Reclining Twist By Sage Rountree When you take your training off the road and onto the trail (or cliff face!), you need good rotational ability. There’s a lot more to off-road adventure than moving in a straight line. This month’s pose will help you stretch your hips, spine,
Core Corner - Reverse Curl By Elizabeth Towe Objective & Application This exercise will strengthen the upper and lower abdominal muscles as well as the hip flexors, which are the foundation of support for all endurance athletes. Weaknesses in these muscle groups can lead to overuse injuries
Photo Credit Ellen de Graffenreid UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center N.C. Cancer Hospital - the clinical home for UNC Lineberger - completed 2009 and serves as home to our 110 faculty physicians, all members of UNC Cancer Care. UNC Lineberger/N.C. Cancer Hospital physicians treat patients from every county
A Relentless Approach to Fighting Cancer What if you didn’t finish 95 percent of the races you entered? What would you do if you couldn’t complete your planned training one third of the time? Would you hang up your running shoes or put your bike on the rack? Climb
The New Duke Cancer Center Building Components 7 total floors, 3 clinical floors 140 clinical exam rooms 75 infusion stations Radiation oncology services Imaging Notable Features Consolidates cancer services into one location Provides new multidisciplinary team spaces Connects to 14,000 square feet of renovated space in the Morris
Pioneering Cancer Researcher Will Lead the New Duke Cancer Institute New Cancer Center Building to Open in February 2012 Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, a renowned cancer scientist and director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has been named the executive director of
One Step at a Time, One Mile at a Time By Gwen Romeo The most inspiring heroes that join the TNT family are the patients and survivors who remind us about the importance of the mission. Karl Kaufman is a blood cancer survivor and he has joined the NC
Bruce Cleland (front and center), the originator of the Team In Training concept, with the first team, which raised $320,000 training for the 1988 NYC Marathon. Team in Training 500,000 Athletes, $1 Billion Towards a Cure Picture yourself waking up at 6:00 a.m. (or earlier) on a
The Emotional Element to Healing By Joshua Stevens The last time I wrote about cancer awareness, I described the fertile ground that toxicity, sugar, and acidity creates for cancer’s growth and development in the human body. Ridding the body of these pitfalls will not only help the individual
Corpse Pose By Sage Rountree Arguably the most important of the yoga asanas, corpse pose is often considered the hardest. When we rest in stillness at the end of a yoga practice, we are confronted with our inability to let go completely. Our muscles hold tension. Our minds