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September 2, 2010
Your Wilmington NC Chiropractor And Active Release Technique: Your Running Buddy For Peak Performance: For the past 3 weeks I have held a free Friday afternoon clinic in order to introduce highly specific soft tissue technique into my practice. This clinic was aimed at people with lower extremity issues that have been difficult for patients to resolve using traditional means, like injections, physical therapy and/or surgery. Most of these [...]

August 26, 2010
Running In The Raw: The Barefoot Running Craze: To quote the character, Andy, from the movie “The Shawshank Redemption”, “How often does one really notice a man’s shoes”? Well, for the past few years I have been noticing the return of barefoot running and the introduction of an interesting type of shoe for athletes that train to run barefoot rather than shod (with [...]

August 10, 2010
Heels Today Problems Tomorrow? Maybe Not.: I bet if I polled 50 women who wear high heels on a regular basis and asked them what they think will happen to their feet, knees, hips and low backs after long term high heel wear I will probably hear most of the known physiologic changes one might expect. The information is everywhere so [...]

July 28, 2010
Wilmington NC Chiropractor – Why Normal Isn’t Always Normal For You: Have you ever thought to yourself ” I wonder where medical professionals get their normals for different tests”? Well, that is a great question and the answer may surprise you. Take body temperature for example; the normal for body temperature has been 98.6 for as long as anyone can remember. Do you know where that [...]

July 25, 2010
What Is Chiropractic? – One Doctor’s View On A Life Changing Profession: You know, I get asked about chiropractic on a daily basis by people who still don’t know what we do and how chiropractic is capable of changing the way that they view health care. So as simply as possible I’ll tell you just how chiropractic works and how I use it every day to get [...]

July 20, 2010
Salsa De La Playa (July 17 2010): The Wilmington Health Nuts got the chance to do a little dancing this past Saturday and, once again, Babs of Babs McDance Social Dance Studio did not let us down. We learned the basics for two different dance styles, the merengue and the cha-cha. The most attractive feature to Babs’s style of teaching is her [...]

July 14, 2010
A.R.T. Soft Tissue Management Lower Extremity Clinic: I will be conducting a very special soft tissue management clinic for athletes with lower extremity pain due to current or previous injuries associated with running, cycling, swimming, weight lifting etc.. for the next few weeks from 12-3pm (August 13,20,27) here at my office. A.R.T. is a proven and highly specialized soft tissue management system [...]

June 29, 2010
Quick Tips to a Happy, Burn Free Summer: Many people like to get out and enjoy the summer sun, especially a beach town like Wilmington, NC. I remember being a child growing up here and spending full days during the summer without ever putting on sunscreen, which is probably where I can attribute all m freckles. At any rate, I think it is [...]

June 27, 2010
Meetup Group Paddle Recap: I want to thank everyone who made it out to the group paddle session held on June 26th, we had a great time and I hope everyone got a chance to try all that they wanted to try. There are many different health benefits to becoming an avid kayak-er and paddle-boarder. For one, moving at [...]

June 25, 2010
Sports Injury of the Week and How to Treat: Muscle Pulls: One of the most common types of sports injuries is the muscle pull. This occurs when a muscle is used and abused past its normal physiologic limits. Muscle pulls can occur during strain, overuse, fatigue or direct trauma. At any rate, the most common factor is failure to prepare your body properly for activity. It [...]