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A weak core can cause a series of frictions that affect your running and various other activities of your life. A weak core can be the cause of tight hip flexors, patella tendonitis (runner’s knee), shin splints, problems with sciatica, etc. These should be reason enough to nurture your core, yet it’s often the one […]

This is a case of the same diagnosis being treated two different ways and achieving the same outcome…with two very different time frames. When I first started practice back in 2006 I had a patient come to me with a classic frozen shoulder. She was not able to get her hand over her head nor

Low back pain or LBP is one of the biggest performance killers in athletics. If pain starts 30 minutes into an event – your performance is shot. There are reasons why LBP occurs, which is often because of a poorly functioning nervous system. And what does that mean??…a poorly functioning nervous system?? Well, the nervous

I recently watched a movie about BMX Freestyle legend, Mat Hoffman. No one went higher in a half-pipe than Matt Hoffman. Nor did anyone go higher on a ramp. He’s gone as high as 50 feet off the ground out of a ramp…landing back down on the same ramp. Fifty feet! Truly amazing. He was

Last week I wrote how I had not even considered running in years but have now found my feet moving at what one may call a pace other than walking. I am up to 38 minutes as my longest run so far with no issue. Pretty remarkable to say the least. I did 3 laps

What an awesome time of year. Reflecting back on what the year has brought and what I am thankful for is a way of keeping my batteries fully charged and moving forward. Of course, this year we had Coral arrive into our life. Being thankful is an understatement. Watching her grow and discover is such

Yesterday I did my second run in two days! This is significant, very significant. When I was 14 years old a team of podiatrists thought it would be a good idea to fuse a bone in my left foot because it was flat and I was having some pain. Naturally this caused my biomechanics to

During the High Cascade 100 last year I reached a point when I could no longer take in another swig of the Hammer product that was in my bottle or in my Hammer flask (gel). I was done with all of it. I just wanted REAL food. “Back in the day” (I can say that

The knee starts to hurt. Rest is doing little to help it other than not aggravating it. There is no explanation for the knee pain other than when running down or up or for X amount of time is the usual statement I hear. Often the diagnosis is something along the lines of, “your quad