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Carolina Barre & Core Video: Better form at the Barre.

Apr 13, 2014 | Susu

Here’s the first in a new series of videos we’re doing with our client CAROLINA BARRE & CORE ~ as Amity & Karen  demonstrate common errors people make “at the barre”.  We’re offering brief HOW TO clips of specific barre positions that seem to give the most people trouble as they try to get the […]


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So, This is 40 ??!!

Apr 13, 2014 | scoop team

Hendrick Mini brings you scoopcharlotte’s series on What to Expect in Your 40s. Most say it’s the best time ever. It seems that with age comes confidence and empowerment.  Women settle into their own, finally accept the beautiful body given to them, know who their friends are, and basically don’t settle for anything less than […]


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Orthocarolina explains female soccer Injuries and causes in kids & older athletes

Apr 1, 2014 | scoop team

With warmer weather upon us, soccer season is in full swing. Help keep your kids and teens on the field and out of the doctor’s office with this insight on female soccer injuries from former professional soccer player and PA-C Andy Hylton of OrthoCarolina. Scoop: It’s a known fact that female athletes are more prone […]


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7 Common Fitness Questions Answered by a Fitness Professional

Mar 18, 2014 | Susu

Devan Kline is a local 25 year old fitness professional ~ C.P.T. (certified personal trainer) and F.N.S. (fitness nutrition specialist) ~ who has helped helped a multitude of area women change their lives through his rapidly growing studios Burn Bootcamp, and thousands more around the nation through his Online Training for Busy Moms – MamaBurst.com. […]


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Hilliard Studio Method now available in video on demand.

Mar 17, 2014 | Susu

Been wondering what all the fuss is about with Liz & Clary Hilliard’s Hilliard Studio Method®?   If you go……then you know. But if you’ve been curious about this local super-popular, super-effective workout and are not able to get over to HSM in Myers Park to participate ~ no matter what the reason ~ HSM […]


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The Great Stretching Debate. Should you?

Mar 13, 2014 | Susu

This month, we sat down with PT Todd Shropshire of OrthoCarolina to get the scoop on a fitness topic worth chatting about. Whether you’re a casual runner or triathlon athlete or a sporadic gym-goer working to sweat off a wine & cheese habit, Shrophshire’s advice is simple: Take the time to stretch. Below, he gives […]


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The Scoop on Fitness: To Stretch or Not to Stretch

Mar 11, 2014 | scoop team

This month, we sat down with PT Todd Shropshire of OrthoCarolina to get the scoop on a fitness topic worth chatting about. Whether you’re a casual runner or triathlon athlete or a sporadic gym-goer working to sweat off a wine & cheese habit, Shrophshire’s advice is simple: Take the time to stretch. Below, he gives […]


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Fashion by Nordstrom, Body by Flywheel.

Mar 11, 2014 | Susu

Charlotte Flywheel Instructors model the newest Swim & Active Wear from Nordstrom South Park. Our prior fashion shoot with the fit & fabulous Flywheel instructors modeling What to Wear for New Year’s Eve was one of our most popular posts in the month of January.  Now that we’re all gearing up for spring vacations and […]


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New OTC treatment for Eczema from Avene works wonders.

Mar 2, 2014 | Susu

by Keerstan Chaney, Aesthetician. Charlotte Skin & Laser For all eczema and dry, itchy skin sufferers, there is finally a solution for you.  Throw away your heavy emollient creams and hydrocortisone/steroid treatments and switch to XeraCalm A.D. (I LOVE IT!)  For as long as  I can recall I have always had rough, dry and occasionally […]


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Why you should ditch the bottled salad dressings

Feb 22, 2014 | scoop team

How many times have you seen someone pile their salad plate with all sorts of healthy veggies only to top them off with a pound of extremely unhealthy dressing?  You may even be guilty of doing that yourself. Well, did you know that certain dressings can actually make a simple salad more caloric than a […]


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Are IV Spas in our beauty & fitness future?

Feb 21, 2014 | Susu

When I see something beauty written up twice in one day, I take notice.  Especially when it sounds completely cray to me, but is apparently completely legit. Intravenous therapy is making its way out of celeb-u-dom and into spas and medspas around the country.  IV Therapy is being adopted by luxe beauty outposts, who are […]


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Our look at HIIT continues…with some common injuries for women.

Feb 20, 2014 | Susu

by Aaron Hewitt PA-C, Physician Assistant OrthoCarolina’s Sports Medicine Center Whether it’s competitive sports or staying in shape, who doesn’t want to be a lean, fat-burning machine?  It‘s human nature to push ourselves and to want to be the best, and we it comes to exercise and sports, we can occasionally go too hard. One […]


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