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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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Ice or Heat for Injuries – Is the medical standard changing

A very interesting article appeared over at Spartan.com posing the question “Is RICE all wrong?”, and jumps to the question of Ice or Heat for injuries and it caught the eye of Dr. Andrew Gross and Dr. Josh Sand at out office because when we were in Chiropractic around five years ago, the automatic correct test […]

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Villanova University – Day Of Distance Track and Cross Country Coaching Seminar 2018 Recap – The Running Works

For the second year in a row I was able to attend The Running Works Day Of Distance hosted by Marcus O’Sullivan at Villanova University! For the second year in a row I was blown away at the shear amount of running knowledge and sense of community the coaches in Pennsylvania (mainly the Philadelphia area […]

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The New York Times – Bring On the Exercise, Hold the Painkillers

Over the weekend a fantastic article that speaks to a team of chiropractors like we have at the office appeared on my social feeds! On The New York Times Running Newsletter the following article was published about exercise and why some forms of NSAID’s and Painkillers and endurance athletes like runners, swimmers, and cyclists should […]

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Haddon Heights FireCracker 5k – Fourth of July Race – Haddon Heights, NJ

Need a great little 5k to get your blood pumping the morning of the Fourth of July, look no further than the Haddon Heights FireCracker 5k.  This race has been going on for several years now and is always a local favorite with our patients and friends who like to run.  This race is a […]

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Pitman NJ Freedom Four Miler – July 4th 2017 – 8:30 AM

Looking for a great fourth of July race for actual day of Independence Day? The Pittman Freedom Four Miler is just the ticket and very well revered as a fast, local race that a lot of runners love year in and year out! What better way to get you July 4th celebrations started than by […]

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Science Says Running Helps You Live Longer – MapMyRun.com

Link to original study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28365296 Original Study Title: Running as a Key Lifestyle Medicine for Longevity. Journal: Progressive Cardiovascular Disease While the doctors here aren’t totally surprised to see an article like this one go online, we do like the idea that walking or running at a high level for around two hours of time weekly […]

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Dr Craig’s favorite prehabilitation exercise – Monster Walk with Theraband

I teach this exact exercise several times a day as well as a few variations almost on the daily since the basis of most of our patients are runners.  This exercise can never be done slowly enough, anyone can do this movement quickly but slow down and act like you have a hot cup of […]

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The Running Works Day Of Distance Wrap Up – Villanova University

The RunningWorks Day Of Distance on March 17th was AWESOME!  If you are high school track or cross country coach you need to be at this event next year!  The speaker lineup was great and I didn’t even need an afternoon coffee to get through this event which almost never happens at a seminar being […]

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Don’t forget! We will be in the basement of the Haddonfield Running Co after the Adrenaline Run 5k this Saturday!

Just a quick reminder that Dr’s Andrew Gross, Tim Legath, and Craig Evans will be hanging out after the Adrenaline Run in the basement of the Haddonfield Running Co, this Saturday (03/18/2017) helping out runners, talking about conditions and doing our part to help the running community of South Jersey.  The Training Room of Haddonfield […]

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