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Lead Stories: Monday, December 1, 2008

Running:
The cause or cure for stress?

Posted June 6th, 2007 at 2:33 PM by Jessica Galvano

Section: Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab

Work. Errands. Overgrown lawns, full laundry baskets, and empty bank accounts. With countless concerns and unrelenting responsibilities, where is the relief? For many, exercise provides a much needed reprieve from life’s incessant demands. If your exercise of choice is running, however, you could be unintentionally creating rather than alleviating stress.

While running may seem the “safest” of athletic endeavors, its non-contact allure oftentimes conceals its high impact risks. Each meeting of foot and pavement introduces the possibility of new stresses, or more specifically, stress fractures.

No strangers to injury, distance runners are often intimately acquainted with this dreaded affliction. Inevitably, over time, constant pounding predisposes shins and feet to fracture; these tiny cracks cause point-specific pain and occasionally, mild swelling. The areas most susceptible to stress fractures include the foot’s delicate metatarsal bones, calcaneus (heel), and tibia (shin)—all essential areas in a sport that requires limber lower limbs.
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Hip Tendonitis: Causes, symptoms, treatments and prevention of this dreaded, athletic injury

Posted May 30th, 2007 at 3:30 PM by Alexandra Haller

Section: Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab

All athletes have a dark, furtive, and silent fear of getting injured. It haunts all athletes; from professionals like Meb Keflezighi who was forced to drop out of last April’s Flora London Marathon at mile 16, to casual runners like myself.

Recently, I was sidelined with tendonitis in my right hip a month before I was to participate in my first half marathon.

When I told my sister, she instantly identified with my anguish by saying “So, it must be like going to write a big term paper and having your computer break down the night before it’s due.” Exactly.

When your body seemingly and unexpectedly fails you, you are frustrated, confused, and scared. Fortunately, you can minimize your worries and expedite your healing by educating yourself on the potential pitfalls of regular training, proper care for your athletic body, and ways to prevent such injuries.
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Injury forces Ritzenhein out of U.S. 8-K Championship

Posted March 12th, 2007 at 11:37 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

A foot injury has forced Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein to withdraw from the U.S. 8-K Championship set for Saturday in New York City, race organizers said today.

“While we are crushed to lose Dathan from our 8-K field, we support his decision to withdraw,” said Mary Wittenberg, President and CEO of the New York Road Runners, which is hosting the event.

In a statement issued today, Wittenberg added: “Clearly the right thing to do is to rest a minor injury today before it becomes major so that he is back on the field as soon as possible in this year when the stakes are so high. I expect great things from Dathan this year, and the fans in New York will be glad to know we expect him back here again before the Olympic Marathon Trials on November 3.”
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What can I do about pain in my back or buttocks?

Posted December 21st, 2006 at 6:00 PM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab

If it hurts to touch a point that’s in the middle of one side of your buttocks, you probably have piriformis syndrome.

This chronic condition is very difficult to diagnose, because other injuries may produce exactly the same symptoms. Similar pain may be the result of an injury to bones, muscles, tendons, bursae (pads between the tendons and bones), the hip joint, or the sciatic nerve, but there are ways to determine from which condition you might be suffering.
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