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GET TO THE CORE!

By Kathy McElroy, M.A., P.T. Clinic Director, Pacific Physical Therapy, Manhattan Beach

The hottest fitness trend to hit the gyms of late, 'Core Training',
includes any program that works the Transversus Abdominis, a deep abdominal muscle often ignored by other exercise programs.This muscle in particular, has a starring postural role and is crucial in the stabilization of the lumbar spine because it acts with the abdominal obliques as a “muscular corset”. 
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TENNIS ELBOW TREATMENT AND PREVENTION:

By Kathy McElroy, M.A., P.T. Clinic Director, Pacific Physical Therapy, Manhattan Beach

One of the most common injuries for a tennis player is a condition called "tennis elbow." Tennis elbow is caused by stress placed on the forearm muscles and tendons. The tendons at the elbow become inflamed and later, scarred. 
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