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Sep
27Plantar 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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Aug
02ITB 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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Jun
14Building 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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Jun
07How 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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May
24Summer 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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May
17How 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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May
10A 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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May
03Video 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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Apr
19You 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…
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Mar
08My Running Journey: From Feeling Scared to Enjoying the Process
- Races
- Runaway Thoughts
- Running With Locals
- Training
- Why I Run
I arrived at the first training session, shaking in my shoes, just so sure I was going to stick out like a sore thumb. I…
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Mar
01Running is Not Just a Physical Sport
- Community Stories
- Running With Locals
- Why I Run
Often when we think about goals around running or exercise, the focus is entirely on our body and the physicality of the movement. How can…
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Feb
22Under Fueling Athletic Performance
- Nutrition
- Training
One of the most common mistakes I see with athletes of all kinds is under fueling. This mistake is not just eating too little food/calories…
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