Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

My boyfriend is an avid tennis player.  He has been playing since he was a little kid and even played on a team while in college.  He has gotten back into it again over the last two years and since then…

Whenever something is hurting or bothering me, instead of addressing the issue or allowing some self-care so that I can heal faster, I have a tendency to either ignore it or just avoid using that certain arm or shoulder that is…

I became intrigued as to why wrists, for some people, are so weak, how you can strengthen them, and could weak wrists be a big cause for carpal tunnel syndrome and not so much just repetitive movements of the hands and fingers.

Here at Tune Up Fitness, we are firm believers in ‘Prehab’: healthy biomechanics and myofascial massage techniques that keep your tissues integrated and performing properly. We’ve blogged about how YTU can help with all kinds of sports, from golf and tennis…

Therapeutic trigger point massage has numerous benefits for the body: it flushes the tissues with fresh blood and lymph, aides in the removal of metabolic waste, and starts to peel apart layers of connective tissue and muscle fibers that have become…

When a body doesn’t breathe well, it stifles the body’s healing responses. The stress of the pain and the poor breathing is a loop that leads to even more stress, muscular freezing and spasms.

We all take sides, favoring one option over another.  That includes the sides of the body.  How often do you think you shift your weight from one leg to the other while waiting for the bus or spending long hours standing…

Stand up and fold forward.  Your lower back rounds.  Stand up, step the feet wide, point one foot sideways and lean toward that foot.  The inner thigh puts up a heavyweight fight.  If this sounds like you, hip flexor tension could…

The groin.  It’s where your inner thigh connects to your pelvis.  And it’s most assuredly not a joyous feeling when it’s injured.  It certainly hasn’t been a joy for one of my students who approached me about it recently.  He said…