New study shows Metacognition is affected by lifestyle choices — Black Bear Physical Therapy our lifestyle and health choices affect our thoughts

If you're ever feeling sad, just go for a run. Because then you’ll realize your physical health is way worse than your mental health.

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Strengthen your foot!

Sleep cleans your brain

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"Two primary contributors to more effective pain adaptation are positive emotional states and meaningful social ties, including social support, which may predict lower levels of pain intensity and bolster more effective psychological responses under painful conditions."

Find some positive human interaction this weekend to reduce your pain.

"Emerging neuroscience and psychological evidence suggests a substantial overlap between physical pain and social pain, which includes commonalities in genetic variants, inflammatory responses and neural pathways."

8 Things I Learned from MDT (McKenzie) Part B — Black Bear Physical Therapy MDT/McKenzie Technique is a methodology that uses simple mechanic test to determine which movements will relieve people's pain

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Fix Your Back Pain Without Exercise (Part 3/3) — Black Bear Physical Therapy sometimes the answer to your back pain might just be putting your feet up at the end of the day

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This position can reduce your #lowbackpain

This is why I'm not worried about AI replacing physical therapists 😂

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March Newsletter — Black Bear Physical Therapy the latest news and tips for health, wellness, movement, and community

Some good stuff in the newsletter (is stretching good? the best bridging exercise, laugh your way to good health, vortex donuts, etc.)

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Stretching Makes You A Worse Runner — Black Bear Physical Therapy the least flexible runners are also the most economical

More info here

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"It is possible that stiffer musculotendinous structures reduce the aerobic demand of submaximal running by facilitating a greater elastic energy return during the shortening phase of the stretch-shortening cycle.”

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Fix Your Back Pain, Without Exercise (Part 1/3) — Black Bear Physical Therapy Positional relief can sometimes be extremely useful. Essentially you’re just putting your body in a position that’s advantageous for gravity, joint load, disc pressure, and muscle tension.

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