injury prevention – PK Health and Performance https://pkhealth.ca A principles-based approach to sustained wellness and pain-free performance Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:04:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Feel Your Feet https://pkhealth.ca/feel-your-feet/ https://pkhealth.ca/feel-your-feet/#respond Tue, 08 Mar 2022 19:40:38 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5866 Are you chronically stiff, and always in pain? Do you move like an awkward robot rather than a fluid (and I don’t mean gender, lolz) and athletic human? If that’s you, you need to work on your feet. In the fixing-your-pain-and-becoming-a-better-athlete checklist, body awareness, balance, and coordination are at the top of the list. And to improve those neurological qualities of movement…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/feel-your-feet/feed/ 0 Breathing Basics https://pkhealth.ca/breathing-basics/ https://pkhealth.ca/breathing-basics/#respond Thu, 02 Dec 2021 02:03:41 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5829 In recent years, the term “breathwork” has become a misunderstood fad – a term that’s been lumped in with new age-y concepts like chakras and horoscopes. Yikes! Third eyes and Pisces season aside, REAL breathwork is imperative if you’re looking to feel and perform better. In the present article we’ll discuss the two main ways in which breathwork can positively influence your health.

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/breathing-basics/feed/ 0 Unstiffen Yourself (Part 1) https://pkhealth.ca/unstiffen-yourself-part-1/ https://pkhealth.ca/unstiffen-yourself-part-1/#respond Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:14:14 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5796 Stiffness is, in all likelihood, the root cause of your chronic pain. It could be as straightforward as having a stiff lower back from sedentary living. We could take it one step further, where for example a stiff foot may be causing too much strain to be put on the knees. We could even go down the psychosomatic rabbit hole and see that for instance, a stiff mind may be causing…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/unstiffen-yourself-part-1/feed/ 0 Shake Up Your Training https://pkhealth.ca/shake-up-your-training/ https://pkhealth.ca/shake-up-your-training/#respond Mon, 17 May 2021 01:59:44 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5742 I’m all about using a principles-based approach. In practice, this means that I’m constantly looking to connect the dots and find the commonalities between all movements, sports, and training modalities. Being married to one modality will inevitably lead to stagnation, which is why it’s so important to find the underlying principles that make ‘em work. When I work towards attaining the…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/shake-up-your-training/feed/ 0 Rep Ranges: Train for Your Goals https://pkhealth.ca/rep-ranges-101-train-according-to-your-goals/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:05:03 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5502 Have you ever wondered how an athlete like Georges St-Pierre was able to develop muscle mass comparable to that of a bodybuilder by performing high-rep gymnastics exercise rather than traditional weight training? Or how an Olympic weightlifting stud like Lu Xiao Jun came to be just as shredded as a professional MMA fighter with only low-rep barbell training? Well my fellow fitness enthusiast…

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