Perrin Clavijo

If you are new to strength training, Dr. Elizabeth wrote a great blog on her key Tenets of Strength Training for Beginners. But for those who have had resistance training in their routine for a while, this blog takes a deeper dive on how to structure your strength program, how heavy you should lift, and when to modify your program based on training cycles for racing. Basic Strength Program Outline Disclaimer: There are MANY ways to structure a strength program! This framework is my personal...

I know, I know, another article about AI. I’m sure I’m not the only one a little tired of hearing about AI, but the reality is that it’s here and people are using it. I also don’t blame patients for listing their symptoms in an AI tool before coming to physical therapy to help determine what may be going on with their bodies and develop their expectations for treatment. I have done this for various healthcare concerns of my own and AI tools can be quite helpful. The important thing to...

Trail runner contemplates whether or not he trained enough for his impending downhill run... Years ago, my brother signed up for a Half Marathon class as his health elective in college. Since he hadn’t considered himself “a runner” and mostly only ran for soccer, he decided to sign up for the “easiest” Half Marathon he could find – a net downhill point-to-point road race from Fort Mountain State Park to downtown Chatsworth, GA. This race drops over 2,000 feet with almost all of the elevation...