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Strength training for older adults is essential to a healthy lifestyle

Athleticism, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Personal Training, Pickleball, Posture / Kevin Chiddister / June 21, 2023 / active aging, Healthy Lifestyle, Movement, senior fitness, Strength training

Strength training for older adults is essential to a healthy lifestyle: It helps you stay fit, maintain independence, and reduce symptoms related to chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, and obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends 150 minutes of moderate endurance activity per week. This can include cardio, as well as weights or bodyweight […]

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Workout Smarter

Ankle, Athleticism, Back Pain, Diets, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Heart, Hip, Hydration, Neck, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Pilates, Posture, Rehab, Running, Tennis, Uncategorized, Yoga / Kevin Chiddister / May 13, 2021 / personal training, resistance training, Strength training, warm-up, weight loss

All workouts were not created equally. Sadly, many people simply waste time in the gym. Here are 5 tips to ensure that every minute of your workout is well spent burning fat and toning your muscles… Workout Smarter Tip 1: Use More Resistance In order to get the most from each rep it’s important to

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Dry Needling

Ankle, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Neck, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Pilates, Posture, Rehab, Running, Scoliosis, Tennis / Otto Jaasko / December 19, 2020 / achilles tendinopathy, carpal tunnel, dry needling, golfers elbow, hip pain, low back pain, neck pain, nueropathy, osteoarthritis, piriformis, plantar fasciitis, sciatica, shoulder pain, tennis elbow

Dry needling has various, well-documented positive effects on the body including increased blood flow, reduced inflammation, improved tissue healing, desensitization of peripheral and central pain mechanisms and activation of the body’s pain modulation systems (reduction of pain), reduced inflammatory markers, and improved endocrine function. The physiological effects of needling are significant, and the literature/evidence suggests that dry needling can serve as an extremely effective therapeutic intervention for various musculoskeletal pain syndromes with extremely good outcomes.

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Pilates 100’s with Dr. Susan Mann

Athleticism, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Pilates, Posture, Rehab, Scoliosis, Tennis, Uncategorized, Video, Yoga / Kevin Chiddister / June 8, 2020 / 100s, corefit, corefitness, Health, healthy back, low back pain, performance, pilates for physical therapy, Wellness

The Pilates 100 is an exercise that uses the method of Pilates to strengthen the abdominal muscles while teaching your body stability and strengthening your lower back. Pilates is a method of exercise designed to strengthen the core by using gentle, but powerful but controlled movements. In the early 1900’s, Joseph Pilates began to design his technique, which concentrates

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Your Daily Habits Create Your Body

Athleticism, Back Pain, Diets, Exercise, Fitness, Foods, Health, Health & Wellness, Heart, Hydration, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pilates, Posture, Rehab, Running, Scoliosis, Tennis, Uncategorized, Yoga / Kevin Chiddister / May 25, 2020 / daily habits, Health, Health and Fitness, health and wellness, Health Coaching, Healthy Lifestyle, Wellness, wellness and peformance, wellness coaching

Every Little bit counts

There’s something that the fitness industry doesn’t want you to know…

In fact, I believe that this is the biggest secret to attaining that perfectly fit body that you’ve wanted for so many years.

It’s not that you aren’t trying to workout and eat right, it’s just that you haven’t been able to find that one thing to take you all the way to success.

Now, finally, I’m going to share that one thing.

It’s quite simple, and yet stands as the truest and most important fitness advice you’ll ever receive…

The big secret is that…Your daily habits create your body.

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Top 3 Reasons to See a Physical Therapist at NPT

Ankle, Athleticism, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Neck, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Posture, Rehab, Running, Scoliosis, Tennis, Uncategorized, Video / Kevin Chiddister / May 19, 2020 / A Doctor Assessed Personal Training Program, Adapt program, Balance, cashed based physical thearpy, Dr. Otto, injury rehab, injury rehabilitation, Physical Thearpy, shoulder injury

We often get asked, why should I pay out of pocket to see a Physical Therapist at Naples Personal Training. We have compiled the top 3 reasons why cash-pay physical therapy at NPT is the way to go. 1) Quality of Care At Naples Personal Training you will always receive highly individualized and tailored, 1-on-1

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Importance of Exercise for Mental & Physical Wellbeing

Back Pain, Diets, Exercise, Fitness, Foods, Health, Health & Wellness, Heart, Personal Training, Running / Kevin Chiddister / April 1, 2020 / Fitness, Health, health and wellness, immune system, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Wellness

Florida Personal Training is today reminding all that exercise remains as important as ever to help keep our population healthy.

Most individuals are currently nervous about the potential impact of COVID-19, and we wanted to take the opportunity to remind everyone that we should still consider physical activity for two key reasons. Firstly, research does show that exercise can support our immune system and secondly, exercise is proven to support our mental health.

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Physical Therapy First

Ankle, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Neck, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Posture, Rehab, Running, Scoliosis, Tennis / Kevin Chiddister / March 11, 2020 / Athletic Performance, direct access, Golf Performance, injury rehab, joint pain, orthopedic, Physical Therapy, PT, PTFirst, shoulder injury, Sports Performance

If you go out to lunch with friends, it is easy to get distracted stepping off a curb. In that moment, you may lose your balance and twist an ankle. You spend the rest of your weekend limping around the house to keep pressure off the injured area and maybe take a few ibuprofen to

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Kinstretch to Improve Golf Game

Ankle, Athleticism, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Personal Training, Posture, Rehab, Scoliosis / Kevin Chiddister / February 25, 2020 / golf, Golf Performance, Kinstretch, Sports Performance

Strength and conditioning is starting to take precedence within the golf world. PGA players are starting to learn the importance of having a strong mobile body in order to put them in the best position to succeed on the course. For most casual golfers, fitness is usually left on the backburner. The result? Injury

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Yoga Training for Balance

Ankle, Athleticism, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Neck, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Posture, Rehab, Running, Tennis, Yoga / Kevin Chiddister / October 1, 2019 / Balance, Fitness, Health, Wellness, Yoga

Good balance is particularly beneficial in sports that demand a high degree of agility, coordination and technical ability. But actually, it’s a win for all. From a physical point of view, one-legged standing poses are great for building strength in the feet, ankles, hips and core. Arm balances build upper body strength, especially in the

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5 Negative Effects of Bad Posture on Your Body and Mind

Athleticism, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Health & Wellness, Heart, Hip, Neck, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Pilates, Posture, Rehab, Running, Scoliosis, Yoga / Kevin Chiddister / October 1, 2019 / Fitness, Health, Posture, Sports Performance, Wellness

Poor posture is the new first-world problem that’s causing more mental and physical health complicationsthan most people realize. The human body was designed to move – not to sit in a chair for several hours at a time. Over time, bad habits lead to fatigue, depression, pain and headaches. There’s a reason your mother told

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Wellness Corner with Katie Mulligan

Ankle, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Pilates, Posture, Rehab, Scoliosis, Tennis, Video, Yoga / Kevin Chiddister / October 1, 2019 / Fitness, Flexibility, Health, Wellness, Wellness Corner, Yoga

Naples Personal Training very own Yoga instructor Katie Mulligan in the Wellness Corner discussing 3 Yoga movements for athletes.

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