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Why Is Qi The Secret To Maintaining Your Health and Speeding Recovery?
Throughout our daily lives, we all notice as our energy levels ebb and flow: sometimes bursting; other times dwindling like an ember. In Chinese medicine, we consider qi as broadly equivalent to energy – specifically, to how signals and nutrients flow through the body. When qi becomes stuck, this circulation clogs manifesting as cramps, discomfort, lethargy, and a greater risk of injury. Master Qi to recover faster and flow like the breath of life itself.
Loquats: A Secret Southern California Delight
While the San Fernando Valley of Southern California is blessed with an abundance of neighborhood fruit trees, my personal favorite has always been the loquat. From my own backyard, these perfect loquats are the source for the juice that I concentrate and blend with our organic full-spectrum hemp extract and the finest all-natural plant based ingredients to make our limited seasonal Hit! Loquat Gummies. Because loquat season is short and I only want to present the highest expression of the fruit, we only sell them in limited amounts for a very short time. I hope you love them as much as I do.
5 Proven Ways to Aid Recovery for Athletes

Increasingly treatment protocols for sports injuries take more of a natural and process-oriented approach.. Athletes should focus on reducing inflammation as it relates to pain, not to the point that it inhibits tissue repair. 

These are the 5 most effective recovery protocols.

9 amazing plants that fight pain and inflammation
If you’re struggling with pain, know that you are not alone. Over 50 million Americans wrestle with chronic pain and arthritis daily. Here are nine amazing herbs that I use daily in my practice that you may help you too. 
Reducing inflammation to fight pain and speed recovery
While inflammation is part of the body’s natural healing response to injury and infection, chronic inflammatory diseases are the most significant cause of death in the world. It's estimated that nearly 60% of all Americans have at least one chronic inflammatory condition. In this post, we explore the relationship between disease and inflammation and consider natural remedies with proven anti-inflammatory properties.
Hemp Extract For Recovery and Flow
Hemp Extract Improves Flow - 
Hemp extract naturally reduces anxiety without intoxication which enables competitive athletes to tame their butterflies without dulling their reflexes. For casual athletes, this effect can lead to what can best be described as increased flow maximizing performance and enjoyment.
NYC Burton Snowboards x Hit! Pop shop
NEW YORK, NEW YORK! Burton Snowboards x Hit! Pop shop. As the go-to choice of action-sports athletes, Hit! Balm unveiled their new range of high-potency remedial products with a pop-up shop in the Burton flagship store in Soho, New York City. 
Hit! Balm founder Larry Miller, finish line of the 2019 Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run
Aching muscles, strained tendons, sprained ankles, blown quads, a blown mind--what makes an ultramarathoner even consider running 100 miles in a day? Hit!Balm creator Lawrence Miller attempts to describe the Why? of taking on the challenge of a lifetime.