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Looking to meet your health and fitness goals post-injury or surgery? We work with our clients to d

An integrative team working with clients to achieve their very personal health, wellness and fitness goals by providing clients with active strategies to achieve them.

02/26/2026

Do:

▪Align your spine, including the neck
▪Hinge at the hips
▪Stand on the foot tripod of your feet
▪Stabilize with the opposite hand and arm
▪Move the weight as far as you can maintain shoulder joint alignment
▪Maintain wrist alignment

Avoid:
▪Positions that don't allow you to do the above.

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02/25/2026

What action are you taking towards your dreams today?

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02/24/2026

Sighing can happen for many reasons and it may be good for your lungs.

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02/23/2026

Exercise for the health for the long-term health of your brain.

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02/22/2026

Choose wisely. Is the information and entertainment you choose in alignment with self-care for your mind, body, and soul?

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02/21/2026

Some examples of how breathing affects the body's systems.

Digestive system-the movement of the diaphragm muscles helps gently massage and keep things moving in our digestive system.

Lymphatic system - Deep breathing causes our diaphragm to descend into our abdomen and creates a vacuum-like effect in our chest. That gently pulls lymph fluid up through the biggest lymph vessel known as the thoracic duct.

Nervous system: slow, deep breathing helps lower blood pressure and heart rate and puts us more in a parasympathetic state.

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02/20/2026

1. Align your spine and the rest of your joints.

2. Find your three-dimensional breath to aid in core and spine stability.

3. As you step back and come to a single-leg stance, maintain your breath and alignment using optimal muscle effort.

The supported split squat-to-step-up is a beneficial exercise for introducing single-leg work and balance to your program. The support of the wall helps bias your weight forward engaging your entire foot and creating balance of the muscles of the leg.

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02/19/2026

Mind your alignment.

A rotation through the pelvis when doing an exercise like the split squat can put undue pressure, leading to pain in your knee and start the process of unnecessary extra wear and tear on your hip and knee joints.

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02/18/2026

What impact will your choices have?

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02/17/2026

While ideal weight is important for joint health, it is also important, regardless of your weight, that you have optimal joint alignment to best support the joint during walking and running.

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02/16/2026

Improve your heart health with exercise.

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02/15/2026

The people we spend time with can help or hinder us. Who you spend your time with is self-care.

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Address

1030 W North Avenue Ste 305
Chicago, IL
60642

Website

http://www.imsinchicago.com/

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