By Elizabeth Towe In our path to be active, we continue to evaluate how to move more efficiently, thus reducing strain and pain. We often find ourselves running away from the overuse injuries of the day (plantar fasciitis, IT band pain, etc). In this issue Brian Beatty writes about
By Brian Diaz Several of my advancing shoulder rehab clients originally hurt themselves participating in precarious gymnastic ring-based exercises, injuring their rotator cuff or long head biceps tendon. They ultimately want to return to some of these high-intensity bodyweight exercises, with one of the more challenging ones being a
By Leslie Morgan There has been much debate in recent years about the trend toward early specialization in youth sports. Focusing on a single sport from a young age is touted as the road to excellence, to making the top teams, to college scholarships. However, there is mounting evidence
Hello, I found my love for running and triathlons several years ago after basic training in the Army. During my training runs for a recent half-marathon, I experienced a feeling of fatigued legs that I ran through with hopes that it would improve over time; however, I still felt
By Elizabeth Towe The Supine Bridge is an exercise where the primary motion is hip extension and the primary movers are the gluteus maximus. Your glutes are the powerhouse movers of your hip joint—they propel you forward in space. You should be using them all day long! During a
By Catherine Rainbow, MD Most runners know to be vigilant in avoiding dehydration, which reduces endurance exercise performance, decreases time to exhaustion and increases heat storage. But overhydration can be just as dangerous for long-distance runners. Sprint or marathon, maintaining a balance is key to a successful run. Dehydration
By Brian Diaz One of the more often overlooked areas in training plans for endurance athletes is the hamstrings. So many personal trainers and coaches work the quads, calves, and glutes in the lower body but neglect the other component of the lower quadrant, the hamstrings. I'll admit there
By Carolinas Healthcare System At some point, most avid runners experience a running-related injury, such as Achilles tendonitis, shin splint or plantar fasciitis. Often such injuries are thought to develop from overuse, but according to Dr. Andrew Ball, PT, DPT, PhD, a board-certified orthopedic doctor of physical therapy with Carolinas Rehabilitation,
By David Cross If you have been running for a few years, you have probably had “that” pair of shoes. The singular pair of running shoes to which all other shoes before and after it are to be compared. When you slip on that pair of shoes your foot
By Catherine Duncan Have you ever been at a race awards ceremony and been thrilled for the winners in the masters groups, or been hiking in the woods and come across a mountain biker who has been eligible to be a member of the AARP for decades and thought
