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What to Expect, How to Treat, and How to Prevent Runner's Knee, Achilles Tendonitis and Swimmer’s Shoulder By Matt Fontaine, D.C., ART Our body is composed of a series of structural kinetic chains, whereas dysfunction or imbalance in one area can quickly lead to...

[caption id="attachment_555" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Lake Winnie[/caption] A Half Ironman (or Half Iron-distance) Triathlon consists of a 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile bike ride, finished off with a 13.1 mile run. This is a short introduction article in a series on triathlon training...

 By Dr. Matt Fontaine When soft tissues are stressed beyond their biomechanical yield strength (for example when a tendon is stretched more than 4% of it’s resting length), microtearing must occur.  The normal response of microtearing of muscle, fascia, collagen etc. is inflammation.  If the...

By Dr. Matt Fontaine This is another article in the series on Secrets to Resolving Muscle and Joint Pain Syndromes.  This one focuses on the proper sequence for implementing rehab exercises and the rational behind it.  The main premise is that rehab is often...

Muscle Pain and Statin Drugs by Dr. Matt Fontaine Even though commercials for statins like artovastatin(Lipitor), fluvastatin(Lescol),  lovastatin(Mevacor), pravastatin(Pravachol), prosuvastatin(Crestor) and simvastatin(Zocor) state that rare but serious side effects may occur including muscle damage(rhabdomyolysis) , the truth is that these drugs often cause muscle...

By Dr. Matt Fontaine This is the first in a series of articles that will detail a new paradigm in dealing with musculoskeletal injuries.  The first of which will deal with assessing human movement, and highlight the Functional Movement Screen™ and the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA),...

By Dr. Matt Fontaine To combat all the negative publicity around the dangers of consuming high fructose corn syrup, advertisements have popped up stating "sugar is sugar, your body can't tell the difference".  This is just another lie produced by Big Corn.  Research shows...

by Dr. Matt Fontaine With all the hype of late on barefoot running due largely from the popularity of the book Born To Run  by Christopher McDougall,   I thought it appropriate to weigh in on this issue.  The concept of barefoot running...