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Pes Anserine (Goosefoot) Bursitis
This month’s topic is an injury that fortunately is fairly rare. But, like any good bursitis condition, if you...
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Perspective
I began my second running career – after a five year hiatus following graduation from college – 27 years...
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End of the Line
Over the past dozen years or so, this space has covered just about every part of the body that...
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More Conventional Wisdoms Bite the Dust (Part II)
Some time ago in this space (Article #35) I challenged the wisdom – conventionally-held throughout running circles – of...
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More Conventional Wisdoms Bite the Dust (Part I)
As a physical therapy student some 20 years ago, my professors often referred to me by my first name...
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Take a Break
A few years ago this column looked at the topic (Article #33), relative to the healing of and recovery...
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Self-inflicted Wounds
The task of determining the cause of a runner’s injury is sometimes difficult, while other times quite simple. The...
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Above All– Relax!
I had a wonderful coach my freshman cross-country season in college. He had a certain flare for melodrama when...
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Stimulating Thoughts
ITEM: The FDA has announced it is examining claims made by manufacturers and sellers of electrical muscle stimulators to...
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Cross Training
Orange, Ca. – As I sit here in sunny, warm la la land, far removed from the colder...
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Grains of Salt
Everyone has pet peeves. One of mine involves the current relationship between the media and medicine. It seems to...
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Plantar Fasciitis and Shoes – Revisited
Early on in this series (Articles #6 and 13) the topics of running shoes and plantar fasciitis were explored...
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Windswept Hips
For many years, most of the so-called experts on running injuries have held fast to the belief that –...
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Of Yogurt, Yoga, and Yoda
Americans are a shopping people. Cars, stereos, clothes, videos, you name it, we’ll buy it. Or, as my mother...