Blog- Part 7

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How to Improve your Running form to Avoid Injury

By Chris / October 24, 2019 January 3, 2020

How to Improve your Running form to Avoid Injury Instead of concentrating on the mind-boggling and exhausting technicalities to avoid running injuries & improve running form, adhere to these basic, actionable, and, easy-to-implement running tricks. Not only will improving your running form drastically cut your risk of running injuries, however, you’ll likewise enjoy it progressively and …

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7 Effective Stretches to Relieve Tight Hamstrings and Prevent Running Injuries

By Chris / October 24, 2019 January 3, 2020

7 Effective Stretches to Relieve Tight Hamstrings and Prevent Running Injuries Tight hamstrings can be a major contributor to several different types of pain or orthopedic injury. Running injuries, back pain, hip pain, and knee pain can all be stemmed from short and tight hamstrings. Use these 7 effective stretches to relieve tight hamstrings to …

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Stop Knee Pain With these 5 Easy Stretches

By Chris / October 24, 2019 January 28, 2020

Stop Knee Pain With these 5 Easy Stretches Whether from a running injury, job related, osteoarthritis, or from that one game of pickup basketball, knee pain is an extremely common orthopedic complaint. By targeting five major muscles groups in the lower extremity, one can help to stop knee pain with these 5 easy stretches. Hamstrings …

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Gait Retraining: 4 Red Flags to Look Out for in Your Running Form

By Chris / October 24, 2019 July 2, 2020

Gait Retraining: 4 Red Flags to Look Out for in Your Running Form Contributed Piece By: Dr. Rebecca Shultz, PhD in Biomechanics Gait training is the clinical term for learning to walk or run. Gait retraining then is learning to walk or run again. This relearning may need to occur after an injury and after an …

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5 Running Form Techniques Every Runner Should Know

By Chris / October 24, 2019 September 30, 2020

5 Running Form Techniques Every Runner Should Know Informal poll: how often do you spend time thinking about your running form? For the most of us, our guess is “not often, if at all”. There’s something intimidating about running form that makes it seem like it’s only relevant for professional or elite runners. But, running form …

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13.1 Reasons Why you Should Sign-up for a Half Marathon

By Chris / October 24, 2019 January 13, 2020

13.1 Reasons Why you Should Sign-up for a Half Marathon Signing up for a race is an intimidating task—regardless of whether it’s a half or full marathon. It took me a full two weeks to rack up the courage to sign up for the San Francisco Half Marathon, and it’s not even my first race! …

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Safety Tips for Running in Hot Weather [Infographic]

By Chris / October 24, 2019 January 3, 2020

Safety Tips for Running in Hot Weather [Infographic] As we head into the height of the summer season, it’s hard to not enjoy the extended daylight hours, warmer weather, and our sun-kissed complexions. But as runners, summer training can be a real challenge, and not to mention dangerous. With the temperature on the rise, it’s time …

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5 Easy Stretches Your Body Will Thank You For

By Chris / October 24, 2019 July 2, 2020

5 Easy Stretches Your Body Will Thank You For When we were kids we knew that stretching was important because they told us so, we avoided it if it meant we skipped right to recess. Now that we’ve grown up a bit, we wouldn’t step out the door in our running shoes without first warming …

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Need a Quick Detox? Try These Five Yoga Poses Today

By Chris / October 24, 2019 January 3, 2020

Need a Quick Detox? Try These Five Yoga Poses Today Perhaps you are feeling sluggish, bloated, or like you simply have no energy to get through the day. Whatever it is that have you thinking about an all-over detox, yoga offers a natural and calming way to reboot your body. Detoxing with yoga poses offers …

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5 Tips to Help with Stress-Related Back Pain

By Chris / October 24, 2019 April 15, 2020

5 Tips to Help with Stress-Related Back Pain Millions of Americans have experienced back pain at one point or another in their life, and it is one of the most common complaints that a doctor will hear from a patient on a visit. Understanding the source of your pain can be very overwhelming and frustrating, …

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A Beginner’s Guide to DIY Massage for Back Pain Relief

By Chris / October 24, 2019 July 2, 2020

A Beginner’s Guide to DIY Massage for Back Pain Relief It’s been a long day–maybe even a long week or month–and your back is killing you. There have been a million stressors and every one of them seems to have found a spot to settle in on your back, neck, and shoulders. With everything you …

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How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep with Lower Back Pain

By Chris / October 24, 2019 January 3, 2020

How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep with Lower Back Pain The right sleeping position, mattress, posture, and activity level can all help you get a good night’s sleep, even with lower back pain. Developing healthy habits throughout the day and at bedtime can create the optimal conditions for proper rest. Healthy Habits for a …

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5 Easy Tips to Protect Yourself from Lower Back Pain

By Chris / October 24, 2019 January 3, 2020

The Surprising Link Between Good Posture and Happiness As years pass by, your bones and disks degenerate causing stiffness and soreness. The result is recurring lower back pain that does not seem to go away. However, although age contributes to lower back pains, the list of possible causes to this menace is long. According to …

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5 Easy Ways to Naturally Relieve Back Pain

By Chris / October 24, 2019 January 13, 2020

5 Easy Ways to Naturally Relieve Back Pain In the United States alone, over 80% of Americans have experienced back pain at some point during their lives. If you’ve ever visited a conventional doctor for back pain, you were probably offered a temporary treatment, such as steroid injections or pain-relieving drugs. Your physician may have …

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5 Common Myths About Back Pain

By Chris / October 24, 2019 January 13, 2020

5 Common Myths About Back Pain Back pain comes in many forms. It can be chronic, from a recent injury, due to illness, or from bad posture. Back pain can be referred to from other systems of the body, or it can be related to nerve damage. Regardless of the source, many people are plagued …

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3 Easy Stretches to Relieve Sciatica Back Pain

By Chris / October 24, 2019 January 3, 2020

3 Easy Stretches to Relieve Sciatica Back Pain From pregnant women to the UPS driver who is delivering your packages, many people are regularly plagued with sciatica. Sciatica is back or leg pain that radiates in the posterior thigh and often to the groin and even down into the toes. Sciatica can also be accompanied …

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