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Plantar Fasciitis: A real pain in the foot!
- Footwear
- Injury Prevention
- injury prevention
- medstar health
- running assessment
- walking
By: Rebecca Schumer, DPT, MedStar Health Plantar Fasciitis (PF) can be a real pain in the you know what… the foot! More specifically the bottom…
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ITB Syndrome: Stop Trying to Stretch Your IT Band
- Injury Prevention
- injury prevention
- medstar health
- Tips
- Training
The IT Band, or the Iliotibial Band, is technically a tendon, and runs from the outside of your hip area down to the outside of…
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Building a Stronger Spring: How improving foot and ankle stability make you a better runner
- Injury Prevention
- Training
- Uncategorized
When you break it down, running is essentially just a series of spring-like hops from one leg to another, with the foot being the tip…
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How Running has Shaped the Human I Am
- Community Stories
- Runaway Thoughts
- Running With Locals
- Why I Run
Every time I think of running, I have to smile. It has taken me so far when at the beginning of freshmen year, I wasn’t…
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Summer Training Tips by Olympian and Pro Runner Molly Huddle
- Tips
- Training
Happy training out there this summer! Your future self will thank you for the miles you put in the bank this summer. I hope you're…
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How Running Fosters my Positive Attitude
- Community Stories
- Cross Country
- Runaway Thoughts
- Running With Locals
- Why I Run
To me, the Amy Schuerholz Metz scholarship represents preserving this positive attitude through terrifically strenuous workouts and intense classes. I’m so beyond grateful to have…
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A Guide for Returning to Running Postpartum
- Tips
- Training
Returning to running after giving birth can be an exciting but daunting experience for many new mothers. While it’s important to give yourself time to…
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Video Gait Analysis: How you move matters
- Injury Prevention
- Shoes
- Tips
- Training
- Uncategorized
While each piece is important and related, I find the Video Gait Analysis to be most important. How we run gives the most telling piece…
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You Are What You Eat: Get the knowledge you deserve
- Injury Prevention
- Nutrition
- Training
What we eat affects all the systems of the body, from how we look and feel to how well our bodies work. If you look…