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If you have been diagnosed with a disc herniation and you want to get better, you better not smoke!

While reading and trying to stay up to date on some research on intravertebral disc herniation, I came across a study by Tsarouhas et al in 2011 which stated that smoking resulted in more severe pain with disc injury which then also was coupled to a longer resorption time of herniated disc material and that […]

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Outside Opinion – Shoes on the finishers at the Kona IronMan 2014

Competitor Magazine has become my new running magazine.  Dr. Kemenosh recently laid a copy on my desk to read and it has been fantastic!  The magazine was good, but the online content has been even better.  With Dr. Mark and I constantly giving each other the raspberries about running shoes and endurance training, I could […]

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Cross Country season is over and one of our biggest battles is preventing stress fractures in the fall!

We see a great deal of endurance athletes at Dr Mark Kemenosh and Associates, which range from runners to cyclists, to swimmers, as well as putting them all together in the form of triathlons.  We have truly started to pride ourselves in being the doctor’s office that most endurance athletes in the area turn to […]

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Pre-Season Conditioning Helps Prevent Hamstring Injuries – StopSportsInjuries.org

When I was cruising through some pages that we like to frequent here at Glen Oaks Health and Spine, I couldn’t help but notice a short article over at http://www.stopsportsinjuries.org/ entitled “Pre-Season Conditioning Helps Prevent Hamstring Injuries” which can be found at: http://www.stopsportsinjuries.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=A_-4yLDJn2M%3d&tabid=263 (PDF Format) The author of the article is David Geier, MD and […]

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Runners Butt (aka Weak Glutes): Don’t worry, it can be fixed

Great article on Competitor.com discussing a common running related problem that we always try to sure up in our running community.  The tag line for the article was “Don’t get left behind—strengthen your glutes!”  This is a very fitting statement because weak glutes causes other muscles in the system to fatigue over time which can […]

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The Canadian Armed Forces has thrown out dated fitness testing in favor of real-world tasks. Sit-ups tossed out.

The Toronto Star published a story recently (January 20th, 2016) with the headline, “The Death of the Sit Up”.  The article immediately popped up on my social media feeds because one of the consultants mentioned in the article is Stuart McGill, PhD.  Dr. McGill is a professor of spine biomechanics at the University of Waterloo. […]

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Just when you think you have cholesterol all figured out, a study/article like this happens!

Outside of muscular / skeletal issues, one of the biggest complaints we hear about at our office is our patients having troubles with cholesterol medications and cholesterol levels.  A very interesting article on The New York Times popped up on my news feed this weekend discussing the results from a new cholesterol drugs trial that […]

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Keeping open communication is one key for parents to help young athletes prevent injuries

An awesome link popped up on our twitter feed this morning concerning parent-child communication being very important in helping to prevent injuries in younger athletes.  We have found that when children can openly discuss aches, pain, and injuries with their parents, they ultimately get better care and injuries are better tended to.  As parents ourselves, […]

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South Jersey Sectionals – Cross Country Delsea High School – November 5th, 2016

A few weeks back, Dr. Mark, Dr. Andrew, and myself, Dr. Craig all attended the South Jersey Sectional Cross Country races at Delsea High School.  This has become a yearly tradition for our offices since we treat runners from a several South Jersey School Districts that all meet at Delsea to find out who moves […]

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