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Have you been told that you have biceps tendinitis but everything you have tried hasn't helped!

Shoulder pain can be a major hurdle for anyone who values an active lifestyle, whether you're tackling tough CrossFit workouts, logging miles as a dedicated runner, or scaling rock faces as a passionate climber. If you’re experiencing discomfort, you might wonder if it could lead to neck pain and what you can do to ease it. This guide explores how shoulder pain relates to neck discomfort, practical self-care tips, and when to reach out for professional help. Understanding the

This blog will give in an overview of what metabolic health is, how you can improve it, and when you should seek professional help.

The Health Lab helps you navigate holiday loneliness & stress. Discover 12 simple tips—light therapy, exercise, mindful eating, and more!

Discover effective natural cold remedies and learn when it's time to seek help from a medical professional for faster relief and recovery.

Wondering about perimenopause? Discover 5 key signs, like sleep issues and mood changes, and learn how to manage this natural transition.

Learn to spot carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms early and discover effective treatments at The Health Lab. Protect your hands and wrists with

Learn about Diastasis Recti - a common condition affecting many, especially postpartum women. Discover its causes and effective treatments.

Learn how to prevent and manage seasonal allergies for a healthier you with our comprehensive guide.

In this blog post, we will delve into what PEACE and LOVE entail and how you can use these principles to facilitate your recovery journey.

Blood work In the realm of healthcare, blood work lab values serve as crucial indicators of your overall well being. These allow your provider to see what is happening on the inside and compare to what is being seen and/or felt on the outside. These values offer valuable insights into various aspects of your health and overall wellness. However, interpreting these results may seem like deciphering a secret code too many. In this blog post, we will break down some of the myste

As a physical therapy clinic, we understand the impact that musculoskeletal pain can have on our clients. We often see clients who have tried rest as a solution, but they find that it rarely improves their pain. While rest can be helpful in some cases, it is important to address the underlying cause of the pain. At our The Health Lab, we take a holistic approach to treatment, which means we look at the patient's entire body, movement, limitations, and even lifestyle to identi

Update (Oct 2026): The Health Lab now accepts Medicare and Medicare secondary plans. Other insurance is out of network, and we provide a superbill. Side hustles. Everyone seems to have one these days. Often, they are the perfect income supplement to your regular day job, or they allow you to make money from the hobbies you love or the skills and talents you don’t always get the opportunity to utilize at your 9-5. Side hustles typically take a back seat to your primary job, an

Want to watch a video summary? Video If you are an athlete in any sense of the word, you will, at times, find yourself with some aches, pains, or injuries that need addressing. Whether you are a college athlete, an early morning crossfitter, an avid outdoorsman, or a weekend city-league soccer player, your body will at times be in need of more than just ice or a hot bath to keep moving forward with your favorite athletic pursuits. Finding a highly knowledgeable, movement and

It’s sometimes hard to realize how the culture that you live in influences your daily life. When someone is deeply focused on a particular hobby or subject of study, you often hear the expression, “it’s hard to see the forest through the trees”. In some aspect, we all struggle to see the bigger picture of health because of the cultural forest that we live in today. The biggest misconception our culture places on health (and a lot of other things) is that it's binary. You’re e

It sounds cool and might even sell memberships at your local gym but is there actually anything to the belief that stronger people are harder to kill? To answer this question we are going to look at a pretty powerful prospective population study of 500,000 men and women over the course of 10 years. What they looked at was grip strength of all individuals in comparison to the incidence of and mortality from: -cardiovascular disease -all respiratory disease -chronic obstruct

The Problem Everyone, every moment of their day has choices to make. Our society is pulled by the bright lights of instant gratification and short term satisfaction. Typically, these quick rewards that are chosen by the majority of people don’t maintain health in the long term. In part, what makes the journey of health so difficult, is the fact that most are born with it. It is our baseline of life and therefore we undervalue it, until it is altered. Here at The Health Lab, w

If increased strength is correlated with reduced risk of injury, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and even risk of death, then how in the world do we get stronger? Isn’t Everyone Strengthening? Strength training is something that everyone believes they are doing if they moved their body with extra weight on it. To anyone who is exercising, I would applaud them for taking the time to try to make their body more resilient. We are all busy people, so taking some time out of the

We are excited for the vision going forward and want to take this opportunity to show you what we believe the road forward looks like.

What is sleep consistency and is it important? If so what are some ways we can improve it.