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1 How to Deal With 4 Common Running Issues
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2 Before You Shape Up For Summer, Remember These Tips
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3 What's the Deal with: Tendonitis?
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4 What was your most recent sports injury?
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5 What's the Deal With Kerri Walsh's Shoulder Tape?
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6 Don't Run Yourself Into a Stress Fracture
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7 How Do You Handle a Fitness-Related Injury?
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8 R.I.C.E. Review
If you're on a plan to shape up for Summer, make sure you do it the right way. You don't want to end up sidelined with injuries just when the weather starts making the outdoors inviting, or waste your time on exercises that aren't giving you results! Here are a few ways to keep your bikini shape up plan safe and effective. Start off slow: Enthusiasm goes a long way when you want to start getting Read more
From itchy legs to charley horses, runners are prone to certain common problems. Whether you've experienced all or none of these issues, here's a quick refresher on how to deal with some of running's most common — and treatable — issues. Read more
After reading the progress reports from the Get Fit For 2010 community group and contest, I noticed one big trend: injuries. They happen to the best of us; if you lead an active life, chances are high you will suffer some bumps, bruises, and strains along the way. If you happen to sprain your ankle or strain your hamstring, immediate first aid can help you heal faster. No matter if you injured Read more
Whether you pull a muscle at yoga or sprain an ankle while running, getting injured during a workout is no fun. It's painful and can often lead to a period of downtime. For some, the idea of putting their workout schedule on hold is out of the question. I usually take a few days off, but getting started again can be a struggle after a hiatus. What about you? How Do You Handle a Read more
Over training happens. You love what you do. You do it too much. Your body starts to break down. Your bones begin to crack. An over use injury you definitely want to avoid is a stress fracture. Common in professional sports that intensely work the lower body like running and basketball — hoops star Yao Ming has been suffering from one in his foot for two years now and marathoner Paula Read more
Watching Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor kick some sand-covered butt has been a highlight of the Summer Olympics so far, and I'd love to see this dynamic duo go home with the gold. Meanwhile, I've been puzzling over the multicolored tape that Walsh has been wearing on her shoulder; sometimes it's black, sometimes it's blue, but clearly it's there for a reason. I did a little research and Read more
Unfortunately we all get sidelined from time to time. We trip. We fall. We overwork. We get hurt. So, I am curious... What was your most recent sports injury? Tennis elbow Sprained/twisted ankle Dislocated shoulder Pulled a hamstring/calf ACL tear Broke a bone Had to get stitches Other - tell me below Read more
Injuries are a serious bummer, especially when they prevent you from doing the things you love. One common injury is tendonitis, and I bet you already figured out that it involves your tendons, which you remember are those tough, yet flexible bands of tissue connecting muscles to bones. When a tendon becomes inflamed or irritated, that's tendonitis (or sometimes spelled tendinitis). Symptoms Read more
It seems like boating season unofficially begins on Memorial Day weekend with everyone headed to their lake houses, weekend river residences, or the beach. In different parts of the nation, boating accidents, injuries, and unfortunately fatalities are on the rise. Now that I've captured your attention, let's review a few tips on boating safety. Boater's fatigue is real, and it can wear you Read more
We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from espnW here on FitSugar! By Luke Cyphers Dara Torres once wrote a book called Age Is Just a Number. Nowadays, though, the feel-good story of the 2008 Olympics admits to, well, feeling her age. Torres won two silver medals as a 41-year-old mother and swimmer in Beijing, but she harbors no illusions about repeating the feat four years later. "You Read more
