News and Events in the the Running & Walking Community
Drayer Physical Therapy Institute ’s Wexford Center is pleased to present the complimentary clinic
“Runners: Prevention, Nutrition & Injury Management”
Date: Thursday - May 8, 2008
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Drayer Physical Therapy Institute
1013 Wexford Plaza Drive
Wexford, PA 15090
Speakers:
Michael Bowman, MD
Presenting “Common Running Injuries”
Clinical Assistant Professor at UPMC; Consultant to the L.A. Marathon; Former Medical Director of the Pittsburgh Marathon: Former Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Penguins; Foot & Hand Surgery Consultant for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Leslie Bonci, R.D., M.P.H., L.D.
Presenting “Nutritional Consideration for the Runner”
Director of Sports Nutrition at UPMC; Consultant for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Penguins and Pirates, as well the Cincinnati Reds and Toronto Blue Jays; National Affiliates with FITNESS Magazine, American Diabetic Association, Frito-Lay, Heinz and the Gatorade Sports Science Institute
Jason Kelley, DPT
Presenting “Prevention & Management of Running Injuiries”
Center Manager of Drayer Physical Therapy Institute’s Wexford Center
Kevin Smith from Elite Runners & Walkers
Kevin will be on hand to answer any questions regarding shoe selection as it relates to these speakers comments.
RSVP to Drayer at 724.940.2323
Although this next item is not specifically about running, it has significance for our owner, Kevin Smith. He lost his brother Sean, 13 years ago to leukemia and this event launched his distance running through Team in Training and the eventual opening of Elite Runners & Walkers in 1999. A year after the store opened, Kevin started a 1/2 marathon race, Just A Short Run, to continue raising funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
We urge you to read on and join Amy's Army as Sean would have died within just a month of two of being diagnosed had it not been for the fact that Sean was lucky enough to have 3 of his family members match him for a bone marrow transplant. Because of the bone marrow transplant, Kevin's family was given the gift of more time including another Christmas with Sean before his leukemia came back and he succumbed to the disease. Maybe you'll be the one to help Amy or another by taking a simple test and adding yourself to the National Marrow Registry.
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If you are reading this email, please take an extra minute to help save a life -- click here and register to be entered in the National Bone Marrow Registry. A simple cheek-swab test kit will be mailed to you for FREE!In honor of Mother's Day, people from across the country will be working together with one goal in mind: to save lives.
For many, the inspiration is Amy Katz, a vibrant, motivated 15-year-old who happens to have an adult form of leukemia affecting less than five percent of children. The only known cure for her cancer is a bone marrow transplant, however, she, and thousands like her have not yet found a match among the 10 million donors on the worldwide database.
'Amy’s Army' was formed to help Amy find her match by hosting marrow screening drives in order to register more potential donors. These drives have registered over 8,000 new donors and created matches for 22 other patients, but not for Amy. I hope that you will consider registering to become a potential bone marrow donor in the National Marrow Registry. |
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You could be the one to save a life….. Be part of the National Donor Program's Thanks Mom Marrow Donor Drive and help us reach our goal of recruiting 20,000 new donors during the event. Mark your calendar! Go to the Amy’s Army website during the Thanks Mom event, starting on May 5 to join for free. Supply is limited, order ASAP! (A savings of $52!) Offer ends May 19th!
PLEASE HELP BY FORWARDING THIS TO
EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK!
This can go to anyone AGE 18-60, anywhere in the United States.
Your support is invaluable....in fact it's life-giving.
Sharing the gift of life is a great way to say "Thanks, Mom!"
For more information, please visit: www.AmysArmy.org.
Download the flier and help publicize this drive!
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Masters Athletes wanted for Research Study
Want to be a guinea pig for a doctoral research study done by a local runner?
A University of Pitt exercise physiology doctoral candidate is looking for research volunteers to help complete her degree.
Where: University Of Pittsburgh, Montefiore Hospital in Oakland
Who: Men and Women between the ages of 60-75
Qualifications: Must be exercising regularly and training for competition.
Must be healthy (the student will give you the guidelines)
Non-smoker - tough here in the burgh without that smoking ban in effect yet
Purpose: to study the role of exercise and/or weight loss in seniors at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The volunteers results will be used to compare to those at risk of developing diabetes
Demands of the volunteer: 3 outpatient visits and 1 overnight to the hospital
Outpatient visits will include: Health and physical, complete blood workup, VO2 Max testing and results, body composition test, resting metabolic rate (this is a great deal for $150)
Compensation: up to $150 and free parking at Montefiore Hospital (that parking is huge when its normally about $20 parking to see a doctor in Oakland)
If interested in participating or if you have questions,
please call the study coordinator at 412-692-2415.
FYI, this doctoral candidate is also a runner so help the running community and join up.
