Another Vote for Barefoot

This is actually an excerpt from Christopher McDougall’s ‘Born to Run’ book.  If you’re a runner, you really should read this book.  If you’re not a runner, you really should read this book.  It makes a very compelling argument for the less-is-best approach when running shoe shopping.  Read the full article here.

Congress Exempt from their own Health Care Plan

Interesting read today from the Investor’s Business Daily.  The editorial brings up the more -than-somewhat curious point that Congress will not be subject to the public health care plan that they are presenting.  Here’s my favorite line of the editorial:
The irony here is that under the health reform he is sponsoring, it is unlikely that [...]

True Core Stability?

Great article from the NY Times magazine.  There is new evidence/research out regarding true core strength.  A lot of modalities teach you to ’suck and tuck’ while doing certain (all?) movements, but new research is showing that it might not be as beneficial as once thought.  Egoscue, for one, doesn’t believe in it due to [...]

A Great Take on the “Rules”

This is from David Bean, a friend of mine and very accomplished photographer here in Nashville.  David is always thinking outside of the box, as do a lot of creative types.  I loved his take on the rules, and how it’s ok to give yourself permission to bend them every now and then.  Just as [...]

Fleet Feet Nashville Speaking Gig

Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ll be speaking at Fleet Feet Nashville (in Brentwood) tomorrow night, July 15th at 6:00.  The topic will be “East-West Breathing: The Deep Stabilizing System.”  Come learn how you can impact your core with the 17,000 breaths you take each day, get the most out of your training, [...]

Great article for any runner

This article give a great explanation as to why you should be shoe shopping for LESS of a shoe rather than more of one.  We at Egoscue say the lesser, the better when it comes to your everyday shoe.  For years we’ve been huge advocates of the Nike Free (I own 6 pair).  Now the [...]

Ban on Percocet and Vicodin?

This is from the NY Times and came out last week, and I have to admit it was a pretty eye-opening article for me.  This was eye-opening for the simple fact that these two meds (and their generic equivalent) are prescribed over 100 million times per year.  That’s a VERY scary statistic.  If we do [...]

Egoscue Article from our Downtown San Diego clinic

Here’s a great article from our Downtown San Diego Clinic Director Tim George.  Great job, and keep up the great work to all involved!
http://www.energytimes.com/et2/pages/departments/0709/holistic0709.html

Steve McNair Dead

I can’t believe Steve McNair was found dead today at a downtown Nashville condo.  This is a tragic story and a sad day for Nashville.  Steve, at least in the media, seemed to be one of the good guys.  He gave his body to his profession and for 11 out of the 13 years to [...]

New Study on Cartilage

It’s widely believed that knee cartilage doesn’t heal itself.  A “when it’s gone it’s gone” type of mentality.  However, Egoscue believes differently.  We believe that the body has an amazing ability to heal itself.  For example, when you break your leg, it doesn’t stay broken, when you cut your arm, it doesn’t stay cut, etc.  We [...]