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Gastonia Grizzlies and Gaston Rehab Associates, Gastonia NC

The Gastonia Grizzlies won their 2009 home opener last night 6-1 against Martinsville with a record crowd in attendance. This moves their record now to 2-1 and things are looking promising for a successful season ahead.

Gaston Rehab Associates and the Physical Performance Center is the official 2009/2010 Physical Therapy and Sports Performance Training Center for the Gastonia Grizzlies.

We are very excited to be working with Gaston Rehab Associates and the Physical Performance Center this year.  We feel it is the perfect fit for our college players to stay healthy and strong during the season. 
-Jesse Cole, General Manager, Gastonia Grizzlies.

If you would like to train where some of the best college athletes in the country are training, call our office today at (704) 864-4424 for more information.

New Addition to The Gaston Rehab Associates Family

Joseph Thayne Boyle, son of Dr. and Mrs. Brian Boyle, was born on Friday night at 11:27 pm. He weighed 8 lb 3 oz. and was 21 inches long. He is healthy, happy, and handsome as he can be. Mother is also well and recovering nicely.

We are happy to have Thayne as part of our family and you will see him around the office in the next few months. Thank you for all of the well wishes, thoughts, and prayers from all of our family and friends.

Nutrition Website

If you are like most people, managing your weight is a constant struggle. If you think about it, if you never put weight on you don't have to take it off. This is easy to say, but much harder to practice.

Fortunately Nutrimirror has a free web site which allows you to log in and keep track of your daily eating and physical activity. Of special interest is the calorie counter which you can look up many of your favorite chain restaurants to see exactly what is in your favorite meal. I can tell you this, I probably won't be eating two slices of Sbarro's pepperoni pizza anymore at a whopping 700 calories a slice and with 2000mg of sodium. No wonder that bottle of water doesn't seem to quench my thirst.

Another interesting area of the web site is the RMR (resting metabolic rate) calculator. This allows you to plug in some information about yourself to get a rough idea of what your body's caloric needs are based on your height and weight, age and body fat percentage if you know it. This is a nice tool if you do not have access to a RMR respirometer.

I suggest you play around on the web site and join for the free service they provide. This may just be the type of eye opening experience we all need to make better choices with the food we eat.

Gaston Rehab Associates and the Gastonia Grizzlies, Gastonia, NC

The Physical Performance Center at Gaston Rehab Associates is proud to be the official Physical Therapy and Sports Performance Center for the 2009 Gastonia Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies part of the Coastal Plain Baseball League start playing on May 27th with an Away game at Forest City and open at home on Thursday May 28th at 7:05 pm against Forest City.

The Physical Performance Center is proud to also announce that at every Home Grizzlies Game they will sponsor the "Run The Bases" program to help eliminate childhood obesity. Approximately 32% of all Gaston County children are overweight or obese. All children are invited to come down to the field right after the game to meet the players and to see how many times they can run around the bases.

At the end of the season those children who have "Run the Bases" in 10 or more home games during the season, will be eligible for a drawing to win one iPod which will be raffled off at the last home game on Tuesday August 4th when the Grizzlies take on Thomasville.

Strength Training for Adolescents and Children

A recent study published in Sports Health used systematic review and meta-analysis to look at current available evidence to support the use of strength training, plyometrics, and agility training in children and adolescents.

The evidence shows:

Children can improve strength by 30% to 50% after just 8 to 12 weeks of a well-designed strength training program. Youth need to continue to train at least 2 times per week to maintain strength. The case reports of injuries related to strength training, including epiphyseal plate fractures and lower back injuries, are primarily attributed to the misuse of equipment, inappropriate weight, improper technique, or lack of qualified adult supervision.

Conclusion: Youth—athletes and non-athletes alike—can successfully and safely improve their strength and overall health by participating in a well-supervised program. Trained fitness professionals play an essential role in ensuring proper technique, form, progression of exercises, and safety in this age group.

This is something which we have known for quite some time and is nice to see in systematic review form. We have long said, "Access does not equal know how!" and we see this time and time again in the athletes that have come to us to train. These are some of the areas best athletes who have access to weight room facilities at their high schools and/or are members at other gyms yet still do not know how to put it all together.

I believe the biggest take home message from this recent review is injuries can occur with any training but that the majority of injuries were linked to

• misuse of equipment
• inappropriate weight
• improper technique
• or lack of qualified adult supervision

Parents don't trust that your children know what they are doing when they go to the weight room. Make sure they are properly supervised and make sure those in supervision roles are properly trained themselves. Fitness professionals with the initials "CSCS" after their name are credentialed by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and are educated at least at the Bachelor's Degree level in a field related to exercise and or health care.

Gaston Day School Women's Soccer Wins SPAA Conference Championship

Congratulations to the Gaston Day School Women's Soccer team (Gastonia, NC) for winning this year's SPAA Conference Championship in a 2-1 victory over Statesville Christian.

Sam McCurry scored one of the two goals for Gaston Day. Sam worked out at The Physical Performance Center at Gaston Rehab Associates, Inc. in the off season. Way to go Sam and the rest of the Gaston Day Women's Soccer team. Best of luck as you prepare for the NCISSA tournament next week.