• Contact Us

    Contact Us
  • Like us!

  • Follow Us!

    Twitter Follow
  • Categories

  • Blog Archives

  • Blog Stats

    • 63,076 hits
  • Health Blogs - Blog Rankings

Top Blog Posts of the Year: #9

I know a LOT of you have been told that running is bad for you. You’ve heard that your body isn’t built for running, that us humans weren’t designed to go long distances, and you certainly aren’t designed to run barefoot. However, I couldn’t disagree more. This is a post I wrote right before the Country [...]

Free Your Feet

My friend tweeted this to me and I absolutely HAD to share it with you. You all know by know that I’m a huge proponent of barefoot running. The foot is designed to move, yet in the vast majority of shoes on the market today, it simply can’t. The shoes are too constraining and too [...]

Barefoot Running…Then and Now

I read an excellent article in the NY Times written by Christopher McDougall. If you don’t know who McDougall is, he’s the author of the fantastic book, Born to Run. I highly recommend this book. It gives not only McDougall’s personal story about injury and how he got healthy, but also what he learned along the way [...]

Brian’s Egoscue Experiment

Brian from www.myfivefingers.com is embarking on an Egoscue journey to find his cure to chronic knee pain. He and I have talked extensively about Vibram FiveFingers, his knee pain, posture and how they are all related. He also collected testimonials from several of my clients, asking them to share their Egoscue story and how they [...]

Kathryn’s Plantar Fasciitis Pain Eliminated!

Check out Kathryn’s testimonial. If you’re struggling with pain from Plantar Fasciitis, I hope her words encourage you! Keep up the great work, Kathryn–all of us at Egoscue Nashville are proud of you. Before visiting the Egoscue Clinic and John Elder in Franklin, TN, I had suffered from plantar fasciitis in my left foot for [...]

A Cure for Runner’s Knee?

I’ve always been intrigued by conditions that are “linked” to an activity such as Golfer’s Elbow, Tennis Elbow, and Runner’s Knee. I think those conditions are giving way too little credit to the body (and way too much credit to the activity) in terms of what it is capable of doing.  Your body is designed [...]

‘The Today Show’ Tries Vibram FiveFingers

Recent studies show 60% of Today Show anchors prefer less (Al, Ann, and Natalie) vs. more (Meredith and Matt)! Great segment from this morning’s show about the newest shoes on the market. They discussed the shape-up/tone-up shoes that have been a big hit recently, but they also highlighted the Vibram FiveFingers. ‘The Today Show’ correspondent [...]

Shoulder the Load

This is the last installment of my series on Vibram FiveFingers (VFF) and overall function/biomechanics. In my first article, I gave you an introduction to function. The second article focused on how VFFs will help those of you struggling with degenerative hip pain. And, my third article tackled how VFFs allow a more functional breathing [...]

Breathe Easy

Don’t sit down! And if you are already sitting, get up! Walk to your bathroom, close the door, and stand facing the mirror in as little clothing as possible. Now take a deep breath. Good. Again. Excellent. Now, one more time, and pay attention to what your shoulders are doing. Are they rising up toward [...]

Hip Shoes

Today we begin our journey onward and upward with the second installment of my 4-part series on Vibram FiveFingers. Over the next few weeks, we will work our way up the body, talking about your breathing in addition to that rotator cuff pain you’re having at Mile 4 of your run, but this week we’ll [...]