When I was training for the half-marathon, I wasn't too concerned about my speed. I just wanted to finish. And not finish dead last. As I piled up the miles, though, I noticed...
Running efficiency at any speed
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Health Articles by Dr. Lavine
Palpation is more accurate than I thought
I use palpation as one of my primary diagnostic tools. My years of experience give me confidence that I’m picking up relevant signals from a patient’s bodily tissues. But I...
Does this supplement solve the exercise paradox?
Even though exercise is one of the best ways to improve your ability to deal with stress, exercise itself is stressful. Or at least it should be. That's the paradox. There are...
I’m running a half marathon. Chapter 6: I nearly passed out
I must have looked wasted. My wife was quite worried. She was ready to meet a friend for lunch but wouldn’t leave me until a modicum of life force had returned to my face. I had...
Regaining health – one man’s story
Today's article has been provided by David Williams. It's his personal story of recovery. Regaining Health – David M. Williams As we rang in the New Year on January 1, 2020, I...
I’m running a half marathon. Chapter 5: I can talk myself out of anything
Despite a temporary issue with right trochanter pain, my training was going well. So I set off one morning to cover five miles. About a third of the way through I began to wonder...
Stress: Attack of a saber-toothed cat? Or social isolation?
I’ve read it or heard it a hundred times. You have too. It’s the classic depiction of the human “fight or flight” reaction: “You spot the saber toothed cat bearing down on you,...
Build stress resilience
Stress is bad for your health. But it’s not as bad for some people as it is for others. In part, it could be that a lucky few sail though life exposed to less than their fair...
Rehab exercises for the hip, trochanter, piriformis, iliotibial band, and sacroiliac joint
I've just finished my exercise video Strengthening Vertical Landing and Lateral Shift. It can help runners, basketball or tennis players, skiers, or anyone who has problems of...
I’m running a half marathon. Chapter 4: My hip rehab program
After a few training runs I began experiencing some hip pain (trochanteric regional pain syndrome -- here's a link to Chapter 3 that talks about it), so I devised a rehab...
Dr. Lavine’s 15 minute self-care program for the low back
I've just posted my video "Dr. Lavine's 15 minute self-care program for the low back" on Youtube. If you've had low back problems, or want to protect yourself from ever having...
I’m running a half-marathon. Chapter 3: I got hip pain
Analyzing the biomechanical forces that contribute to pain in the area of the hip.
I’m running a half marathon. Chapter 2: the training plan
Once I committed to training for a half-marathon, I had to come up with a plan…
I’m running a half marathon: Chapter 1 – the commitment
It started because I was inspired by one of my patients. I've never had an Olympic athlete in my practice before, so I was excited that one of my recent patients is an...
What are your health biases?
I’ve never been able to understand why some people don’t enjoy exercise. And more importantly, what it would take to change their minds about it. And I have the same curiosity in...
The importance of touch – Dr. Lavine interviewed by Veronique Cardon
Last year I was interviewed for the Cognidiet Healthy Lifestyle Show; the interview was aired...
Today’s inspiring quote
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. This is from the 16th century French essayist Michel de Montaigne.
Brilliant biological design
Did you know that spiders tune their silk threads so they can “hear” where on the web they’ve captured prey? And know the size of their victim, too?...
