Runners Need Strength Training! Or Do They?! Table of Contents Sometimes the blogs I write take quite a lot of research to do… hence, there can sometimes be quite a time between the blog posts! Longer than I would like, but I’m a human and not just buying canned...
The Female Athlete Triad Table of Contents Female Specific Research – The Gap Is Narrowing Right to work, right to vote, and in many other ways, women have not always been treated as equal to males. This has also been true in medical care with research...
What Is The Right Running Shoe For Me?! Modern advances (and claims) have not done much for injury risk! Runners assign a huge level of importance to footwear with respect to injury risk. In my opinion, this is more based on effective marketing than it is based...
The Huntsville/Madison Health and Fitness Professionals I Trust #2 As a physical therapist it is often important to refer my patients to other professionals in the health and fitness world. I am thankful to have some quality contacts in the Huntsville and Madison,...
Trick or Treat – Is The Treatment To Good To Be True? When healthcare professionals recommend a treatment, it should be based to some degree on evidence. However, sometimes there is not much evidence available and we have to trust that the professional is...
I Want a Scan Doc! When we have an injury or pain it is very tempting to want to know exactly what is wrong! “Why can’t I just have an x-ray or MRI so that we are certain it is only a sprain!” I understand this wish, but if we imaged every little pain or injury, our...