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Running isn’t enough! Runners need strength training, too.

It seems ironic, but if you’re training for running—especially long distance—running isn’t enough. Strength training will make the difference between good and great on race day.

Runners tend to do one thing: run. It’s a notorious source of repetitive stress injury and you’re much more likely to get hurt if you don’t do strength training. The bonus, strength training will likely make you faster, too.

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SMART Tools – ITBand Treatment (Short Version)

So a lot of our patients have issues with pain, tenderness and tightness in and around the Iliotibial Band, often times referred to as the ITBand.  While in most cases there are various reasons why our patients present with pain in this particular tissue, treating it has been done various ways in the past, some […]

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Science Daily: First study to measure effectiveness of NFL PLAY 60 program shows positive results on youth fitness

Saw this article pop up on Science Daily and the title truly peaked my interest!  I (Dr. Craig Evans) was once a HPED major at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania not so very long ago and became highly disenchanted with the idea of HPED.  HPED stands for Health and Physical Education.  If you catch me […]

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CNN Article – Here’s why you exercise so much and still can’t lose weight

We see a lot of runners in our office, as in A LOT OF RUNNERS, and we very proud of that niche!  We are the ones that occasionally have to tell them to stop running for a bit (which is always great fun… … …).  This article resurfaces every so often and is very important […]

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Science Daily: Warning: High-intensity training could hurt you if you’re not an athlete

The website Science Daily just recently published some interesting details pertaining to the recent viral growth of “high-intensity” or “sprint training” that has become quite popular over the past few years.  The study was done by Canadian and European researchers and published by University of British Columbia.  The premise of the study is that if […]

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I think my “insert relative here” could benefit from Active Release, how do I find them in “insert state here”

We are starting to get this questions almost every day of the week now and while it does get repetitive answering the question, we still love doing it!  The scenario goes like this, we get questions or calls a few times a day asking how they can find a family member a reliable, “similar chiropractor […]

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Dr Andrew Gross shows off a lot of ART (Active Release) at CrossFit Novems Ugly Singlet Lift Off Power Lifting Event

The big cat himself, Dr. Andrew Gross jumped in for Dr. Craig who was not able to attend CrossFit Novems “Ugly Singlet Lift Off” power lifting competition held this past weekend in Fishtown, a neighborhood in Philly.  There were around 60 competitors at this event that was very well run and gave us a powerful […]

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I tried Pilates, and it was much harder than I ever thought it would be

Great video / article over at BusinessInsider.com about Pilates!  I myself, Dr. Craig, found this out after having a few sessions with members of the Kemenosh family who have been doing Pilates 1 – 2 days per week for years.  In this video the young man states “my friends told me your core is going […]

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