Category Archives: The Science of Better Living
Trouble losing weight? WCIV anchor Victoria Hansen puts the spotlight on FitMed’s Age Management Program
Can’t lose weight? Maybe hormones are to blame CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — You exercise, you eat right, but still you can’t lose weight. If you’re over the age of 40, hormones may be to blame. Read the Article
Dr. McConnell makes national news in Golf Swing story
Local doctor provides inside info: PGA Tour golfers get chance to have body scans for data (Post and Courier) When Jim Furyk tees off today in the PGA Tour’s The Barclays tournament, he will do so armed with inside information …
Dr. McConnell gives his expert opinion on new lawsuit against Vibram FiveFingers shoes in Post & Courier article
(POST & COURIER) Local runners, docs weigh in on lawsuit against popular Vibram FiveFingers shoes Local runners and fitness buffs weren’t happy to hear about a class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court claiming that Vibram USA Inc. and Vibram …
Baseball Players Turn to PRP to Prevent and Heal Injuries Physician Keeps Players on the Field and out of the Operating Room
For immediate release - PRP is becoming a regular term in the baseball world. Bartolo Colon of the Oakland A’s and New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez are 2 MLB players to recently undergo the procedure. As a result, Charleston Sports Medicine …
A Shorter Road to Recovery for Athletes: Post & Courier highlights Charleston Sports Medicine’s PRP and interviews Dr. McConnell
(POST & COURIER) For CofC Pitcher, New Treatment Worked In the summer of 2010, Nick Osterman was pitching for the Forest City Owls of the Coastal Plains League. With two out in the eighth inning of a baseball game against …
PGA Tour golfers get chance to have body scans for data
(THE POST & COURIER) McConnell, of Charleston Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, uses an X-ray body scanner made by GE Healthcare — the machine, known as the iDXA system, costs up to $100,000 — to give golfers specific data on …
Body scan procedure helping golfers improve performance
DANIEL ISLAND, SC (WCSC) – Your body fat, muscle, and overall body composition all play in role in athletics and how you play your game. Now a cutting-edge x-ray procedure is being used to help athletes, and professional and amateur …
Inherited Health: FitMed Unlocks Your Genetic Code
With genetic testing, FitMed is able to take personalized health planning and disease prevention to a whole new level. Read the Article
Body scan procedure helping golfers improve performance
Your body fat, muscle, and overall body composition all play in role in athletics and how you play your game. Now a cutting-edge x-ray procedure is being used to help athletes, and professional and amateur golfers in particular are taking …
BHRT linked to weight loss after 40.
You will need more than a diet to maintain your ideal weight after 40. Age management science combined with medically based fitness and nutrition is a three tiered approach that works. BHRT [bioidentical hormone replacement therapy] favors weight loss by …
