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All Posts in Category: American Marathoner

SMART Tools – ITBand Treatment (Short Version)

So a lot of our patients have issues with pain, tenderness and tightness in and around the Iliotibial Band, often times referred to as the ITBand.  While in most cases there are various reasons why our patients present with pain in this particular tissue, treating it has been done various ways in the past, some […]

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Research Roundup: What Do Recreational Runners Think About Risk Factors for Running Injuries? A Descriptive Study of Their Beliefs and Opinions

Do you read about running studies over the weekend?  Because that is what I found myself doing this weekend! Publication:  Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, Volume 44, Number 10, October 2014 Study Design:  Qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews Objectives:  To describe the beliefs and opinions of runners about risk factors associated with […]

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Pre-Season Conditioning Helps Prevent Hamstring Injuries – StopSportsInjuries.org

When I was cruising through some pages that we like to frequent here at Glen Oaks Health and Spine, I couldn’t help but notice a short article over at http://www.stopsportsinjuries.org/ entitled “Pre-Season Conditioning Helps Prevent Hamstring Injuries” which can be found at: http://www.stopsportsinjuries.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=A_-4yLDJn2M%3d&tabid=263 (PDF Format) The author of the article is David Geier, MD and […]

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Research Roundup – Habitual running ‘may protect against knee osteoarthritis, not cause it’ states new study.

Well would you look at that!  Times are a changing in the old medical world and this time we are getting it right.  We feel pretty strongly here at the office that often times, bones are not thought of as living  objects and that most people feel that bones are just hard, solid pieces of […]

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America’s Fastest Marathoner, Ryan Hall, Is Retiring – Did we see a small sample in over training?

Did anyone else see all the news?  The man who raced with such tenacity that he often left it all on the course is retiring.  The past few years have been heavily dominated by Kenyan, Ethiopian, and a few other African distance runners, but during that time, two highlights of American running have been Meb […]

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