Chiropractor in Germantown: February 2013

Monday, February 25, 2013

The Most Aggressive Jersey Goes to RecoveryDoc Athlete Bobbie Traksel

Bobbie Traksel of Team Champion Systems Pro Cycling has taken hold of the most aggressive jersey title in Oman.

This is a great success for Team Champion Systems which aims to hold onto the jersey, “we are all focused on helping Bobbie keep the combative jersey,” Friedemann said. We are certainly happy after this great victory which occurred following the training camp, where Dr. Rick Rosa worked with the team on their sports recovery, strength and endurance. “This is a great start for the season for me,” Traksel said. “These races were great preparation for me and I’m feeling very good about my new position on the Champion System team.” Dr. Rick Rosa works with a number of athletes in his sports recovery program, RecoveryDoc, these athletes include Team Jamis Sutterfield, Tony Thompson boxer, Keystone Boxing, Team Lloyd Irvin, high school, college leagues and more.

To achieve success, Dr. Rosa utilizes his signature Six Pillars of Recovery program for athletes which encompass all aspects of healing. The Six Pillars include:

Awareness of State
Rest
Play
Nutrition
Physical
Psychological

This comprehensive approach enables a more complete healing process that will prevent further injuries as well as speed up recovery between workouts. Athletes respond better when a coach is able to map out a specific workout. Similarly, doctors are able to map out and monitor specific plans that the athlete can follow. In addition, the athlete will become more aware of his/her recovery state and when he/she has fully recovered. The athlete can put that much more into his/her workouts which will ultimately improve the performance. Would you like to see Dr. Rosa in action with the team? Here is a video you’ll love taken in China, where he worked as the Champion Systems Recovery Specialist and Sports Chiropractor. Dr. Rosa treats Champion Systems Pro Cyclist Clinton Avery with the Graston Technique --> http://youtu.be/EIUSz7CvjWg .

If you have other questions regarding chiropractic treatments, contact us at 301-972-9191 or sign-up at www.CramerChiropracticrehab.com for a free consultation!

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Cramer Chiropractic Rehab

12850 Middlebrook Rd #209

Germantown, MD 20874

301-972-9191

www.cramerchiropracticrehab.com

Thursday, February 7, 2013

What Kind Of Exercises Should You Do?

Just today in my Chiropractic office in Germantown a patient asked me "What kind of exercises should I do?"

My response started with, "What are you doing now?". What followed was typical of 95% of patients that asked me this question: "Nothing".

OK, I understand that you have been in pain, so you haven't wanted to exercise, often for years, but this question could be incredibly complicated or simple. Now in my experience complicated usually leads to inactivity. If there is too much on the table, then people have the tendency to do nothing, and will continue NOT to exercise. I try to keep things simple especially for those that it has been a long time since they exercised and they are at least 50 lbs overweight, because these are the people most likely to give up on an exercise routine.

The first thing to do is move, and keep moving, get out there and walk.

Inevitably, I'll get the response I walk everyday: going to the grocery store, from my work parking lot into my building, at the Mall. OK, I get it, short episodes of walking relatively short distances, often with starting and stopping. No, no, no. I want you to walk with the intent to walk. I want you to walk without stopping for at least 20 minutes. Get that heart rate up if you can. Over time walk further. If you are having too much pain to walk 20 minutes, then start with 10, and then go home and ice yourself, but do something. Not only will the exercise do you good, but movement inhibits pain. The is the way we were created and hard wired. So you will end up with multiple health benefits.

So get out there and move.

We can always make things more complicated later, but start with the simple stuff, and start to create healthful habits.