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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...