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.  [...]

What is it?
The plantar fascia is a tough band of fibrous tissue that connects your calf muscle to your foot. It extends from your calcaneus (heel bone) to the metatarsals (ball of foot). It works to allow your foot “spring” during running and walking.
Plantar fasciitis is an irritation of this tissue due to [...]

As noted in my last article on the (debatable) benefits of stretching, I stretch on a near daily basis to keep things loose. My daily stretch routine usually takes me about 30 minutes, and I try to do it shortly before bed in a quiet room with minimal noises to help relax me before hitting [...]

If you have been a runner for some time, odds are you have heard of, know someone that has, or have orthotics yourself. Some runners have custom orthoses prescribed by their chiropractor, podiatrist, orthopedist or physical therapist. These devices are constructed to limit excessive range of motion, usually pronation.
It is very common in the running [...]

It seems that there are always new research studies coming out that talk about the benefits, or lack there of, of stretching with respect to performance or injury prevention. Sometimes these studies have valid results, sometimes they don’t, and almost all the time, they never talk about their test subjects! For example, if a study [...]

Pronation of the foot is a normal process that occurs when your foot makes contact with the ground. More specifically your ankle and foot will normally pronate 6 to 8 degrees during midstance (Mann RA: Biomechanics of running. Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, St. Louis, 1982). Pronation can be described as the inward collapse of the [...]

Hi Doc, I got hit by a car in 2001 and ever since my right hip/gluteal is so painful I cannot run. I have done multiple Ironman races including Lake Placid and the Boston Marathon. Not being able to run is killing me! I have been through physical therapy and they tell [...]