Category Archives: Your injuries

What a pain in the IT band (how I erased it with PT exercises)

The thought had never occurred to me that there might be injuries that copious rest wouldn’t fix. Continue reading

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Don’t be mad at Jay Cutler; it’s harder to admit injury than keep going

It’s not often that I write about professional sports — this is a running/triathlete blog, after all. But I do write about injuries; this I know a lot about. And what I know is this: admitting that you’re hurt takes a guts. It’s not easy to say not only to yourself, but in Cutler’s case, also to coaches and thousands of spectators, that your body has had enough. Continue reading

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Wear a bicycle helmet, save your life

My boyfriend didn’t start wearing a bicycle helmet until about two years ago (full disclosure: me either). If he still practiced that unsafe habit, on July 17 he might have wound up in the morgue instead of the emergency room.

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