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Tammy Shaw-Sykes

My Hip Hurts

Hip pain is real pain. It can be part of our lower back or nerve caught in between hip bone and sacrum. Hip pain can

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Tammy Shaw-Sykes

Let’s Sleep On It

Sleep is essential to being healthy. According to Dr. Daniel Amen, Psychiatrist and Brain Dysfunction Specialist and author of Change Your Brain and Change Your

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Tammy Shaw-Sykes

Why Your Posture Matters

Sitting Up Straight Can Change Your Life! We’ve all heard the taunts from parents growing up to ‘sit up straight’ and ‘not to slouch’ –

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Tammy Shaw-Sykes

More of That from Now On

“It is always good, but that was incredible! More of that from now on.” Ihab exclaimed. Ihab has been coming to Shift Fitness & Massage

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Tammy Shaw-Sykes

My Coccyx is Stuck!

Or “My Butt Hurts”.  Hopefully, you have not experienced this, but it is a real problem for anyone that has a fall on their buttocks.

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Tammy Shaw-Sykes

Ouch! My Head Hurts

If you or someone you know suffer from chronic headaches and haven’t identified the cause then assessing your posture and alignment can be beneficial. If

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Tammy Shaw-Sykes

I’m Not Limping!

“I am not limping.” I defensively told my new Personal Training Instructor at St Paul College on the first day of class. He had me

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Tammy Shaw-Sykes

Scoliosis and Aging

Aging is something that happens to all of us daily, which is no surprise, but as we reach 50 we lose muscle at a faster rate

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Tammy Shaw-Sykes

Exercising with Scoliosis

“They told me core exercises would help maintain my scoliosis curves, but nothing beyond that. I am thankful I found you.” Pilates classes were this

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Tammy Shaw-Sykes

Hope for Scoliosis

Scoliosis is a curvature of the spinal column. It may be diagnosed, or it may not be. If the curvature is severe over 45% then

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