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Body weight and the risk for injury
Intuitively it could be assumed that those runners with a higher body mass index (BMI) would be at a greater risk of injury. Obesity has a significant impact on the lower limb and biomechanics, so when it comes to running, those with a higher body weight would have a greater load on the structures and...
Sinus Tarsi Syndrome
This is a painful condition involving the sinus tarsi between the talus and calcaneus. It can be injured as part of an inversion sprain by a strain of the ligaments that cross the sinus tarsi or it can be injured due to an excessively pronated foot compressing structures in the sinus tarsi. Patients...Navicular Stress Fracture
Occasionally you can hear about a top level athlete in the news getting surgery for a tarsal navicular stress fracture. Unless you are at that elite level, it assumed that the avenue of surgical management may not be open. A recent systematic review published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine...Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome and Bending...
The April 2010 edition of Podiatry Today has an update of the latest concepts in Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome. Two key concepts that came through in the article is exactly what is the pathological process in the condition - is it a soft tissue traction issue or a bone stress reaction due to tibial bending...Barefoot Running
There has been a lot of publicity in the media in the last few days with a number of press releases related to the benefits of barefoot running as opposed to running in running shoes. A quick look around some barefoot running websites and some running forums show that these studies have been widely discussed...
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