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Dr. Lee Cohen's PANEL OF EXPERTS!Ask the Doc!Dr. Lee CohenIn over 35 years I've helped over 25,000 men, women, and children relieve their pain,and I can help you too. As a Board Certified Foot and Ankle Surgeon and a Fellow ofthe American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, I have the education and experienceto provide the expert care you need. I received my Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degreefrom Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. I served my residency atPresbyterian University Hospital and The Podiatry Hospital of Pittsburgh. I am presentlythe Podiatric Consultant to NFL Philadelphia Eagles Football Team, the Philadelphia76ers and the Philadelphia Wings. I am a consultant to athletic training staff at VillanovaUniversity, Princeton University, West Chester University, Temple University, DrexelUniversity, Widener University and LaSalle University. I am a member of the medical/surgicalstaff at the Crozer Keystone Health system. I have written for national magazinessuch as "Glamour," "Cosmopolitan," "Self," and "Walking".Tracy Steven Peal, Sr.Tracy Steven Peal, Sr., is an Elite Speed Coach and Movement Specialist. He has beenengaged in the field of individual and group athletics, strength training and physical conditioningfor over 15 years and continues to expand his field of expertise. As aMovement Specialist, Tracy analyzes sports biomechanics to provide the most effectiveway to increase speed, efficiency, quickness, agility, power and endurance. Through aunique re-engineering of the athlete’s understanding of movement potential and bodyperception - coupled with intense focus on specialized drills and exercises that re-trainsan athlete’s neuromuscular firing patterns in order to improve to form and technique -athletes quickly develop the skills needed to markedly improve performance and significantlydecrease injury potential.Mark MuirMark Muir has been a licensed Physical Therapist since graduating from ArcadiaUniversity in 1994 with his Master’s of Science in Physical Therapy. Mark has extensiveexperience in Physical Therapy for Orthopedic conditions, is a certified McKenzie practitionerand has been recognized as one of few health care practitioners to successfullycomplete competency training for vestibular/dizziness disorders. Mark has also beentrained in the Graston Technique. This technique utilizes specifically designed stainlesssteel instruments to detect and effectively treat areas exhibiting soft tissue fibrosis orchronic inflammation.Mandy HuggardMandy Huggard is the owner and physical therapist at The Training Room. Mandy graduatedwith honors in 1994 from University of Florida with a Bachelor of Health Sciencedegree in Rehabilitation. She continued on to University of Miami where, in 1996, shecompleted a Master's of Science degree in Physical Therapy. While At University ofMiami she interned with the nationally ranked Hurricane Football Program assisting inathletic coverage and rehabilitation for the athletes. Upon leaving University of Miami,Mandy worked with the world renowned orthopaedic surgeon James Andrews andphysical therapist, Kevin Wilk in Birmingham, Alabama. As both a licensed physical therapistand athletic trainer, Mandy has treated patients from many professional organizationsincluding the NBA, NFL, NFLEL, MLB, PGA, WTA, and WWF. Mandy has lecturednationally on the topics of shoulder, knee, and elbow rehabilitation as well as, coauthoreda chapter entitled Rehabilitation Concerns of the Upper Extremity in Dr. MaryLloyd Ireland's book, The Female Athlete. Mandy specializes in the treatment of shoulderinjuries including the overhead athlete along with prevention and rehabilitation ofACL injuries and she is currently working on her Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree.Her husband, Cary is the Co-Owner of Velocity Sports Performance.Dr. MaenpaaHe's board certified, specializing in Internal Medicine. He has 16 years experience. Theaverage for this specialty is 17 years. Highly regarded by his patients they rate him 3.5out of 4 stars. They point out easy to set appointment. He has won a number of awards,including Top Ten Doctors 2012 and Patients' Choice Award 2008. Is affiliated with thesetop rated hospitals. Graduated from Univ Sheffield Medical School. His average waitingtime is 7 minutes. He has a number of insurance plans accepted. Use Vitals.com toexamine Doctor Garath A Maenpaa from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. See patient commentsmake an appointment or even let us help you to prepare for your visit. Vitals .comwhere doctors are examined.Dr. Tricia BeattyDr. Tricia Beatty is a board certified non-surgical sports medicine physician who specializesin pediatric, adolescent, adult and female musculoskeletal injuries. She has a specialinterest in stress fracture management, overuse injuries, and injury prevention. Shehas served as a team physician on the high school, collegiate, and professional level.Dr. Beatty was highlighted as a top doc 2011 in South Jersey magazine, and this yearas the top female sports medicine physician 2012 in SJ magazine. Dr. Beatty is an athleteherself. She is a former gymnast and NCAA Division I diver, and now enjoys running,cycling, weight training and yoga. Dr. Beatty is committed to helping her patientsreturn to, and maintain an active lifestyle after acute and/or chronic injury. She practicesat The Rothman Institute – Lankenau, 100 Lancaster Ave. Medical Office Building, Suite456 East, Wynnewood, PA 19096 and The Rothman Institute – Newtown Square, 3855West Chester Pike, Suite 340, Newtown Square, PA 19073.Feel free to email us your question, we'll have theappropriate expertrespond within 48 hours… FREE!Email leescohen@aol.com now to get in touch!24 I PhillyFITMay/June I 267-767-4205 I www.phillyfit.comCutting Corners, Incorporating Exercise IntoYour Every Day LifeBy Jason RaffenspergerI have lived in the suburbs of Philadelphia all my life and have struggled mostof it with "bad habits" like smoking, anorexia, binge eating and obesity. As achild I would over eat constantly. I would pour extra sugar on my cereal andeven add Sweet’N Low ® to my diet soda. I really enjoyed the snack stand atmy little league games since I could get cheese fries with a side of SwedishFish ® . As a child, the only thing that helped keep my weight at a moderatelevel was my Karate lessons. At that age, I enjoyed everything I ate and neverworried about what I looked like or how I felt until I started noticing girls.Once that happened, my appearance was everything. I had to have the bestclothes, newest shoes and lots of gel for my hair.As a teen, I started lifting weights with a local body builder. I learned a lotabout weight lifting, but never changed my eating habits. I soon realized cardiowas the way to go, so I started running. Being overweight, it took me a fewmonths before I could run continuously without stopping for a break. Once mybody was conditioned to running, I was able to run ten miles every day,regardless of the weather. The only problem with all the running was I pickedup two more "bad habits": smoking and anorexia. Looking back now, I see itvery clearly and know it all went hand and hand.However, I was blessed to meet my wife a few years later and was able toovercome anorexia with healthy eating habits. She taught me to love foodagain and it is not only ok to eat, but to eat on a regular schedule. She taughtme how to cook, or more accurately, she taught me how to read directions andfeel more comfortable preparing food. Eating is a big part of our lives and mywife taught me to embrace it and not feel guilty about eating. Around the sametime that I met my wife, my knees were starting to suffer from all of the running.I met with multiple doctors and trainers for physical therapy. It helpedmy knees, but I am unable to run like I used to and gained back all my weightI had lost, plus some.When that happened, I started using the small gym that my office offered andwould go every day on lunch, only missing one or two days a month. I neverlost weight, but was able to maintain my weight and feel healthier.A few years later I was blessed with the news that my wife and I would behaving a daughter. A month before she was born, I decided that I smoked mylast cigarette. I went cold turkey and the first month was tough, but once I heldmy little girl I knew I would never smoke again.A few months after she was born I lost my job and the gym my office offered.I had to find a new way to exercise. After getting a new job, I didn't reallyhave the money or the time to join a gym, but knew I wanted to be in bettershape to live a longer and healthier life for my girls. I started with what I knewmost, Karate and basic stretching, eventually combining them into my ownunique stretching routine. Next, I added my weight lifting and physical therapyexperiences to create the rest of my exercises. In a single day I do a minimumof three thousand repetitions. Most days I spread them out evenly to not losetime from work, home and most importantly family. However, there are timeswhere I may have an hour to kill and can challenge myself to complete asmany repetitions as I can. These daily exercises have become my “healthyhabits.” I eat well and exercise and have not missed a day in three years.My daughter continues to inspire me every day to form more "healthy habits”.She inspired me to write down my exercise program and also have it publishedas an e-Book. My e-book is called: Cutting Corners, Incorporating Exerciseinto Your Every Day Life. The idea of my program is about creating a healthyhabit and using it on a daily basis to live a happier and healthier life.Jason Raffensperger is a father and husband who uses his life experiencesfrom being an overweight youth to an anorexic young man in "CuttingCorners". Now a healthy and fit adult, Jason shares his secrets in CuttingCorners to help you balance a healthy lifestyle and a family. He createdmany of the innovative and unique exercises from a loose blend of his martialarts, weight training, and physical therapy.