by pribut on July 8, 2010
Blisters are a common sports injury caused by a combination of friction and moisture. Blisters normally
cause pain that limits your activity and resolve and go away. You should take good care of blisters to avoid infection. Running in pain with an altered gait can cause you to injure another body part. A couple of days [...]
by pribut on March 24, 2010
Two Steps Forward One Step Back: Marching To Marathon Success
The 10% rule of limiting weekly increases in mileage to no more than ten percent is widely quoted as the sin qua non of incremental training. In many cases even this may be too much. An invariably rising load of 10 percent each week may not [...]
by pribut on March 22, 2010
There is much variety among the blogs at Runner’s World. But not long ago the Penguin flew off and waddled away. He is missed by many and has left a void among the determined blog reading, but non-elite runners.
Journalism professor and fitness geek Ted Spiker has started a new blog at Runner’s World called The [...]
by pribut on January 14, 2010
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Jan. 13, 2010 gave disappointing results in using plasma rich protein to treat non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy. It showed no difference between using a sham injection of saline and combining it with a painful eccentric stretching protocol in comparison with an injection of plasma rich [...]
by pribut on January 6, 2010
An article written for the January, 2010 issue of Podiatry Management Magazine entitled “Challenging Running Injuries: Be Knowledgeable, Be Prepared” is available in PDF format. It is at the PM site along with a quiz for continuing medical education credit. The target audience is health care professionals. Much of the information has been or will [...]
by pribut on November 25, 2009
Holiday wishes and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. This is just a quick note.
I’ve added some new material and updated some older material. The topics and pages are:
Injuries To the Hallucal Sesamoid Bones: Sesamoidopathy and Sesamoiditis
Hallux Rigidus and Hallux Limitus
Turf Toe
These can all be challenging problems for athletes. They are less common than certain other problems, [...]
by pribut on November 1, 2009
Meb Brings It On Home!
The winners are in for the 2009 New York Marathon. Another exciting and great race with some surprises. Paula Radcliffe placed 4th in the race and suffered from ongoing injuries. Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia finished in first place. Meb Keflezighi, wearing a USA singlet, 34 years old, set a PR (2:09:15) [...]