What does it mean if you’re a stomach sleeper
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In-store foot scanners : A waste of time and money
Ah, the fancy in-store foot scanner that seems to be popping up all over in your local drug stores and Walmarts to accurately access the pressure points and wear patters on your feet in order to prescribe the correct branded orthotic for your foot. You have to love them. I do. For me they are
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Knee pain, ankle pain, hip pain? Your workout may be making these worse!
People often stress how important exercise is, but something else that is important to consider when performing exercises is to make sure that your legs are lined up the right way. So you might think that you are doing your exercises the right way, but then you have pain in your foot, or your knee,
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What happened to the Eagles’ Jason Kelce?
Now that football season is upon us (GO EAGLES!!!!!) the Monday questions in the clinic have nothing to do with the injuries I am actually treating on people but what happened to one of the player’s on my favorite football team. How long is he going to be out? Does he need surgery? What’s the
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Back pack safety
The number of school age children reporting back pain has been sharply on the rise in the last few years. Increased academic demands and decreased time in between classes have forced children to carry significantly more text books in their back packs which can lead to back and neck pain. Selecting the correct back pack
How to fix shin splints
Have you ever started feeling a dull ache in your shins at the beginning of a run that doesn’t stop bothering you until you stop? Or have you started training for a race and increasing the amount of miles that you are running, only to find that a couple minutes into the run you have
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Proper squat form
Most people, in one way or another, attempt squats at the gym. Whether it be placing a ball behind their back and squatting or putting a heavy bar on their back and squatting, people attempt it. And the problem is most people do not use the correct form when performing squats and either wind up
Having proper posture can make or break your workout!
When people think of doing squats, every seems to be very concerned with whether their knees go over their toes. That seems to be the biggest thing people are worried about however very few people are concerned with standing correctly before beginning the exercise. Without the proper posture before beginning the squat you will not be getting
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How to train like an Olympian
With the Olympics upon us people are flocking to try to capture the inner athlete in all of us. Most people want to train like an Olympian, but what does that mean. Do they all do the same thing? The answer is both yes and no, there are inherent things that go across the board,
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