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For most runners this is the off-season. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean we have “off”, but that does mean we should not be “on”! By far the biggest problems I see are in runners who do not respect the off-season, and thus maintain a high mileage or hard work out routine. The body needs periodization. [...]

I was recently interviewed for a running piece on training (or not training) during pregnancy… and it got me thinking. I started to realize the similarities between women who become pregnant and therefore may have to adapt their running schedule, and my patients who are recovering from injuries and also have to adapt their running [...]

Written By Runner Therapy Columnist Marisa – It’s the time of year when the news, magazines and other media look back and recap the year. I suppose we all may do this as well, usually hoping for a better next year than the one before. We think maybe this will be the year we break [...]

For running injuries we may think of injuries as acute and traumatic. Traumatic or acute injuries occur all at once..think  trips, falls and twists. However, the majority of running injuries, unlike other sports, are from overuse. These are the injuries that result from too many miles or (think tendonitis, stress fracture.) However, I recently was [...]

Around this time of year I always fall into a strange period.  Without fail I overdo it on the holiday cheer, don’t stick to my running schedule and loose a lot of the fitness I’ve gained over the previous 10+ months. It always has been because I’m either too tired to run or just bored [...]