by: Manny Aragon Recently a client came into my office with a common complaint: “my lower back hurts and its causing spasm in my buttocks”. “ At this point, ive tried everything and cant figure out whats actually going to help”. After looking at this clients body, it was pretty clear what was going on.…

by Manny Aragon Years ago, I trained in a martial arts dojo five days a week, 3-5 hours a day. I was sore. I was tired. In the morning I had trouble getting out of bed. My life revolved around my next double depth charge (coffee with two shots of espresso), carb laden pasta with…

by: Manny Aragon Recently an article was published in the NY Times entitled Breeding The Nutrition Out Of Our Food .It caused many folks in the nutrition community to blink not because it goes against anything we have been saying in the recent past, rather, because it further validates the common refrain coming from my lips “…

by Manny Aragon   Many folks who come into my office with back pain (upper, middle or most commonly lower back pain) will tell me a familiar story: They have either suffered trauma (like a car accident, fall, or something similar) or that the pain kind of crept up on them over the years and…

by Manny Aragon This week in the news, a new study came out indicating that persistent low back pain may be preceded by bacterial infection in the inter-vertebral disc space. This is big news because the findings indicated that this was the case in over 40% of all back pain cases. To put this into…

by: Manny Aragon   I LOVE the Wildflower experience. This is THE BEST triathlon that I have ever participated in bar none. From the camping with the tri club to being there with my family, to not having to transition so quickly from real life to the race back to real life in the space…

by Manny Aragon   Last Saturday I had a humbling experience. Yep. It kind of sucked. But there was redemption in the end so I’d like to chalk it up as a great learning experience. As many of you know I race many Long Course Triathlons each year and have been experiencing fairly constant improvement…