Local Events
FEB 11-14
11 amMyrtle Beach Marathon: Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K in Myrtle Beach, SC.
for more information please visit: >www.mbmarathon.comMAR 5-6
9 amThe Reedy River Run: 10K State Championship, 5K, and Kids Run in Greenville, SC.
for more information please visit: www.reedyriverrun.comMAR 27
8 amCooper River Bridge Run: 10K and Kids Run in Charleston, SC.
for more information please visit: bridgerun.com
Kent Kurfman - PT, DPT, OCS, MTC
Physical Therapist
An avid runner and physical therapist, Kent Kurfman developed the concept that has become The Running Clinic at Elite Physical Therapy. It brings together his love of physical therapy and obsession with running.
As a physical therapist, Kent has received a Masters and Doctorate degree in physical therapy. He has an extensive clinical background and continues to expand his knowledge of manual therapy and orthopedics techniques. He has earned a Manual Therapy Certification and is a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS).
As an avid runner, Kent has been competing for 30 years, since his junior high days in the late1970’s. He is a tester for the New Balance Athletic Shoe Company, frequently testing various running shoe prototypes. His own history of early career injuries and his interest in biomechanics lead him down a path to the career in physical therapy. Kent continues to compete in mostly 10K’s and marathons, injury free.
His PR’s over the year are as follows:
- 1500 m 4:28:5
- 3200m 10:35
- 3 mile 16:02
- 5 mile 30:17
- 10k 35:46
- Marathon 2:58:37
It's not a matter of choosing to get up early each morning or to lacing up your shoes every evening. It is about connecting to the road, to your stride, to your breathing, to your pace… Stepping away from everything else with only time to focus on only one thing, THE RUN.
You are a runner,it is what You do
As an avid or competitive runner, the goal is to always run farther, faster while maintaining the same level of intensity. At the Running Clinic at Elite Physical Therapy our goals is to provide runners in the upstate the knowledge, training, equipment and medical support needed to reach their your next level.
The Running Clinic does this by can helping you in 4 distinct ways:
- Injury Prevention
- Custom training programs
- Custom fit Orthotics
- Injury recovery
The Runner's Comprehensive Analysis
The Runner’s Comprehensive Analysis is an hour and a half of evaluation and instruction that examine your...
As they all relate to the activity of running. We also examine the potential sources of injury and teach you sound techniques for preventing such injuries. Kent Kurfman, licensed physical therapist, uses his knowledge as a physical therapist, competitive runner, and Dartfist Video and Motion Analysis Software to perform each analysis. At the completion of your Runner's Comprehensive Analysis, we "burn" your video analysis along with our comments/annotations for form correction onto a recordable CD or DVD to provide you with this valuable reference tool in perfecting your running form.
Contact Us
For more info, please call Kent at 864.268.4794 or send him an
e-mail.
The Running Clinic is located at:
Elite Physical Therapy
30 Rushmore Drive
Greenville, SC 29615