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Spring and summer are an exciting time for our active kids. It’s also a busy time in rehab and sports injury clinics as we shift from indoor surfaces to fields and from skating to running. In our clinic we see an influx of kids, particularly 9-13 year olds, experiencing foot and... Continue Reading

Limestone Race Weekend is almost here!  We are really excited about this event.  It kicks off the spring for us at Align and brings the running community of Kingston and surrounding area together for a weekend.  If you are a runner enjoy the camaraderie of events like this, you... Continue Reading

If you want to run injury-free: run softly.  Recently, Gretchen Reynolds of the NYTimes wrote a great article summarizing some original research published in December 2015. The take-home message is this: no matter how you strike the ground (heel or forefoot), regardless of what... Continue Reading

I’ve been checking out pictures on Facebook posted by our friends at 365kingston.com and it reminds me what a great running community there is here in Kingston.  This past weekend there was a Kingston Road Runners Association Twosome race leaving from Winston Churchill... Continue Reading

A quick update on our gait re-training using real-time biofeedback study: Adam Clansey and Mac Graydon have been pilot testing the new system on subjects at Human Motion Research Lab at Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kevin Deluzio’s lab) and working with Shawn from C-Motion to iron... Continue Reading

Check us out on Station 14:   http://www.station14.ca/video.html?id=945 Last week we had the crew from Station 14 at our clinic as part of their Healthy Living in Kingston theme.  Station 14 is a Kingston based internet station that delivers local news, current events, and... Continue Reading

We have been working with our friends at C-Motion (a world class gait analysis software company that has an office in Kingston) and a post-doctorate at Queen’s university on a gait re-training system.  Essentially it works by identifying an area of a client’s gait... Continue Reading

If you thought compression socks only come in boring black or tan, think again! These funky socks will improve running performance and add flash to your running stride.  For medical professionals, your legs will feel less tired from standing all day and you can jazz up your plain... Continue Reading

This weekend at the Kingston Road Runners Limestone half marathon, we will be conducting a gait analysis study. We are working with Adam Clansey, a post-doctorate biomechanist at Queen’s university, and some of the folks from C-Motion, a company based in Kingston that... Continue Reading