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Speed – Good or Bad?
Every so often, I discover that a “fact” my clinical experience tells me is true is contradicted by evidence...
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Hips, Model-Ts, and Ferraris
I had a conversation a few years ago with a non-runner friend whom I would have to describe as...
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If the shoe doesn’t fit…you really should quit!
A runner I know fairly well just recently resumed his training after a six week lay-off due to injury....
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Clues from Shoes
The evaluation and treatment of running injuries requires consideration of two not-quite-separate components. The first is the diagnosis of...
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Run – Don’t Walk
Last month’s column covered the problems that can develop when runners attempt to alter their natural stride pattern. The...
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Striding Right (updated)
Author’s Note: This article, which originally appeared some years ago, has been updated to address related injuries I have...
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Time’s Up!
I’m going to go out on a bit of a limb here with a prediction: Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya,...
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Hamstrung
The last installment of TTC attempted to debunk the conventional wisdom pertaining to the use of the so-called “hurdler’s...
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Conventional Wisdom
The sport of running, like any sport, has its own set of traditions, customs and folklore. These “truisms”, passed...
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Boys On The Beach
Just saw “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” and somehow was reminded of something I meant to write about a...
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That Four-Letter Word
I have seen a fair number of injured runners in my office over the years. I’d like to think...
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Sports Massage
At the Vermont City Marathon in Burlington a few weeks ago, the finish area was filled with the usual...
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Piriformis Syndrome
A Real Pain in the …. A while back I noted that very often I will be visited by...
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The Hard-Boiled Runner (posture and stress)
Common sense tells us that the great majority of running injuries affect the lower half of the body. Statistics...