During the month of September, Stretch Moves encourages you to stop living through your pain and seek help. Stretch Moves’ staff is experienced in improving your areas of pain, including the back of which 80 percent experience of adults at least once in their lifetime.1 Stretch...
It is commonplace for most of us to have a high-deductible health care plan and to find ourselves post-doctor appointments looking at a $300 bill after a short session with the doctor, and maybe no resolution to a health complaint. Medicine and surgery, often the go-to...
CBD oil, or cannabidiol, is a non-psychoactive part of the cannabis plant, meaning it is not a hallucinogen (and won’t make you feel high).1 It is a supplement that is not designed to be taken at the sign of your symptoms, but rather on a regular...
It’s snow season in the DMV area, which means the task of snow shoveling is inevitable for most of us. What most don’t know is that there is a proper technique to shoveling that can prevent pains and strains in the back and neck. Here a...
A new study shows that female soccer players have the highest concussion rate of any high school athletes.1 Girls have weaker necks, and they’re often using their heads for headers during games. Jose Chacon, owner of Stretch Moves Holistic Wellness, is one of the coaches...
Fascia has been a buzzword in health care lately. It is a a three-tiered layer of tissue that encases tissues and organs, and it is thought to have the potential to impact everything in the body.1 Primarily, fascia helps to coordinate the body’s movements, or...
Dry needling is very similar to acupuncture in that it involves the use of thin needles in trigger points in the skin that can treat various musculoskeletal issues. Acupuncture is founded on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) whereas dry needling was founded on Western medicine principles.1 Most...
It is that time of year again, when we look back and appreciate how the year has gone by so fast, AGAIN. It also happens to be Hispanic Heritage Month! Should you keep reading even if you are not for Hispanic descent? YES. I was fortunate enough...
We are hosting a kettleBell Swing-A-Thon on Black Friday this year for Thanksgiving. Rowan is two years old and lives with hypotonia after being diagnosed at two weeks old. Hypotonia is a fancy word for low muscle tone. Lifting your arm to your face is easy...
I can personally and professionally tell you that this topic is very real. From achilles tendonitis to knee injuries Turf Grass places a higher demand on the athlete’s tissues due to the harder underlying surface of the Turf Grass. Having the privilege to work over the last...