From its humble beginnings of 38 runners in 1970, the Seattle Marathon has seen its participants grow to what is estimated to be 17,000 runners this year! The Bastyr Sports Medicine Club is proud to announce yet another successful year volunteering at one of the top-10 marathons/half marathons in the U.S.!
To kick off the 2011 festivities, a two-day Health and Fitness Expo was held at the Westin Seattle Hotel. The BSMC, in partnership with Kinesio Tape USA, tabled for the company, offering free Kinesio taping by students trained under Dr. Takakura (a core Bastyr faculty and Kinesio Tape representative). Kinesio Tape trained BSMC members assessed and treated a multitude of preexisting conditions and provided preventative taping for: strains, sprains, inhibiting hyper tonic muscles, facilitating weak muscles, lymphatic drainage, and mechanical correction for joints such as those of the knee and ankle and much more.
On the day of the marathon, runners and walkers visited the Victory Recovery Area located at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, in search of a means to remedy their ailing bodies. The BSMC students offered free soft tissue massage, naturopathic manipulation, muscle energy stretching, and Kinesio taping to nearly 200 highly inspirational half and full marathon participants. The BSMC members saw a cornucopia of conditions including, but not limited to, muscle strains, muscle spasms/cramps, joint sprains, hypothermia, skeletal subluxations, and a variety of myalgias.
The BSMC and its members would love to invite you to future events including a 3-day event at the Emerald City Classics Volleyball tournament during the spring and a number
A big "Thank you" to:
Our Attending Docs:
Dr Masahiro Takakura, Dr Darci Davis, Dr Sheetal Shah
BSMC Co-Captains:
Cassy Dymond, Calvin Kwan
BSMC Members:
Andrew Simon, Lily Chang, Cory Ojima, Chad Borys, Erica Joseph, Cyndi Hope, Allison Apfelbaum, Effy Germais, Shawn Postma, Stacey Meisel, Nichole Anderson, Vanessa Pavey, Landon Opunui, Anup Mulakaluri, Seth Enos, Laura Firetag

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