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As our group come to an end of a scholastic outdoor track season, there were several competitive runners who developed tibial stress fractures. These runners usually participated in the hurdles or any event that required high impact on the lower extremity. These patients have an extremely difficult time in participating in practice or in meets.

So you have been good this New Year and are following through with your resolutions. You’ve run a majority of the days and you feel good. Then while walking down the hallway you feel a slight twinge in you left leg. What the heck is that. Oh no, shin splints. Classic overuse injury. What do you do ?

We have all heard the old sports medicine mnemonic “RICE”. It stands for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. These simple but sometimes effective concepts are meant to be applied following TRAUMATIC sports injuries. Recently the sports medicine community has challenged the value of icing following injury and especially the value of icing a CHRONIC injury.

I don’t think you’ll find too many fitness experts who don’t feel running is one of the best exercises you can do to keep in shape.

The health benefit of Pilates have become and is still becoming recognized all around the world, particularly in North America.

Plantar Fascia is the tight band of muscle placed beneath the arch of the foot. It is the connecting tissue which holds the arch foot and extends to the forefoot.