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  • Hamstrings Revisited

    As every Sweet and Sour Soup connoisseur knows, the Chinese zodiac assigns to each year the name of an...

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  • Faux Fasciitis

    Over the past month I have seen two runners referred with a diagnosis of plantar fasciitis. Not an unreasonable...

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  • Ins and Outs

    The majority of tendinitis conditions affecting the lower leg and foot are felt along the medial (inner) side of...

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  • The E-ffect of De-fects

    Improper footwear is a frequent cause for running injuries. Quite often a patient’s history reveals that, just prior to...

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  • Weighty Matters

    L.B. is a young woman who is currently rehabilitating her right knee following arthroscopic surgery one week ago. Her...

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  • The True Achilles Heel (Retrocalcaneal Bursitis)

    In article #47 the most common form of bursitis in runners – trochanteric – was discussed. While there are...

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  • The Bursitis Virus

    “My bursitis is acting up again!” This is one of the most common complaints heard by physical therapists, usually...

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  • Double Workouts

    I am a firm believer in double workouts. I advocate double workouts to enhance performance as well as to...

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  • Compartment Syndrome

    L.W. (not his real name) is a 43 (not his real age) year old novice runner from Oklahoma (not...

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  • Shin Splints

    In reviewing this column’s past entries to find a topic that has never been covered, I discovered that –...

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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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