by Dr. Cooley | Mar 21, 2017 | Athletes, Chronic Pain, Other
One of the most underutilized ways to improve your health is to incorporate a daily movement practice. I would like to emphasize movement and not exercise because they are different. A person can definitely burn some calories on a recumbent bike but they have also...
by Dr. Cooley | Nov 19, 2016 | Athletes, Chronic Pain, Other
The rates at which runners are injured is alarming. Many runners who are injured assume that is because of a lack of stretching or poor footwear. However, based on my clinical experience this is not the case. Also, many runners assume that they were injured because...
by Dr. Cooley | Jul 7, 2016 | Athletes, Chronic Pain, Dr. Cooley's Top 5 Articles, Nutrition
There seems to be a growing trend on Facebook and other social media sites touting the use of butter. This is one band wagon that I would jump on whole-heartedly. In my daily clinical practice, I treat a wide variety of conditions from auto-immune diseases, to weight...
by Dr. Cooley | Jul 4, 2016 | Athletes, Fatigue
Aerobic Training Many of the concepts mentioned below are based on the work of Dr. Phil Maffetone (www.philmaffetone.com) and Dr. Stephen Gangemi (www.sock-doc.com). In this day and age aerobic exercise has come under a lot of criticism. Recent studies have shown...
by Dr. Cooley | Jul 4, 2016 | Athletes, Fatigue, Hormones, Nutrition
This is a concept taken from Dr. Phil Maffetone. It is a test for individuals to determine their intolerance to carbohydrates. Most Americans ingest far too many carbohydrates and this is a major cause of many chronic diseases. We were designed to be fat-burning...