Folks, let me open this piece up by stating plainly that strength matters! Strength is so important that it may be the difference between an independent, active later-adulthood and hiring a home care professional to assist you in bathing and using the toilet. Strength can heavily influence your financial life, your love life, and the legacy you leave for future …
Physical Therapy Can Help Cancer Survivors Improve Long-Term Outcomes
One of the side-effects of our human species’ current tendency to have exponentially longer life-spans in comparison to our ancestors from several generations ago is that the incidence of cancer is much higher. Statistics are sobering: according to the American Cancer Society, over 1.6 million new cases of cancer are expected in the United States for 2016. Cancer is currently …
Why Symmetry Fitness is the ANTI-GYM
Symmetry Fitness and Performance is not a gym. We provide expert fitness instruction. We do not have members. We have students. National chain gyms profit when many people buy memberships and few show up to make use of their purchase. We assess the quality of our students’ movement. We teach them how to improve the quality of their movement. Then …
SYMMETRY FITNESS CLASSES ARE IN SESSION
You’ve asked for it. Now we are offering it. Symmetry Fitness begins in October! Don’t be a SPECTATOR in your own life! Get stronger and more resilient! Benefits include: Small-group class allows individualized attention without a high cost-per-session. Learn how to strength train SAFELY and condition your body EFFECTIVELY to become more graceful, durable, and powerful! Precise movement skill curriculum …
Texas Legislature Update: Easier Access to Physical Therapy?
Did you know that Texas is one of only 4 states in the entire United States that requires a referral for physical therapy treatment? Doesn’t it seem odd that you – as a health care consumer – can choose to see a wide variety of other medical specialists without special permission, but NOT be independently able to decide to see …
Resolve to Move Well in 2015
We are already 1 month into 2015. Commercial gyms are humming with activity. On a recent weekend in Austin, with temperatures in the 70’s, the neighborhood sidewalks and parks teemed with people out walking, jogging, skating, etc. Whether we formally ink goals for the year or simply acknowledge a general desire to just feel better, we all traditionally resolve to …