https://youtu.be/amUh9Ev4Yb4 Your knee aches every time you go down the stairs, it flares up after a long run, maybe you’ve even iced and foam rolled and gotten treatment of the knee itself, but the pain continues. What’s going on? Many of my patients are surprised when they find out that a mechanical dysfunction in their […]
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If you’ve ever seen the set of stainless steel Graston tools in our office, you may have wondered what those scary-looking devices are good for! You may have even experienced a Graston treatment on your knee or shoulder, but not really understood what the tools do. Today’s article will explain the theory behind Graston, aka
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Do you experience uncomfortable cramps in your legs at night? Do your calf muscles cramp up when you’re least expecting it? Calf cramps and other leg muscle cramps can have various causes. This article will examine some of the most common reasons for getting calf cramps, and then discuss some options for prevention and treatment.
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Whether you’re running Berkeley fire-trails behind the stadium just for fun, or stepping it up for the more serious undertaking that is the Berkeley Half Marathon, you will want to learn about the most common running injuries. Furthermore, there are some simple steps you can take to prevent these injuries! As it turns out, preventing
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Despite what the name sounds like, Osgood Schlatter isn’t the name of a professional weightlifter from Germany. Osgood Schlatter (aka osteocondritis) is a condition of the knee wherein repeated stress from contraction of the quad muscles pulls on the immature tibial tuberosity (bony area at the top of the shin), causing pain, inflammation, and the
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Feelings of depression, fatigue, sluggishness, irritability, and not wanting to start the day’s workout are all symptoms of overtraining. You need to be honest with yourself if you are just tired, say, from not sleeping well last night, or if the tired feeling seems to be coming out of thin air. The cumulative fatiguing effect
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The purpose of this article is to discuss the mechanism of meniscus tears (which usually occur in females over the age of forty). We will discuss the prevention of meniscus injuries and the treatment of meniscus injuries. Anatomy Let’s review meniscus anatomy before we discuss injury. The meniscus of the knee consists of two rings
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1. Prevent injuries Whether you play soccer, basketball, or football on the weekends, research has proven over and over that athletes who squat injure themselves less frequently than athletes who do not squat.1 Full range of motion squats strengthen the gluts, hamstrings, and hip musculature that controls the motion of the knee. Knees that are
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Photo: Flikr cc by lawrencegerald It’s early in the training season, and you’ve got the Oakland Running Festival on your mind as one of your goal races. Whether you will be running the Oakland marathon, half marathon, relay, or 5k, you NEED to be doing these exercises in order to prevent knee pain, hip pain,
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