Author: drmichael

My #1 Health Tip for 2025

You know what my least favorite fitness goals are? Weight loss goals. Goals to lose X pounds by Y date. So boring and uninspiring.  I’ve got a better idea: choose…
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Your Best Is Yet To Come

New year, new me We say it every year. We have our list of new tasks we want to tackle. New projects. New routines. Bigger goals. We set out to…
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How to Build Momentum into 2025

It’s that time of year again: the holidays! Like most people around this time, exercising and training takes a back seat to eating good food and spending time relaxing with…
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Are Bodyweight Exercises Enough?

Let’s be honest, as a runner, you’re probably not doing that much strength training… You’ve likely gotten into a nice routine of running a handful of times per week. You…
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How to Maximize Your Off-Season

Are you ready for that big race that’s right around the corner? Chances are, you don’t have any races or big events within the next few weeks to months. Welcome…
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Celebrating Your Successes

(Make sure to select ‘Display Images’) Have you checked out the Valiant Physical Therapy Google Reviews section lately? We’ve just reached 50, 5-star Google Reviews!!! To all my patients who have written…
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How to Make an Easy Exercise Effective

Have you ever tried modifying an exercise to avoid pain? You try an exercise and unfortunately discover that it hurts in some way. You try doing it a little differently, changing…
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Best Thing to do After a Big Race

For those who don’t know, the Chicago Marathon was this past Sunday. It is, without a doubt, the largest annual sporting event in Chicago. For those who successfully completed it…
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