FITNESS & HEALTH
What’s the Deal with Red Light Therapy?
Maybe you've heard about red light therapy, or maybe...
It’s More Than Just a Mood: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Â
Feeling blue lately? It could be seasonal affective disorder...
Gut Check: Popular Misconceptions about Prebiotics and Probiotics
With Reena Mehta, PA-C, Tryon Medical PartnersÂ
With all the...
Healthspan vs Lifespan: Expand Your Prime, Not Just Your Time
With Caroline Lee Wilds, MD, Tryon Medical Partners
The question...
Help Liz Hilliard’s New Book Get to Be a Best Seller and You’ll Get a Free Workout Video to Stream
Liz Hilliard, owner and creator of Hilliard Studio Method, will release her first book, Be Powerful: Find Your Strength at Any Age on Amazon this week.
Be Powerful is not only the story of how Liz came to create her crazy popular Hilliard...
Is a Standing Desk Really Worth It?
Last year, we published this article on Standing Desks the major health benefits they offer. Our friends at ORTHOCAROLINA, Logan Stewart and Tim Pysell, gave us tips from their own transitions from sitting at work to standing.
A lot can change in a...
Fitness Survival During the Holidays. Thanksgiving Schedules & Tips From the CLT Pros.
For most of us, the season of temptation is about to begin. Let's all take a group vow I've stolen from Chicago Med..."First, do no harm."
Flywheel Megan says it best. "I think the mentality of fitness during the holidays...
Your Health: We Get The Scoop on Supplements.
The shelves of beauty stores, health food shops and even the grocery store are full of supplements that promise to improve your health, trim your waist and more. But which of these are worth the money, and which are...
Your Glute Strength. Why it is Critical and Why Many Women Suffer Without it.
Whether you love yours or you hate them, your glutes do much more than just give you extra curves.
OrthoCarolina Physical Therapist Chris Gabriel gave us the low down on our backside, including how to find out if our glutes are firing,...
Free Class Times, Sugar Busters and More. What’s Going on at Hilliard Studio Method This Month?
Lake Ladies Take Note!!  Hilliard Studio Method has added two early morning class times to their growing schedule in the Davidson and Lake Norman area. Classes are now available at 6:30am on Tuesdays and Thursdays and will be free through...
Nicole Visits 9 Round Dilworth and Lives to Tell The Tale.
You might miss it if you're not looking for it. Tucked between Outback Steakhouse and The Fresh Market on East Boulevard, lays a sleeping giant ready to build your biceps, crank up the cardio, and destroy (in a good...
New at Flywheel Charlotte ~ Arms & Abs Class plus Fit Challenge returns.
New Fly Class Arms & Abs.
FlyBarre has just intro'd a new Arms & Abs, perfect for those looking to balance their Flywheel rides with a specific zone-focused workout involving no lower body exercises. (No pulsing at the bar? No...
What is a 3-D Mammogram and Do You Need to Get One?
One in eight women will be affected by breast cancer in their lifetime, and mammograms are the best way to catch a problem early so treatment can begin.
In addition to the traditional 2-D mammograms most women begin getting at...
What is Kinesiology Tape and Why is it All Over People?
You might have seen it around your gym or on your TV during the Olympics: what appears to be a brightly colored spider web via attack by a psychedelic spider all over your fellow fitness comrades. Kinesiology tape doesn't just look cool....
So You Think You Can Be a NASCAR Driver? One of Their Trainers Tells Us All About It.
Some people may think NASCAR drivers aren't athletes. Drive your car fast, turn left ... what's so athletic about that? But Physical Therapist Ken Breath, OrthoCarolina's manager of motorsports outreach, strongly disagrees. Ken's worked with hundreds of drivers (and pit crew...
Final Update ~ Great Tips from OrthoCarolina’s Physical Therapists
October is more than national pumpkin spiced everything month, it is also National Physical Therapy Month. If you are an athlete, are over 60, or have had any serious injury, you have no doubt spent time ~ some painful and...