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The Best Shoes for Your Next Workout

September 3, 2023   |   By Dr. Chad Moreau   |   Categories: Best Shoes   Calf Injury   Fitness   Foot Injury   Heel Pain   Knee Pain   Sports Injury  

What kind of shoes should you be wearing for your workouts? Many of us choose the shoes that we see advertised on television or on the internet that our favorite athlete is promoting. But is that the best shoe to maximize your training? When choosing the correct shoe you should take into account a few … Continue reading The Best Shoes for Your Next Workout

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The Most Common Injuries in Pickleball & How To Prevent Them

August 20, 2023   |   By Dr. Chad Moreau   |   Categories: Ankle Injury   Calf Injury   Fitness   Foot Injury   Heel Pain   Soft Tissue Therapy   Sports Injury  

One sport that has grown rapidly in popularity among our clients at Back to Function is pickleball.  A combination of tennis, badminton and ping-pong, pickleball is a fun and social sport, which is one reason it’s so popular. The rules are simple and the game is easy for beginners to learn, but can develop into a … Continue reading The Most Common Injuries in Pickleball & How To Prevent Them

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Interpreting Your Blood Lab Tests

May 8, 2023   |   By Dr. Chad Moreau   |   Categories: Blood Test   Nutrition  

Overview  Blood laboratory tests are helpful in evaluating your health status. Blood tests allow your doctor to see a detailed analysis of disease markers, the nutrients and waste products in your blood, as well as how various organs (e.g., kidneys and liver) are functioning. If you’re like most people, you’ve probably looked over the alphabet soup of … Continue reading Interpreting Your Blood Lab Tests

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16-Year Old High School Football Player With a Right Hamstring Tear

April 22, 2023   |   By Dr. Chad Moreau   |   Categories: Hip Pain   Soft Tissue Therapy   Sports Injury  

A 16-year old male high school football player reported to BTF with right hamstring area pain. He said he was sprinting at football practice and felt a “pulling sensation” in the right hamstring area and felt immediate pain. He said it felt like the hamstring muscle was “balled up” and was “very tight’. During an … Continue reading 16-Year Old High School Football Player With a Right Hamstring Tear

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What is Soft Tissue Therapy?

January 11, 2023   |   By Dr. Chad Moreau   |   Categories: Soft Tissue Therapy  

The first thing we need to understand about soft tissue therapy is what is soft tissue? What is Soft Tissue? Soft tissue is basically everything that isn’t bone and includes ligaments, tendons, muscles, fascia and nerves. Ligaments, tendons, muscles and the connecting fascia provide a natural brace to protect the bony skeleton from injury. Ligament: … Continue reading What is Soft Tissue Therapy?

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EPOC, ATP & HIIT and How They Relate to Your Ideal Body

December 27, 2022   |   By Dr. Chad Moreau   |   Categories: Fitness  

If you want to get your ideal body by losing body fat and increasing your lean muscle mass, you will want to know what the acronyms EPOC, ATP & HIIT mean. Muscle Fiber Type To understand EPOC, we need to know a little about muscle fiber type. Everyone has two general types of muscle—slow-twitch and … Continue reading EPOC, ATP & HIIT and How They Relate to Your Ideal Body

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Quick(ish) Explanation of the Postural Restoration Concepts Used at BTF

December 12, 2022   |   By Dr. Chad Moreau   |   Categories: Postural Restoration  

I have been trying to write this article for a few years now. The idea is to make the postural restoration concepts we use at Back to Function (BTF) easy to understand for our current and potential future clients. The trick is, postural restoration, as defined by the Postural Restoration Institute®, is complex! I have taken over … Continue reading Quick(ish) Explanation of the Postural Restoration Concepts Used at BTF

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10 Tips for A Healthier Thanksgiving

November 22, 2022   |   By Dr. Chad Moreau   |   Categories: Fitness   Food   Nutrition   Weight Loss  

Just because it’s Thanksgiving doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your health and gain weight from overindulgence. Here are ten tips for a healthier Thanksgiving: Go for a 30-45 minute brisk walk Thanksgiving morning. That will create a calorie deficit and also has a tendency to make you more conscious about the types and amount … Continue reading 10 Tips for A Healthier Thanksgiving

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Creating Internal Tension For A Back That Will Never Break

November 21, 2022   |   By Dr. Chad Moreau   |   Categories: Fitness   low back pain  

This article on creating internal tension for a back that will never break comes from my over 2 decades of working with clients with “bad back”, “slipped disc”, “back went out”, and the numerous failed back surgeries that I have seen. Over the years I have tried numerous approaches to back pain, including: chiropractic adjusting … Continue reading Creating Internal Tension For A Back That Will Never Break

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Why You Should Lift Weights (At Any Age!)

November 20, 2022   |   By Matt Heisig   |   Categories: Fitness  

Lifting weights, or resistance training, is hard work. It can take some time and dedication to maintain a good routine. Often, it isn’t considered a method of exercise for various reasons. Some excuses I’ve heard from my clients at BTF is that they don’t want to “bulk”, they are “too old” to lift weights, or … Continue reading Why You Should Lift Weights (At Any Age!)

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