The Stone Clinic )
February 2006

Being in good shape protects against injuries and builds the confidence to play. We hope these links will inspire you to get fit, play hard, and have a safe and wonderful season.

Visit the Fitness Program section of our website here.

The Stone Clinic Fitness Program
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The Stone Clinic Fitness Program focuses on strong balanced muscles that feel electrified even when just walking down the street. Give us your 20 minutes a day, and we’ll show you how to get fit.

How can you get fit in only 20 minutes a day?
             (exercises inspired and adapted from CrossFit.)

  • Use excellent form and technique; quit when the form falls apart. Injuries most often occur as a result of bad technique rather than fatigue.
  • Perform short intense exercises using interval training to exhaustion with very short rest periods (20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest, repeat six to eight times). This produces the highest anaerobic and aerobic capacity. (ref: Dr. Izumi Tabata)
  • Vary the fitness program to your individual performance level.
  • Combine functional exercises with interval training. The term "functional" exercise is used to describe exercises most representative of natural movements.

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Stone Clinic Podcast (new service)
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The Stone Clinic is now broadcasting podcasts and RSS feeds. Podcasts are audio files that users can subscribe to and download free of charge to store on their computers or portable audio devices for listening at their leisure.

The first podcast is: "The Knee Joint: Meniscus - what it is, why it is important, and what to do if you injure it. Followed by a patient Q&A."

 
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Seize life, enjoy every minute, embrace competition, and return to an active lifestyle fitter, faster, and stronger.

Best wishes,
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Kevin R. Stone, M.D.
And The Stone Clinic Team

Phone: (415) 563-3110
Fax: (415) 563-3301