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Foam rolling is a phenomenal deep tissue massage tool for long muscles of the legs and low back. However, reaching some of the smaller muscles like the ones over your shoulder blade and mid …
Make Your Bones “Buff”: Easy Resistance Exercises to Maximize Bone Density Benefits
If we are going to AGE WITH POWER, then we have to make resistance exercise a staple in our daily routine for the rest of our lives. Unfortunately many people have chronic injuries that …
Intermittent Fasting: Most Effective Weight Loss Tool Ever
If you’re like me, you may find that despite your best efforts, a string of holidays can put your body weight up five pounds or more. Fitting in extra workouts is unlikely, and making
Foam Rolling Fun-damentals
Foam rollers have gained massive popularity over the past ten years and with good reason. They are one of the most effective deep tissue tools available. Getting a massage is great, but the cost …
Why We Need Supplements
What are free radicals and why do we want to get rid of them? Free radicals are unstable atoms that “steal” electrons from other normal cells, and this leads to cell damage and aging. Free
Cupping
Cupping is a relatively new practice that has gained a lot of attention recently. Cupping is different in that it pulls the fascia and distracts the layers apart, unlike massage which pushes across and …
Sleep Secrets
If I said to you there is a segment in the day where the majority of repair and regeneration occurs, would you agree that we should devote some effort to that part of the …
Customize Your Pillow For Pain Relief
One of the most frequent questions I get regarding neck and back pain is, what is the best pillow to use? Soft or hard? Foam or Feather? With so many options it is hard …
Be Proactive, Not Reactive
Everybody wants to live a long and healthy life. I have had the benefit of treating patients for twenty years now, and I have seen what truly sets the …
Make Your Success Plan
The 5 Steps: To Age With Power You Must Make a Plan By: Karl Zarse, MD You have to have a plan if you are serious about AGING WITH POWER. There are too many distractions
Flexibility Strategy
Your Flexibility Strategy By: Karl Zarse, MD Working on your flexibility is the most common area that my patients do not engage in. I think it stems from the perception that flexibility is about keeping
Strength Training Redefined
How to Maximize the Benefits of Resistance Exercise If we are going to age with power, we have to make resistance exercise a staple in our routine for the rest of our lives. Unfortunately
Stamina Secrets
Exercise Pearls for Real Health Benefits: Interval Training By: Karl Zarse, MD One of the frustrations that I hear from patients regarding getting adequate exercise is this statement: “I do a lot of walking. I
Signs of a Weak Immune System
There has been a lot of attention towards the immune system over the past three years. Many of my patients are now extremely interested in not just their overall health, but how to …
What is the Importance of Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is all over the news today with good reason. Vitamin D plays a critical role in modulating the innate and adaptive immune system. These arms of the immune system not only attack …
Zinc is Critical to an Optimized Immune System
Zinc is used by over three hundred different enzymes throughout the body. Adequate zinc is critical for an optimized immune system. It is also needed for good hair growth, proper digestion, nerve function, and …
The Incredible Benefits of Vitamin C
Vitamin C is one of the most amazing antioxidants you can take. Unfortunately, humans have no ability to make Vitamin C. Other animals can, but we are not so lucky. Linus Pauling with a world-famous
Flip the Chronic Injury Script
I have a chronic injury that I have to manage everyday. I also treat chronic pain for a living, and our clinic sees on average sixty people a day. I have seen what works
Why I Disagree With Doctors Who Don’t Promote Supplements & Vitamins – A Healthy Dose of Evidence
In order to succeed at AGING FIT, we need to make it as simple as possible. Most of us have incredibly busy lifestyles that make it difficult to not only get the right amount of
Head Over “Heals”: How to Use an Inversion Table
One of the most useful items I have used for both myself and my patients is an inversion table. Traditional stretching is great, but the inversion table pulls your body out to length in
Why Does a Doctor Care So Deeply About Supplements?
After treating thousands of patients over the years and seeing them take various paths with aging, I have seen what the impact of nutrition has on the body, especially …
Secrets to TENS Unit
The TENS units is a great device for treating pain and injuries that is often overlooked. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a method of pain relief involving the use of a mild electrical …
Magnesium: Why Is It So Important?
Magnesium is all over the news lately and it is for good reason. It has a wide range of benefits that are critical for the immune system as well as other under appreciated benefits. Many
Melatonin: Not Just For Sleep
As with Vitamin D, melatonin is a hormone and not a vitamin. It is made in the brain during sleep. It increases during darkness, and turns off with light. Unfortunately, our melatonin declines naturally with
Quercetin
Quercetin has seen a huge increase in its popularity over the years. It has a ton of benefits that are extremely exciting. It is known as a flavonoid, and these molecules are …
Thera Cane Secrets
Foam rolling is a phenomenal deep tissue massage tool for long muscles of the legs and low back. However, reaching some of the smaller muscles like the ones over your shoulder blade and mid …
Make Your Bones “Buff”: Easy Resistance Exercises to Maximize Bone Density Benefits
If we are going to AGE WITH POWER, then we have to make resistance exercise a staple in our daily routine for the rest of our lives. Unfortunately many people have chronic injuries that …
Intermittent Fasting: Most Effective Weight Loss Tool Ever
If you’re like me, you may find that despite your best efforts, a string of holidays can put your body weight up five pounds or more. Fitting in extra workouts is unlikely, and making the workouts …
Foam Rolling Fun-damentals
Foam rollers have gained massive popularity over the past ten years and with good reason. They are one of the most effective deep tissue tools available. Getting a massage is great, but the cost …
Why We Need Supplements
What are free radicals and why do we want to get rid of them? Free radicals are unstable atoms that “steal” electrons from other normal
Cupping
Cupping is a relatively new practice that has gained a lot of attention recently. Cupping is different in that it pulls the fascia and distracts the layers apart, unlike massage which pushes across and …
Sleep Secrets
If I said to you there is a segment in the day where the majority of repair and regeneration occurs, would you agree that we should devote some effort to that part of the …
Customize Your Pillow For Pain Relief
One of the most frequent questions I get regarding neck and back pain is, what is the best pillow to use? Soft or hard? Foam or Feather? With so many options it is hard …
Be Proactive, Not Reactive
Everybody wants to live a long and healthy life. I have had the benefit of treating patients for twenty years now, and I have seen what truly sets the …
Make Your Success Plan
The 5 Steps: To Age With Power You Must Make a Plan By: Karl Zarse, MD You have to have a plan if you are
Flexibility Strategy
Your Flexibility Strategy By: Karl Zarse, MD Working on your flexibility is the most common area that my patients do not engage in. I think
Strength Training Redefined
How to Maximize the Benefits of Resistance Exercise If we are going to age with power, we have to make resistance exercise a staple
Stamina Secrets
Exercise Pearls for Real Health Benefits: Interval Training By: Karl Zarse, MD One of the frustrations that I hear from patients regarding getting adequate exercise
Signs of a Weak Immune System
There has been a lot of attention towards the immune system over the past three years. Many of my patients are now extremely interested in not just their overall health, but how to …
What is the Importance of Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is all over the news today with good reason. Vitamin D plays a critical role in modulating the innate and adaptive immune system. These arms of the immune system not only attack …
Zinc is Critical to an Optimized Immune System
Zinc is used by over three hundred different enzymes throughout the body. Adequate zinc is critical for an optimized immune system. It is also needed for good hair growth, proper digestion, nerve function, and …
The Incredible Benefits of Vitamin C
Vitamin C is one of the most amazing antioxidants you can take. Unfortunately, humans have no ability to make Vitamin C. Other animals can, but we are not so lucky. Linus Pauling with a world-famous …
Flip the Chronic Injury Script
I have a chronic injury that I have to manage everyday. I also treat chronic pain for a living, and our clinic sees on average sixty people a day. I have seen what works and what doesn’t thousands of times over the years. A key step to success is …
Why I Disagree With Doctors Who Don’t Promote Supplements & Vitamins – A Healthy Dose of Evidence
In order to succeed at AGING FIT, we need to make it as simple as possible. Most of us have incredibly busy lifestyles that make it difficult to not only get the right amount of …
Head Over “Heals”: How to Use an Inversion Table
One of the most useful items I have used for both myself and my patients is an inversion table. Traditional stretching is great, but the inversion table pulls your body out to length in ways that other techniques cannot. It is great for stretching your …
Why Does a Doctor Care So Deeply About Supplements?
After treating thousands of patients over the years and seeing them take various paths with aging, I have seen what the impact of nutrition has on the body, especially …
Secrets to TENS Unit
The TENS units is a great device for treating pain and injuries that is often overlooked. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a method of pain relief involving the use of a mild electrical …
Magnesium: Why Is It So Important?
Magnesium is all over the news lately and it is for good reason. It has a wide range of benefits that are critical for the immune system as well as other under appreciated benefits. Many people do not realize that Magnesium is …
Melatonin: Not Just For Sleep
As with Vitamin D, melatonin is a hormone and not a vitamin. It is made in the brain during sleep. It increases during darkness, and turns off with light. Unfortunately, our melatonin declines naturally with …
Quercetin
Quercetin has seen a huge increase in its popularity over the years. It has a ton of benefits that are extremely exciting. It is known as a flavonoid, and these molecules are …
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