{"id":375,"date":"2015-04-14T12:35:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T04:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/?page_id=375"},"modified":"2015-05-11T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T03:45:41","slug":"ken","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/our-patients\/sports\/ken\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Name of Patient: Ken<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>\u201c\u2026I had some serious hamstring and lower back problems, and it looked like the dream might be over\u2026 Joan set carefully-planned strengthening and stretching exercises, coupled with training on the Alter-G Anti-Gravity treadmill\u2026By April, I was ready for the race \u2026\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"661\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ken02.jpg\" alt=\"ken02\" width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ken02.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ken02-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ken02-1024x558.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Condition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Had been training for Marathon Des Sables.<\/li>\n<li>Twelve weeks before the race in April 2014, Ken suffered from serious hamstring and lower back pain that threatened to abort his life-time ambition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experience with Steps &amp; Providence:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During the first two weeks, with Joan\u2019s help, a set of goals and training milestones were set leading up to the race.<\/li>\n<li>The treatment regime comprises strengthening and stretching exercises, coupled with training on the Alter-G Anti-Gravity treadmill.<\/li>\n<li>In a couple of months, Ken\u2019s fitness and core strength improved.<\/li>\n<li>By April, he was ready for the race and conquered the 6 marathons in 6 days across the Sahara Desert.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nRead up about how Ken would not let sports injury dash his marathon dreams, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/our-patients\/testimonial-ken\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name of Patient: Ken &nbsp; \u201c\u2026I had some serious hamstring and lower back problems, and it looked like the dream might be over\u2026 Joan set carefully-planned strengthening and stretching exercises, coupled with training on the Alter-G Anti-Gravity treadmill\u2026By April, I was ready for the race \u2026\u201d &nbsp; &nbsp; Condition: Had <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/our-patients\/sports\/ken\/\"> <nobr>Read More<\/nobr><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":535,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-375","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions\/667"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}