do you feel a sharp painful flare up on the outer side of your elbow? At first, you thought that its regular pain and would go away on its own, but it has worsened over time. Whether playing evening tennis or badminton game with your friends and family, doing yard work or driving, you areContinue Reading »
Are You Suffering from Sciatica?
Pandemic has entirely shifted workforce to online at home service. In these times, sitting prolonged on a chair working with your back rounded. Slouched posture/C curve puts a lot of stretch on discs, ligaments stretched out beyond their limit.Even after work, you just casually binge over Netflix, still in a twisted posture. You call itContinue Reading »
La Vonn on Ball Control Fitness
Hey guys! If this is your first time listening to the Iron Health podcast, be sure to subscribe so that every month you can hear the latest content from us! La Vonn Gilbert talks more about what his Ball Control Fitness workout is all about and some of the experiences he has had with trainingContinue Reading »
How to sleep with back pain?
Sleeping with back pain is challenging. You keep twisting and turning throughout the night to get that right position to sleep for a couple of hours, but all in vain. Although sleep plays an adequate role in the healing process of back pain, you feel restless and agitated throughout the night due to pain. ItContinue Reading »
Jennifer Trepeck & a side of fries
Hey guys! If this is your first time listening to the Iron Health podcast, be sure to subscribe so that every month you can hear the latest content from us! Today’s episode we get to sit down with influencer Jennifer Trepeck. We go into all things with Jennifer, surrounding her podcast, eating habits, and muchContinue Reading »
Spinning Around With Sarah Ballan
Hey guys! If this is your first time listening to the Iron Health podcast, be sure to subscribe so that every month you can hear the latest content from us! Today’s episode we get to sit down with Spin Instructor Sarah Ballan. We get into details about her training, how she got into spin cycling,Continue Reading »
How to Correct an Overbite in Children
By: Dr. Satish Pai When 30-50% of the upper teeth protrude over the lower teeth, an overbite occurs. Many reasons contribute to overbite problems in children. In this article, let’s first understand the types of overbite problems that exist, what are their causes and how they can be treated. Types of Overbites They are ofContinue Reading »