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Availability Is The Best Ability

Most patients presenting to our Boulder and Lafayette Physical Therapy practices are facing a pain or symptoms which are limiting their ability to participate in the activities they enjoy.  Their current abilities, or lack thereof, prevent them from being available for work, life, and recreational activities.  Availability is often the greatest predictor of long-term health...

How Many Minutes Of Strength Training Do I Need To Live Longer?

Exercise remains our best intervention for extending an individual’s health span and lifespan.  Both our quality and quantity of life are positively impacted by consistent aerobic exercise and strength training performance each week.  In particular, strength training is our best tool to reduce the loss of muscle mass associated with aging (sarcopenia).  In addition, new...

Mid Life Fitness Predicts Successful Aging

Exercise remains the best tool for improving both life span, number of years in a life, and health span, disease free years or the amount of life in those years.  Medications, supplements, nutrition, and other lifestyle changes pale in comparison to the effects of exercise.  Authors often reference the ability of exercise to bend the...