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Compartment Syndrome

The muscles in your body are grouped into different compartments which contain muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. These compartments are divided by fascia, which is a layer of connective tissue found throughout the body. The main purpose of fascia is to hold tissues in place. When there is excessive swelling in one of these compartments, it leads to something known as Compartment Syndrome.


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Toe Spacers

One could argue that our feet take the brunt of the beating and are considered one of the more vulnerable areas of the body while running. Every day we squeeze our feet into different types of shoes (sneakers, boots, flats, dress shoes, etc.) which can have a negative effect on the overall health of our feet.

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Vertigo

There are various causes of vertigo, including infection and much more serious problems, namely blood vessel occlusions and brain masses. Luckily, most vertigo we experience is known as “Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo” or BPPV.

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The pandemic stress fracture: what your body is trying to tell us.

Stress fracture: the injury that haunts any runner who has ever had one. It is typically due to a combination of factors including poor recovery, lack of sleep, nutritional deficits, mileage changes, and overtraining. Lately, however, we've seen an increase in the number of stress fractures and it isn't because people are running more. In fact, some of them are running less. I'm talking about 15-20 miles per week TOTAL with no tempo or speed work runs. So why is this happening?

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Letting Go

Setting and adjusting expectations comes with the territory of working with injured athletes. It's something I have to do with my clients on a daily basis, typically throughout the entire day. So when it came to adjusting my own expectations for my own injury, you'd think I'd be a pro. (Hah).

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Return to Sports Rehab

For many athletes, the worst thing about getting an injury is being sidelined. While it is true that an athlete needs to change their training with an injury, ‘rehab’ and ‘training’ are not two separate things. They are different points on the same training continuum. The goal of rehabilitation is to modify training appropriately to prepare an athlete to meet the baseline requirements of their sport

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