Me On The AlterG

Since becoming a part of Spring Valley Chiropractic in February, I have had the privilege of the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill™ at my disposal. Between then and now I had been training for a half marathon that I completed in April. My time for the Big D Half Marathon was 2:42:08 averaging about 12:30/mile. Not bad…

The Gift of Running | Week 2

Ever since I started walking, post-hemorrhage, the goal has been to relearn how to run on my own. At the beginning of each year, I sit down and work out a set of realistic goals for recovery in that year. Every year, at the top of my goal list is the following goal:

Run Training on the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill

At Spring Valley Chiropractic, the majority of our patients are athletes, usually runners, cyclist or triathletes (or all three). I recently began working with a patient that was having difficulty running without pain. After my initial examination and ruling out a stress fracture, my first course of action was to place my patient on the…

Women Who Run | Part 2

Last week I told you how I became a runner. Six months into it, running was no longer solely about fitness and weight loss. Running had become something important I shared with friends. When I became injured, I felt like a big part of my world was taken from me.

Women Who Run

There are a lot of women running groups out there that have prompted us to start an going post called – “Women Who Run.” We are calling out to all women to share their stories of their team, their best running friends and family to relate and reflect with us to continue on with this…

Weightloss Wednesdays: Week 5

I am 28 days in and I lost 1 lb. That is a total of 5 lbs loss. As you can see I have been working out a lot so I have a feeling that I am gaining muscle because I feel as if that number should be higher. I am getting my body fat…

Running Barefoot?

There are many articles out there that state running barefoot is better for us than running the traditional way – with shoes on. We wanted to look into this topic some more as there as numerous blog posts, videos and data of beneficial barefoot running stories.

The Gift of Running

[We would like to introduce Paty. Paty is a stroke victim who visits the AlterG office frequently to use the Anti-Gravity Treadmill™ as a training tool to run again on her own. She has been kind enough to share her story with us and will continue to update us on her progress throughout her goal…

What Is On Your iPod?

Which tunes rev up your workout?