Author: Matt Fontaine

08 Nov

The following is taken from an article on Mercola.com http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2014/11/07/10-ways-stress-affects-workouts.aspx?e_cid=20141107Z1_DNL_art_1&utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20141107Z1&et_cid=DM59456&et_rid=720474903   1.  Stress impairs your memory.  It slows down your processing.  This stress can slow you down mentally and physically, causing fatigue. 2.  Stress affects concentration.   High stress can negatively impact cognition, perception, and focus. 3.  Stress impairs...

  [caption id="attachment_1087" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Mobile & Stabile[/caption] The Modern Laboratory of Human Movement by Dr. Matt Fontaine    “All Athletes and Weekend Warriors Have One Thing In Common… Soft Tissue Injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerves”.   Sports and training have the potential to wear us...

by Dr Matt Fontaine, DC With the rigorous training volume of competitive swimming, the body often suffers from accumulation of load that can result in a repetitive strain injury.  The repetitive motion is the cause of chronic irritation to soft tissue.   This irritation creates...

Repetitive Motion Injuries (RMI, also known as RSI, CTD, CTS) have become a pandemic in sports, especially for endurance athletes like runners and triathletes.  This class of injuries and illnesses are the result from weeks, months or years of overuse of joints. Connective tissues in...

by Dr. Matt Fontaine How we move directly impacts the quality of our life.  The following article discusses understanding Human Movement The basic tenet is this:  Moving poorly with load causes injury over time. Moving correctly requires physical intelligence.  Simply stated, we need to...

University of Arizona clinical medical professor Kenneth R. Pelletier in a book examines conventional medical treatments for roughly 300 to 400 common conditions. When they are not effective, evidence-based integrative medicine -- which includes chiropractic, herbal medicine and meditation -- can be a practical alternative,...

27 Aug

by Dr. Matt Fontaine "THE MOST COMMON PATTERN OF MOVEMENT DYSFUNCTION WE SEE IN RUNNERS AND ATHLETES IN GENERAL IS POOR MOVEMENT, A LACK OF STABILITY & MOBILITY AND MOTOR CONTROL, RESULTING IN REPETITIVE MOTION INJURIES AND JOINT PAIN SYNDROMES" -DR. MATT FONTAINE It is...

04 Aug

The resources below on HealthCare Reform and new legislative issues surrounding healthcare are provided by the American Chiropractic Association.   Patient Handout:  Navigating the New Health Insurance Marketplace: https://www.acatoday.org/UserFiles/NavigatingInsuranceMarketplace.pdf Healthcare Reform: http://www.acatoday.org/content_css.cfm?CID=3400 Medicare : http://www.acatoday.org/level2_css.cfm?T1ID=14&T2ID=34 Links to helpful ACA Insurance Resources: http://www.acatoday.org/pdf/insurancerelations/shortlinks.pdf ...

March 2015-   Potomac Physical Medicine is now open and accepting new patients  to serve the Alexandria,  Arlington, and Fairfax regions of the Northern Virginia Metro DC area.  Back in early August 2014, Dr. Matt Fontaine began treating patients as clinic director of Potomac Physical Medicine.   Visit our website to learn more about services, clinic hours,...

The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has created a new Consumer Education Blog  www.gethealthyblog.org    What you will find on this blog are articles about health in general from a Conservative Care  First Perspective (The care that we provide as Chiropractic Physicians)   and then at...