Dr. Melissa Cutler

03/08/2024

Time to pick up a racket or paddle and get swinging! https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4LU3LHt5Ke/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

06/23/2022

How to Fix Forward Head Posture (Text Neck) with One Daily Corrective Routine | BOXROX

This quick guide from Jeremy Ethier will help you learn how to fix forward head posture.Table of ContentsWhat is Forward Head Posture?• How do you Fix it?• How to Fix Forward Head Posture – Video• Learn …

05/11/2022

Knee arthritis exercises and tips to soothe knee pain, stat

Knee arthritis exercises can go one of two ways: providing you do them right they could nix ongoing pain for good, but do them wrong and you could exacerbate your symptoms. The good news is that doing them correctly can be so beneficial that even the NHS now prioritises exercise as a form of arthrit...

03/05/2022

Powders like these are becoming more mainstream in the health and fitness world. A tragic cautionary tale of the importance of being extremely careful about what you’re consuming: Man dies from caffeine overdose after drinking equivalent of 200 cups of coffee

The man made an error when measuring caffeine powder that resulted in him consuming a fatal dose of caffeine.A man in the U.K. died from a caffeine overdose after drinking a mixture containing the …

02/23/2022

Hmm a case of misleading marketing…spoiler alert - turns out 7000 steps may be the magic number:

Scientists Finally Did a Study to See If Taking 10,000 Steps a Day Actually Matters. Here's What They Found

The goal of 10,000 steps a day came from a Japanese marketing campaign. New research offers another goal.Whether it was from a blog post or the instruction manual of your new wearable health device, you've probably heard along the way that taking 10,000 steps a day is good for you. if you're an entr...

02/09/2022

Who else can relate to some of the changes noted in this article? 🤦‍♀️
Read on for some good tips to overcome these pandemic-related issues: How The Pandemic Is Changing Our Bodies

During the first three months of the COVID pandemic, Lexie Michel, 23, hunkered down in her California apartment with her college roommates and didn’t do much else. After graduating, she moved to …

01/09/2022

Not much to do these days, so perfect time to catch up on sleep. Here’s a helpful article to find your ideal sleeping position:

How to Sleep With Pillows and Stop Aches and Pains, for Every Sleeping Position

Have you ever wondered why you have pain and tightness in very specific areas of your body? It could have to do with the way you sleep. Many factors affect your sleep quality, from the firmness of …

12/29/2021

These days it seems we’re sitting more than ever. Here’s a handy exercise that I often prescribe to my patients to improve posture. Let me know if you try it and notice an improvement!!

Wall slides can help you undo the damage that excessive sitting does to your back and shoulder mobility. A physical therapist breaks down how to do it.

12/24/2021

Check out my latest article for the Mayfair Clubs blog on the benefits of cross-training…pls excuse the typo at the end of paragraph 4 - the missing word is “to.” 😅

Learn more about the benefits to cross-training in our latest blog post from Dr. Melissa Cutler.

12/12/2021

Thanks to one of my patients for sending me this…and a reminder that there’s still time to get straightened out before the holidays!! 🙃 Most extended health care plans expire at the end of the month - so why not use your benefits?

12/09/2021

Tight Hamstrings Can Cause Lower Back Pain—Here’s What a Physical Therapist Wants You To Do

Lower back pain might be one of life's great mysteries, and unlike, say, Bigfoot, many of us have experienced back pain IRL. Still, it's challenging to pinpoint the origin because your spine and …

12/29/2020

With not a lot of places to go, more people are walking around their homes barefoot - not great for those of us with flat feet. Try these exercises for some relief and prevention...also consider wearing Birkenstock’s around the house to help support your arches:

Flat feet are surprisingly common and often harmless. But if the condition is causing you pain, weakness, or numbness, these flat feet exercises can help.