Recovery & Health Maintenance

How to Maximize Your Off-Season

Are you ready for that big race that’s right around the corner? Chances are, you don’t have any races or big events within the next few weeks to months. Welcome […]

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Celebrating Your Successes

Celebrating Your Successes (Make sure to select ‘Display Images’) Have you checked out the Valiant Physical Therapy Google Reviews section lately? We’ve just reached 50, 5-star Google Reviews!!! To all my patients […]

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The Best Ab Exercises for Runners

Ab Exercises for Runners A couple weekends ago I was at the Evanston Blink Fitness’s Member Appreciation Event  During the festivities, there was a Longest Plank competition I wanted to see how […]

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A Necessary Component of Healing

A Necessary Component for Healing We’ve all heard the expression: insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result Given that definition, many injured runners […]

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Returning to Run After an Injury

Returning to Running After an Injury If you’re on the mend of any running related injury or pain, you’re probably itching to get back to it Your pain is mostly […]

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The #1 Exercise for Traveling

The #1 Exercise for Traveling When you think of traveling, what do you think of? New scenery? Trying new foods?Meeting new people?Taking pictures? These are all fun and enjoyable parts of […]

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Should you lift before you run?

When to Lift Many of you reading this are already in some habit of doing some sort of cardio regularly Whether it be walking, running, cycling, or swimming, most of […]

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How to Kickstart Your Fitness for 2024

How to Kickstart Your Fitness for 2024 Last week I was talking to a patient of mine about his new years goals He was saying how he wanted to get […]

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How to Lose Weight During the Holidays

How to Lose Weight During the Holidays Oh the holidays A wonderful time of year spent with family, friends, and food Gatherings focused on seeing those we don’t see often […]

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Best First Hamstring Strain Exercise

Best First Exercise for Hamstring Strains Think you strained your hamstring? Now what? What is the best first thing to do? Introducing: The Extender It’s my favorite first exercise to give […]

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Does Foam Rolling the ITB do Anything?

How Foam Rolling the ITB Works If you’ve ever tried foam rolling your iliotibial band (IT Band), you’ve probably learned that it hurts like hell And maybe you’ve even heard […]

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The Best Exercise for a Healthy Low Back

Best Lower Back ExerciseLower back pain plagues millions of humans on earth Maybe you’re one of them There are many different sources of low back pain but there is one […]

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How to Warm Up During the Winter

Winter Warm Up GuideWinter is upon us. For most of you reading this, that doesn’t stop you from venturing outside for a workout.  But battling the cold goes beyond layering […]

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