{"id":42,"date":"2014-12-11T12:08:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T04:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2015-05-11T13:00:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T05:00:17","slug":"testimonial-ken","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/testimonial\/testimonial-ken\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken&#8217;s Testimonial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From:<strong> Ken Stirrat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To: Joan Law, Steps &#038; Providence<\/p>\n<p>Date: 20 December 2014<\/p>\n<p>Subject: Marathon Des Sables<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taking on the infamous Marathon Des Sables had always been a life-time ambition. Having taken the plunge and committed myself, I was beset by injuries in the training leading up to the race. By January, just 12 weeks before the race was due to start, I had some serious hamstring and lower back problems and it looked like the dream might be over. That&#8217;s when I went to see Joan Law at Steps &amp; Providence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Within the first two visits we had set a clear goal which was to get me on the start line in April, capable of finishing the race. After initial diagnosis and assessment, Joan set carefully-planned strengthening and stretching exercises, coupled with training on the Alter-G Anti-Gravity treadmill. This gave me the grounding I needed to improve my fitness and core strength. I also looked carefully at my own diet and cut out all the non-essentials. By April, I was ready for the race and went on to successfully complete the gruelling 6 marathons in 6 days across the Sahara desert. I can recommend Joan and her practice whole-heartedly.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: Testimonials from patients are not edited for originality purposes.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: Ken Stirrat To: Joan Law, Steps &#038; Providence Date: 20 December 2014 Subject: Marathon Des Sables &nbsp; Taking on the infamous Marathon Des Sables had always been a life-time ambition. Having taken the plunge and committed myself, I was beset by injuries in the training leading up to the <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/testimonial\/testimonial-ken\/\"> <nobr>Read More<\/nobr><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":562,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page_42.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"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=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/664"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}