Written by Dr. Andrew Schupp, DC schuppchiropractic.com I remember hearing the term shin splints in high school as I sat in the athletic training room surrounded by what seemed like the entire cross country team just two weeks into the fall season. Needless to say, ice cups were everywhere. Lower leg aches and pains, or “shinRead more
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This past month, as Marathon training cycle start up for fall, more and more runners started coming into my office complaining of the same thing: “So I have this dull ache in my butt! I think it’s my piriformis.” With this sudden spike of a particular injury in mind, I will attempt to answer theRead more
It all started a few weeks ago. You can distinctly remember one calf just being slightly tighter than the other. “Where did that come from?” you wonder as you don’t miss a step and finish off the run. “That will be gone tomorrow,” you think to yourself as you make your way to the couchRead more
Stretching and running have always gone hand in hand as the cure for sore, overused muscles and the “must do” in order to stay injury free. Over the last few years, as we have learned more and more about our bodies and running economy, the role of flexibility and stretching in terms of long distanceRead more
