Dr. Donald A. Ozello, DC, CCSM, CCN
Chiropractic, Health, Fitness and Function
Bike riding is a form of exercise, competitive sport, mode of transportation, and recreation enjoyed by millions worldwide.
Bicycling provides multiple physical and mental benefits. Riding a bike outdoors require balance, grip strength, coordination, leg strength, lower extremity endurance and cardiovascular health.
Cycling is used in rehabilitation for hip, knee, and ankle injuries because it … Read the rest
Exercising correctly and consistently is a vital ingredient to living a healthier, fitter, more functional life.
The musculoskeletal system requires increased oxygen during exercise. The cardiovascular system responses by increasing your heart rate. The additional blood flow from a stronger, faster heartbeat supplies your muscles with large amounts of needed oxygen.
Aerobic exercise is defined … Read the rest
Strengthen your rotator cuff muscles to prevent shoulder injuries, enhance shoulder function and improve your posture. Build coordination, stabilize the shoulder joint and balance shoulder strength by utilizing the reverse pitch exercise.
Anatomy: The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that connects the shoulder blade to the upper arm. The supraspinatus, infraspinatus and… Read the rest
Develop a back training routine with basic exercises and perfect technique to build strength, stability and endurance. The powerful muscles of the back connect to the spine, hips and shoulder blades. They contract to extend the spine, rotate the spine, bend the spine, retract the scapulae and pull the shoulders backwards.
A strong back … Read the rest
Train smarter and target specific muscle groups to correct common postural flaws. Posture is defined as the carriage of the body as a whole. Proper posture ensures good motion and displays physique symmetry and balance.
Two types of postural faults exist. Structural and functional. The origin of structural faults are skeletal. Examples includes: one femur … Read the rest
Exercise to develop and maintain your health and fitness. Exercise is the most important tool to improve your aerobic and anaerobic fitness. Performing the proper amount of exercise is imperative to achieving peak fitness and preventing injuries.
Overtraining prevention and injury prevention is best achieved through intelligent training strategies.
Injury prevention is easier, faster and … Read the rest
Strengthen your midback, shoulders and arms with inverted rows.
Inverted rows, also known as supine pull-ups, are a body weight exercise that strengthens the muscles that pull the shoulder blades together. Much like vertical chin-ups and pull-ups, inverted rows develop back, shoulder, upper arm and forearm strength. The horizontal body position utilized in … Read the rest
Strengthen you midback to improve your posture and decrease shoulder injuries.
The shoulder is an intricate system composed of several joints and numerous muscles. The shoulder joints and muscles work in synergy to provide a wide range of motion in multiple planes.
In medical terminology the shoulder blade is named the scapula. Scapula retraction… Read the rest