I understand filling out paperwork can be a complete pain in the ass. Rarely do people want to take the time to provide a complete history, even when they have the ability to fill it out on their phone while watching old reruns of King of Queens. Unfortunately, the Devil lies in the details and the details matter quite a bit. Recently I had a runner appear at my office that has had multiple people evaluate him with several months of treatment. Reading through his history, the

Ain’t nothing like health A patient said that to me a few months back. I laughed but the comment stuck with me. The sexy leg picture is my own. A recent bike race was going all too well until it came to an abrupt end. Now I'm laid up and all I want to do is be able to move - without pain and with full trust that my knee will hold. Face down in the mud, I moved my toes - knees - hips - fingers - shoulders- head. I could feel all my joints and they all moved. Problems began whe

Many people know shoe selection can affect their ability to run. Today I am not writing about which running shoe will prevent an achilles injury but explaining how the shoes that we use on a daily basis can affect our achilles tendon health. High heeled shoes cause a shortening of the calf muscles that come together to form the achilles tendon. Lower heeled shoes allow for lengthening of the muscles, but the muscles may not have the ability to elongate. Female patients provid

Fairly often I have a patient that states “I stretch all day long and I still feel tight.” The obvious solution for many seems to search stretches for the affected body part and keep working. Muscles become tight for a reason. Every muscle in the body crosses at least one joint. The muscles function to create movement and provide stability across the joint(s). Chronic hypertonicity of musculature is likely as sign of an underlying pathology oversimplified as a “tight muscle.”

Many runners at some point in time will experience pain commonly referred to as shin splints. Shin splints are typically referred to by location of pain or dysfunction. Like any injury, far too often the area of discomfort becomes the area of focus. Strain of the tibialis posterior causes pain typically located on the back of the lower leg. The tibialis posterior muscle runs along the back of the shin down toward the inside of the foot. Along with the tibialis anterior muscle