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		<title>Peak to Valley Ski Fitness Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Exercises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alpine Skiing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Peak to Valley training program – a comprehensive pre-season fitness program that will help you become a stronger skier or snowboarder and prevent injury this year on the slopes.  Every month, we will post new programs for you to follow so please stay tuned at the start of each month for your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plyometrics are not just for elite athletes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>roughtred</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Lynn demonstrates how a jumping or plyometric exercise doesn&#8217;t have to be overly intense or aggressive. A nice low step like this one allows most moderate to advanced trainees to safely strengthen their fast twitch muscles, joints and connective tissue to prepare for winter sports. Dr.O]]></description>
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		<title>Speed and Agility: July Fitness Theme</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/speed-and-agility-july-fitness-theme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>roughtred</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monthly Fitness Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Athlete]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Monthly Theme:  Speed July’s theme is speed and agility.  Almost all of us need speed and agility whether we realize it or not; even the elderly sometimes need to move quickly in order to stop themselves from falling or to catch something quickly.  Most sports require significant amounts of quickness in order to execute perfect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lactate Testing: Not Just for Athletes</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/lactate-testing-vancouver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>roughtred</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naturopathic Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lactate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lactate Testing is quickly becoming the preferred test for people that want to assess their aerobic capacity and determine how to make the most of their exercise program. I began to offer lactate testing to all of my patients in 2009 and I have found it effective not only for athletes but also for anyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prehabilitation – A Pro-active Approach to your Physical Health</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/prehabilitation-%e2%80%93-a-pro-active-approach-to-your-physical-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/prehabilitation-%e2%80%93-a-pro-active-approach-to-your-physical-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>roughtred</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Integrative Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturopathic Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my athletic career, I was impressed by the knowledge and understanding of the physical therapists that helped me.  Unfortunately, I almost always had to be injured before I would benefit from their expertise.  It made no sense to me to wait until I was hurt before addressing my physical weaknesses ; I wanted something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Oughtred&#8217;s Adjunctive Exercise for Mike Janyk</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/dr-oughtreds-adjunctive-exercise-for-mike-janyk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/dr-oughtreds-adjunctive-exercise-for-mike-janyk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wells</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cardio]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Integrative Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturopathic Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stretching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weight Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5MoSCrm-lI Take a look at this clip which highlights some of the exercises that Mike did during his recent visit with Dr Oughtred, in Vancouver, BC.]]></description>
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		<title>Whistler World Cup Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/whistler-world-cup-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/whistler-world-cup-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>roughtred</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ski racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whistler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, Whistler hosted four world cup alpine ski races. The weather was fantastic, the snow conditions were fast, and the Canadian Alpine Ski Team athletes performed very well. I found the giant slalom race on Saturday particularly entertaining, and John Kucera&#8217;s performance down the final pitch entering the finish arena was very impressive. Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Integrative Approach to Chronic Pain: Headaches</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/an-integrated-approach-to-chronic-pain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/an-integrated-approach-to-chronic-pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>roughtred</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chronic Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Integrative Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturopathic Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[headaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/?p=5</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During my 7 years of competition with the Canadian alpine ski team, I experienced several injuries, the most frustrating of which were the insidious injuries that seemed to appear out of nowhere. These injuries could last for months to years, and usually required multiple treatments to heal. Because one treatment alone was rarely effective, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways to Prevent Low Back Problems in the Alpine Skier</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/5-ways-to-prevent-low-back-problems-in-the-alpine-skier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryanoughtred.com/blog/5-ways-to-prevent-low-back-problems-in-the-alpine-skier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Back Pain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[low back pain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Injury to the lower back is one of the more common injuries incurred by the alpine skier. Waiting for back problems to happen before doing anything about them is probably a bad idea; the discs and bones of the spine generally only have nerves on their outermost portions, which means that damage to the inner [...]]]></description>
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