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The Pittsburgh National Aviary

What a terrific day at the Aviary!! Trish and I spent Saturday hanging out with the birds!! Trish is taking pictures while I risk life and limb trying to entice the birds to eat from my hand. I love to feed the birds in my own yard at home. What an awesome experience to see them up close and personal. The Lories were quite hungry and entertaining. They landed and walked up and down my arm. One climbed up to my neck, for a moment I thought my ear might be a snack.

Samantha Gibson Junior Olympiad; Heptathlon

Samantha "Sam" Gibson is a rising senior star at Trinity Christian School, Pittsburgh Pa. Sam is a Heptathlon athlete headed to Morgan State University, Baltimore MD, for the Junior Olympics National Championships. She is currently ranked 11th in the country.

Sam will compete on Monday and Tuesday. The Heptathlon includes seven events. Monday's events include; the 100 M hurdles, high jump, shot put, and the 200 M dash. Tuesday's events include; the long jump, javelin, and 800 M run.

Illiotibial Band Syndrome; Otherwise Known as IT Band Syndrome

Runners, hikers, cyclists and triathletes are often vulnerable to IT band syndrome. A sudden increase in level of activity, mechanical problems of gait, over-pronation, leg length discrepancies, bow legged, tight and overstretched back muscles and core instability often contribute to IT band syndrome.

In Sewickley Article on Freeze Your Lymphs Race

We had such a positive experience working with Josh, the coordinator of the Freeze Your Lymphs race in Sewickley, PA, that we just want to keep throwing his accomplishment out there. Check out the great article the In Sewickely magazine wrote on the event. As we wrote in an earlier blog just after the race, we were moved by the community support you could see all along the race route. The National Anthem played to start the event off was very touching and we personally think Josh did a fantastic job with every aspect of the event. We ran into Josh last weekend at Jus

Massage Services for Medical Conditions

Massage benefits and medical conditions

Do massage services help many medical conditions? Massage services were once known for spa services or a luxury and for pampering. Not the case anymore... Massage has a wide variety of health benefits and it is not just for relaxation anymore. Do you have arthritis in your knees? How about carpal tunnel? Or a Herniated disk? Studies are now showing that 10% of Americans are now getting Massage Services for Health benefit and the percentage is growing each and every year.