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Starting a New Exercise Routine? How PT Can Prevent Injury

Healthy Lifestyle, Physical Therapy / January 1, 2026

January brings a surge of motivation to get fit, lose weight, and transform your health. Gyms fill with enthusiastic people committed to finally achieving their fitness goals. Unfortunately, this enthusiasm often leads to a predictable pattern: aggressive new exercise routines, initial soreness that seems normal, developing pain that gets ignored, and eventual injury that derails […]

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Can Diet Cause Constipation?

Healthy Lifestyle, Pelvic Health / December 31, 2025

What we eat affects constipation and our gut health: Over the last decade, our diet has changed, and we consume more processed food and less fresh fruits and vegetables. Over the last 8 years chronic constipation prevalence has increased by more than 20% in the United States. [1] What should we eat? Fruits and vegetables

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Take a Hike!

Healthy Lifestyle / December 20, 2024

Hiking can be an excellent way to get some exercise and get outdoors. After all, we live in San Diego and we pay for that sunshine tax! Whether you’re training for your next race or just trying to stay active and healthy, hiking is a great way to challenge your muscles in a different capacity.

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