Houston Healthy Living Blog
Quick Fix to Overtraining
Overtraining is likely the leading cause of running injury and burnout. Just running a little too much or too hard for your fitness level without adequate time spent in active recovery (zone 1 of interval heart rate training) will eventually lead to...
Improving Your Running Performance
The components influencing your running performance include your cardiovascular and muscular systems, lactate threshold, aerobic capacity (VO2 Max), speed and economy of running. Goals of training should include increasing your body’s ability to transport blood...
Lactate Threshold Testing verses VO2 Testing
In response to the high interest of athletes in the difference and benefits of identifying lactate threshold VO2 testing, I have provided the following excerpt from Daniel’s Running Formula, author Jack Daniels, PhD. The determination of blood lactate...
Interval Training On Equates to Fat Off!
A recent study in the Journal of Applied Physiology finds that not only does interval heart rate training lead to dramatic cardiovascular performance, but also improves the body’s ability to burn fat. The conclusion of the study supported an increase in fat...
Patient Spotlight- Benita Moreno
This Benita , smiling after her successful session in our Pilates studio. Benita suffered a traumatic brain hemorrhage February 2nd of this year. She had an emergency surgery to place an external drain from her brain followed by an internal shunt eleven days later on...
Post Op 10/31/19 Achilles tendon repair
Please check out two videos posted demonstrating heel lifts and runner's stretch p/o Achilles tendon repair.
Patient Spotlight — Steve M.
Steve is the quite the amazing man! He dislocated his shoulder resulting in a full shoulder replacement......not an easy surgery nor rehab. Long story short, he was less than satisfied with his PT progress elsewhere, was discussing this a PT acquaintance at a...
Patient Spotlight- Al Z
Remember Al in recent prior posts? In for assistance with balance challenges due to vestibular issues; learning to ambulate with a walker at that time..............look at him now!! Down the steps and the flagstone incline, with a single prong cane only! What a view...
Check out this article on the studio/clinic by the lovely Miranda Paul!
https://letsgrowgirl.com/total-body-recovery-with-jennifer-klein/#.XUn04uhKj6Q
Patient Spotlight – Kathleen
Congratulations Kathleen! Physical Therapy completed, goals achieved and full transition into Pilates post foot surgery! You are so much stronger with improved balance; we are all so impressed!