Smoldering Setback: A Firefighter’s Journey to Stay Healthy
For Matt Yost, being in shape isn't just part of his healthy lifestyle. His job and people’s lives depend on it.
Why I Used to Grunt When Putting on my Socks
Four years ago, I was not healthy. I was eating pizza and burgers 3-4 times a week and drinking too much beer and soda. Sure, we like to indulge sometimes, but I was not healthy. I peaked at 190 pounds, which is a lot for me, after a Christmas vacation with my buddies – and I felt depressed about my overall health.
Putting a Brake on Injuries: The Role of the OrthoCarolina Motorsports Team
OrthoCarolina’s Motorsports crew seems to be everywhere. Tasked with the health and medical treatment for many teams and athletes, they’re at the track nearly every weekend and at the race shops during the week.
Even World Cup Players Get Hurt
So what do you do when you’re injured and you need to get back for regular season, playoffs or even the World Cup?
What it’s Like to be an Athletic Trainer to NASCAR Teams [Podcast]
Angela Sneed, ATC at OrthoCarolina, joins AT Podcast to talk motorsports and more
When Should I Change My Running Shoes?
We know, we know, running shoes aren’t cheap. But, as you use your shoes, mile after mile they eventually begin to lose their cushioning, stability, and shock absorption.
Cycling is a great sport, hands down. Even when you break one.
Up in the Appalachian Mountains, we love cycling. I ride with High Country Development, a group of cyclists all under the age of 25 who are full-time college students.
A Different Kind of Bodywork: How OrthoCarolina Works with NASCAR Teams
By the time “Drivers, start your engines!” roars above the din of an excited NASCAR crowd, the OrthoCarolina Motorsports team has been at work for many hours.
A Need for Speed: How a NASCAR Pit Crew Deals with Injury Risk
OrthoCarolina’s motorsports team takes care of crew and drivers during the long NASCAR season. The care they provide runs the spectrum from injury diagnosis, care, pre- and post-op treatment, to physical therapy and more.
Diane Had Knee Surgery. And Then Ran the Boston Marathon in 3:39.
At 49, Diane Lancaster’s health resume is already impressive. She’s a runner, fitness instructor, triathlete, former collegiate athlete and registered dietician. She had run 5 Boston Marathons and was preparing for her sixth in 2014.
12 Ways to Strengthen Your Core
Your core muscles are muscles that you can’t ‘see’, as opposed to muscles that are visible in shape beneath your skin.
NASCAR's Mike Lingerfelt Gives a Shoutout to OrthoCarolina Motorsports Team on Fox Sports
OrthoCarolina Motorsports
Spring into Baseball: Tips for a Successful Season
After a long and brutal winter, spring has finally sprung in the Carolinas. For many of us, that means one thing – BASEBALL!
NoDa Run Club: How running and beer bring a community together
After thousands of miles and countless beers, NoDa Brewing Run Club has converted marathon runners into IPA fiends and craft beer snobs into PR machines.
Orthocarolina explains female soccer Injuries and causes in kids & older athletes
Help keep your kids and teens on the field and out of the doctor’s office with this insight on female soccer injuries from former professional soccer player and PA-C Andy Hylton of OrthoCarolina.
19 Running Injury-Prevention Tips from OrthoCarolina Experts
19 Running Injury-Prevention Tips from OrthoCarolina Experts
The Hip, Getting Older and Running
Many active Americans worry about the impact of exercise on their hips. Chris Dollar, PT, DPT, talks about the hip and how it ages with you.
OrthoCarolina Running Tips: Increasing Your Running Mileage Safely
When runners begin increasing their mileage, it is important to do so in a calculated manner to avoid overuse injuries.
I'm New to Running. Where Do I Begin?
Whatever the reason, you've decided to take up running. Maybe you’d like to lose weight, or you’re working on strengthening your body to help with rehabilitation after an injury or a surgery...
Functional Movement and CrossFit
Functional movements sound complicated but they’re just natural, compound body movements that use multiple joints in your body.
OrthoCarolina in the Fast Lane
This year’s winners (Matt Kenseth, Duel #1, and Denny Hamlin, Duel #2), are both with our partner Joe Gibbs Racing.
