by Emily Kiberd | Nov 26, 2019 | Strength
If you’re anything like me, when I first set eyes on a kettlebell I thought, “that might just hurt me.” But I soon realized it’s not the tool but user error that leads to injury. It was not love at first sight. I questioned “why a kettlebell” instead of a hand...
by Emily Kiberd | Oct 25, 2019 | Good Form/Bad Form
We all sit hours upon hours each day. There’s no getting around it even with a standing desk, a fancy treadmill desk, or taking frequent breaks. Sitting with good posture feels confusing since we’ve been told to “sit up straight” with “shoulders down...
by Emily Kiberd | Oct 3, 2019 | Hashimoto's
One day you reach up to comb your hair or slip an arm in your favorite jacket and you feel a pull. At first you think nothing of it. Then you notice that washing your hair makes your shoulder feel stiff and achy. You start to lose the ability to lift your arm at all....
by Emily Kiberd | Sep 24, 2019 | Hashimoto's
Do you have knee pain that comes and goes without rhyme or reason? There may have been no logical onset for the pain, like stepping off a curb awkwardly, twisting your knee as you stood up, or pushing yourself too hard at the gym. Your knees simply ache without a...
by Emily Kiberd | Aug 20, 2019 | Hashimoto's
A solid warm up before you work out sets you up for success keeping you injury free. But a sloppy warm-up or no warm-up at all can lead to a debilitating muscle tweak or compressed joints. Especially as women struggling with Hashimoto’s, we need our warm-up to wake up...
