Alpha Project Podcast

On this episode we take a deep dive into plantar fasciitis!  This has been the scourge of many runners and athletes with products and shoes promising relief from this painful syndrome!  However, what if you could treat this without changing your shoe wear or having to wear a plantar fasciitis sock every night? Tune into this episode to find out all things plantar fasciitis and how you can stat to treat this on your own!

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JJ is the owner of 495 Strength and Performance and has a vast amount of knowledge in the strength and conditioning world!  We dive into alot of different topics including: why you should do some form of strength and conditioning, why you should invest in your health, and how to have longevity later in life!

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Sl Studios is a new Co-Working Studio in Frederick Maryland with its own personal Gym!  This is the first of its kind in the area and I had the pleasure of having Hannah and Jimmy King on the podcast!  Hannah is the owner and has been a personal trainer for the last 5 years!  On this episode we talk about the health and fitness community as a whole and how SL Studios is changing the way people work and workout!

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A Health Savings Account (HSA) is an account that you can use to pay for health care expenses!  Many times employers can contribute to these accounts and their is a plethora tax benefits that you can utilize with these accounts!  Not to be confused with a Flexible Savings Account (FSA), HSA's are becoming more popular and are a fantastic way, to not only pay for your healthcare but, to save for your health care! ( and maybe even retirement!). This is one of my favorite episodes I've done, hands down, because of how passionate I am about you taking control of your health care!  HSA's are here to stay, especially as people are starting to realize that insurance is not what it used to be!  Join me on this deep dive into HSA's and why you might be a perfect candidate to start investing in your health care!

Tamari and I have been working together for the past 4 weeks and she has seen some amazing results!  She essentially went from being unable to run 3 miles without pain to being able to run more than 30 miles a week in this 4 week time span!  She is an Ultra Runner who was at the end of her rope when it came to her arch pain.  She had seen orthopedists and other physical therapists and had seen little to no improvement in her arch pain.  We dive into how she wasted time, money, energy, and emotions on seeing the wrong provider.  I actually give her alot of credit because she decided to take a chance and work with us even AFTER getting burned by the insurance based route she went through.  This included thirty... I'll say that again... THIRTY $35 copays, and visits to a specialist ( that weren't covered by insurance anyway).  Tamari's story is all too familiar to us at Alpha Project Phyzio & Performance, where an athlete was not treated properly and gets spit out of the system.  Listen today to find out how Tamari changed her running career, and life, around for good!

We had a lot of positive feedback from last episode so we wanted to expand upon icing even more!  As much as we don't Ice, we sure do love talking about it! :)  We also introduce the D2R2 model in this episode!  This D2R2 model stands for Desensitize, Decongest, Reperfuse, and Restore. This is the basics of how to treat an ache/pain, and injury!  This also happens to be the model that I use with most of my patients. If you want to learn more on how to invest in your health and your body then this episode is for you!

On this episode of the podcast we take a deep dive into resting and icing!  Should we do it?? Should we not??  What does the research say?  Being told to rest and ice an injury or ache/pain is something we commonly do, however does it actually do anything?  Are we solving the problem or are we just masking the pain?  These are just some of the questions we will be answering and more in this episode! 

On this episode we talk all things shin splints!  Many runners have them or have had them at one point in their running careers and they are not pretty!  We talk about what they are, why they are painful, what causes them and ( most importantly) how to treat them!  If you or someone you know has shin splints, this is a fantastic opportunity to learn about them!  

On this episode we have on Lauren Cramer!  She is a running coach who lives in Hagerstown, Maryland and she has clients all over Maryland and the "Quad" state area!  Lauren has coaches hundreds of distance runners and has a wealth of knowledge to share!  We delve into the unique needs distance runners have, how strength training is important, why a gait assessment its important, and how a running coach may help you on your running career and journey!

Welcome Andrew Kenas to the Podcast!  Andrew is a Physical Therapist in Charlotte North Carolina and has his own Physical Therapy practice.  Andrew's practice is much different than the average physical therapy clinic as he mostly sees crossfit athlete, barbell athletes and people that are active who want to remain active.  Andrew and myself have many similarities in that we are trying to change the way that physical therapy care is given.  If you've been to physical therapy before and was bounced around between clinicians, was given cookie cutter exercises, or didn't get better, then this is the perfect episode for you!  If you are active and want to learn about how to get the best care possible for yourself then please tune in!