We offer a wide array of performance driven services to help athletes attain their full potential. Our services include slow motion video gait analysis, myofascial release, nutritional evaluation and counseling, strength and core training plans, video joint range-of-motion testing, body fat analysis, and sports therapy.
Summary:
Fascia is a complex network of connective tissues that surrounds almost every structure in the body and if irritated can cause significant problems with muscle strength and biomechanics. Myofascial release has been shown to break the cycle of inflammation and tension that fascia can impart on the body and improve biomechanics and athletic performance. Skilled and trained physical therapists and practitioners are best to help identify problem area and over see treatment.
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Alex M. McDonald, MD is a professional triathlete, First Endurance Research Board Member, and endurance coach at Fast Forward Triathlon. Alex's professional interests lie in coaching endurance athletes, sports medicine and exercise physiology. He obtained his MD degree from the University of Vermont. Prior to medical school, Alex graduated from Connecticut College with an emphasis on both the biological and social sciences. He currently trains and lives, with is wife and daughter, in Durham, NC.
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