About Karlie Moore

Dr. Karlie Moore has a PhD in Exercise Science and Nutrition and specializes in firefighter health. She has conducted fitness testing on hundreds of firefighters and has created the most comprehensive online wellness program for fire departments called the FitCulture program. Dr. Moore is also married to a firefighter and so understands their lifestyle and the health challenges associated with it.

Want to avoid a back injury by lying down? Just do this simple stretch

Over the past few months I’ve been talking about back injuries in firefighters. First I cleared up a few myths about back injuries. Then I went over exercises that firefighters should AVOID because they can progressively cause damage to the spine. Lastly, I’m going over some quick exercises you should [...]

By | 2018-06-01T07:09:47+00:00 June 11th, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Want to avoid a back injury by lying down? Just do this simple stretch

Avoid a back injury by doing this one simple exercise

Over the past few months I’ve been talking about back injuries in firefighters. First I cleared up a few myths about back injuries. Then I went over exercises that firefighters should AVOID because they can progressively cause damage to the spine – totally counterproductive. Luckily you can always work a [...]

By | 2018-06-01T07:10:47+00:00 June 4th, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Avoid a back injury by doing this one simple exercise

The single best back strengthening exercise for firefighters

Over the past few months I’ve been talking about back injuries in firefighters. First I cleared up a few myths about back injuries. Then I went over exercises that firefighters should AVOID because they can progressively cause damage to the spine - totally counterproductive. Luckily you can always work a [...]

By | 2018-06-01T07:11:48+00:00 May 28th, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on The single best back strengthening exercise for firefighters