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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America’s Fastest Marathoner, Ryan Hall, Is Retiring – Did we see a small sample in over training?
Did anyone else see all the news? The man who raced with such tenacity that he often left it all on the course is retiring. The past few years have been heavily dominated by Kenyan, Ethiopian, and a few other African distance runners, but during that time, two highlights of American running have been Meb […]
Peyton Manning gets Active Release Technique, a lot of it, and he would probably tell you to give it a spin as well!
So Mr. Never Give Up is back and possibly riding out his final rodeo in a few weeks at the “Golden” Super Bowl at the new Levi’s Stadium in San Francisco, California. I’m guessing you have an idea of who I am speaking of, a few neck surgeries, a bad plantar fascia, a few cases […]
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. […]
National Ninja League Event – Movement Lab – Hainesport, NJ
In the spring of 2016 (Febuary if memory serves me correctly) we were honored to help out with some amazing athletes at the National Ninja League event held at the Movement Lab in Hainesport, NJ. Thanks to our friends at Pinnacle Parkour here in South Jersey, we were invited to help out with providing Active […]
Very interesting article talking about not needing a chiropractor, but checking out Active Release
Active Release Technique and the Chiropractor Dr. Mark shared a very straight forward article this morning on his personal Facebook page about a brutally honest write up about a former skeptic, marathon runner, who’s life was flipped upside down after an orthopedic using cortical steroid injections could not help her running problems but Active Release […]
What is performance care and how does Active Release Technique play a role?
Football, Baseball, Rugby, Ice Hockey, Triathlon, CrossFit, Strong Man, Track & Field, Golf and just about all sports focus on proper movement coordination to produce a desired goal. Mobility and flexibility are very important key factors in achieving desired strength and endurance. Strength, endurance, coordination etc. determines our functional output and in some overall score/time/distance. […]
An interesting question popped up on DoctorBase.com – How much more Vitamin D should I take?
http://doctorbase.com/ask-a-doctor/81088/How-much-more-Vitamin-D-should-I-take?rpid=81175 So one vitamin in chronic pain that has been greatly looked at more and more in recent years has been Vitamin D and both Dr’s Andrew and Craig here at the office somewhat keep up on the research around Vitamin D for several reasons, but most of all relating well with some of our […]
Team Michael – JDRF – Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk
This past weekend, Kelly and her son Michael walked to benefit JDRF, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation which held a walk for South Jersey at Camden County Community College. This is a yearly walk for Kelly and her family and friends and Dr. Mark commonly covers the t-shirts you see in the pictures below. JDRF’s […]
The Pros and (Mostly) Cons of Specialization in Sports at a young age!
This weekend I was reading up on some pros and cons of sports specializations and saw this fantastic article on MedScape. MedScape is a fairly well balanced, well written, medically sound website (unlike some information on the web). You usually need to log in to look at the content, but an account is free. The […]