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My First Half Marathon, Austin LiveStrong 2011

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My First Half Marathon

 

            February 20, 2011.  13.1 miles.  The LiveStrong Austin Marathon.  Those were the details of what I endured that Sunday in February.  I would like to document here all the steps I took in my lead up to and during my first ever half marathon.  I have been running since I completed the Beach Body Insanity program in early December and have been tracking my running sessions using the Nike+ GPS app on the iPhone.  I started doing this when I read about

 

 

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Graston Fascial Indentation

Graston Fascial Indentation

This picture is from a patient I treated a while back. She came to see me for ankle pains stemming from a prior ankle sprain. She had already done several wees of physical therapy with no improvement in her pain level. When I asked her if they Read the rest of this entry »

Graston Technique

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I was working on one of my patients this week and had been doing some Graston work with her right hamstring when I noticed a very prominent linear red mark (petechiae) start to materialize.  The area in question had been different than what we had been previously working on but it coincided with where her leg had been recently bothering her.  With her lying Read the rest of this entry »

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