I made the yearly trek to my doctor’s office last week for a wellness checkup.  Fortunately, everything’s looking pretty good, but we talked about one thing that continues to plague me.  Tightness in the hips and hamstrings.  A year and a half ago, I made some progress on this problem with a myofascial piriformis relief [...] Read the full article

Over the last several weeks, temperatures in Kentucky have soared into the triple digits, with heat indices hovering around 110-degrees Fahrenheit.  When it gets this hot, I start to wonder if it’s just too hot to run outside. When Is It Too Hot To Run Outside? Because of back problems, the guy that first got [...] Read the full article

It’s been scorchingly hot in Southern Kentucky for much of the summer, which is and of itself enough to keep most people indoors.  But tack on with that the fact that the humidity has been hovering as high as 95%, and the combination has lead to heat warnings dominating the last few weeks.  Needless to [...] Read the full article

With summer at our front door, and the kids out of school, we’re looking for ways to spice up our summer workouts while keeping the whole family involved.  Here are five tips to make that happen. 4 Tips To Add Some Zip To Your Summer Workouts Who wants to be in the gym every day [...] Read the full article

Having to travel to work does occasionally allow me to exercise in different venues.  This week, I got a chance to go for a run in Charlotte, NC.  It offers some pretty sights. A Run In Charlotte I make it a habit to try to run somewhere new whenever my work takes me to a [...] Read the full article

After going through an ACL tear, and the subsequent ACL repair surgery, the last phase is, of course, recovery from the ACL repair.  Expect the doctor to tell you this will take somewhere between 3-9 months. It’s not fun… My Recovery From An ACL Repair Since most ACL reconstructions are now treated as outpatient surgeries, [...] Read the full article

A recent article on the activity of men who have had a torn ACL repaired made me step back and think about my own experience.  Which happened about 8-years ago now.  My how time flies… How To Tear An ACL The anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, is one of the tendons under the kneecap that [...] Read the full article