Wellness Corner with Katie Mulligan
Naples Personal Training very own Yoga instructor Katie Mulligan in the Wellness Corner discussing 3 Yoga movements for athletes.
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Wellness Corner with Ryan Reader
Pickleball Professional and Director of Operations at The Pickleball Academy of Southwest Florida Ryan will discuss the how a newbie can get started in Pickleball as well as the keys for a newer player.
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Pilates for Pickleball & Tennis
A growing number of tennis and Pickleball players at every level practice Pilates. They utilise their Pilates training for a range of issues. Issues such as: injury prevention and recovery, rectifying muscle imbalance, to improving flexibility and building core and stabilizer muscles. Racquet sports are by their nature one-sided. Most players repeatedly use the same
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Non Specific Low Back Pain & Scoliosis- Covered at Healthy Back Workshop
For those of you that were interested and unable to attend our Healthy Back Workshop, please enjoy the notes and video that were provided to our guests. Non Specific Low Back Pain: What Is It? Occurs in 70-80% of population over lifetime Often no relevant structural damage Perceived threat instead of a structural injury to
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Hip Immobility and its Relation to Low Back Pain
by: Raphael Rodriguez, MS, CPT Understanding posture and identifying whether a misalignment is present in our skeletal structure is important to be able to correct the issues affecting our body. More often than not in today’s society we have become dependent on pain medications or creams to help treat our pain symptoms while our blame
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Improve Your Posture
We’ve all heard how important it is to improve our posture but how many of us actually have really good posture. Some may think it is just not achievable to change a lifetime of bad postural habits. But while it might be challenging at first, developing the habit of better posture is achievable no matter how
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Improving Posture from the Ground Up
Naples Personal Training’s very own Dr. of Physical Therapy, Ryan Hickey was on a team of researchers at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) that confirmed the positive effects the OSFLOW® has on Balance and Postural Sway in a geriatric population. Continue…
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Breathing Pattern Disorders… and their impact on your health
On average, a person at rest takes about 16 breaths per minute. This means we breathe about 960 breaths an hour, 23,040 breaths a day, 8,409,600 a year. This doesn’t include an increase in breathing during exercise and physical activity. How many times do you think…
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Heart Rate and Training Zones
You should know your Maximum Heart Rate and your correct training zone to know if you are training at the right pace. Here are a few ways to figure your target heart rate. You can easily find your Target Heart Rate (thr) with this simple method. Subtract your age from 220 (226 for women) to
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New Ownership
Naples Personal Training is proud to announce we have a new owner, Kevin Chiddister. Kevin has been a Personal Trainer at Naples Personal Training since it’s inception in 2011 and is now owner and operating manager. All NPT staff and trainers, including Sean Wells are continuing on at Naples Personal Training and are committed to
Watch “Ankle Rehab and Functional Strengthening” on YouTube
https://youtu.be/nAGPdIDx8C8 Check out our newest video on a novel ankle treatment! Rehab drop foot, ankle sprains, and/or control your stance during running.
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Education May Cut Dementia Risk, Study Finds – NYTimes.com
This is a great article that summarizes the benefits of education for dementia. Bear in mind that learning can be physical, such as through exercise, performance, and skilled movements. Consider the research on Parkinsons disease and dancing — as people with Parkinsons dance they get better. It’s the new (or relatively new) learned skilled coupled
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