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December 9, 2011

Oh dear. The Internet is upside-down again.

In the loopy world of blogs, this is the first post you'll see. For us, it's the last.

From the time this blog launched with several contributors, it has always been in a bit of a gerrymandered space between the sports and health worlds, with some transportation and food thrown in.

We've lost some voices in the year since then, so it's with some relief that those of us still active move to Picture of Health this month. We hope you'll come with us so we won't have to miss you.

It's been fun. Thanks for all the comments!

Photo credit: Getty Images

Posted by Patrick Maynard at 6:09 AM | | Comments (2)
        

April 6, 2011

Got knee pain? Talk about it in our live chat

 

The warmer weather can be difficult for knee pain sufferers who want to go outside and get active. If you are experiencing knee pain and have questions about treatment, check out our live chat today at noon with a pain specialist from Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Paul Christo, director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Training Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will be taking reader questions from noon-1 p.m. Not sure if you can make the chat? Send questions in advance to healthcalendar@baltsun.com and come back to the chat to read the transcript. Learn about other pain topics in Pain: Time to Take Charge.

Baltimore Sun file photo

Posted by Kim Walker at 6:30 AM | | Comments (0)
Categories: Injuries
        

December 10, 2010

Runner romance

A little romance among runners? Kate O'Neill competed in the '04 Olympics in Athens and recently wed another former All-America runner.
Read about the romance and wedding, click here.

Posted by Andrea Siegel at 5:00 AM | | Comments (0)
        

November 30, 2010

Live chat tomorrow on back pain

 

Have you ever injured your back while biking, weightlifting or other exercise? Back pain is the second only to headaches as the most common neurological ailment in the United States, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Wednesday at noon, The Baltimore Sun will be hosting a live chat on lower back pain with Dr. Paul Christo, director, Pain Training Program, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. You can email questions in advance to healthcalendar@baltsun.com or just post them on Wednesday here. Can't make it? We'll send you a link to the transcript.

(Los Angeles Times file photo)

Posted by Kim Walker at 1:00 PM | | Comments (0)
Categories: Injuries
        

November 1, 2010

Give Angela some IT band advice

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IT band issues usually come in the form of knee pain. You don't have to be a professional athlete to run into the problem, though lots of intervals and track work are often cited as contributing factors. (AP photo by Michael Probst)

Kelly Barten, a community blogger at RunOregon, recently had a reader with an issue that may sound familiar:

Listen IT Band, if you want my children and husband to survive, I suggest you heal up FAST! I rested last week but couldn't pass up running a few miles (six, okay?!) to watch the Portland Marathon on Sunday.

I don't have a husband or kids, but my wife and pets expressed a good bit of incredulity a few weeks back, when I was regularly using foam rollers, packing ice on my knees, doing strange stretches and walking backward down stairs.

Continue reading "Give Angela some IT band advice" »

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Categories: Injuries, Running, Walking
        

October 30, 2010

Putting goals in perspective

Karla Bruning, the Washington Times' running blogger, wrote a nice piece today about maintaining perspective when goals get delayed. Specifically interesting was how she compared her own problems to those of Ryan Hall, who's in the area right now for the Marine Corps Marathon expo. From Bruning's post:

My doctor postulated that I had a meniscus tear, tendonitis or a pinched fat pad. First, all I could think was, “What? My knees are fat?” Sheesh! And then, “Oh no! Am I going to be able to run the marathon?”

If a pro like Ryan Hall could pull the plug on the big goal in the big race that he’d been training for his entire career, perhaps I could conceive of missing the marathon.

To find out whether Bruning is still planning to run in New York, read her whole post >>


 
 

Ryan Hall in Washington - Click to see full twitpic from @runningrambling
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Categories: Events, Injuries, Marine Corps Marathon, Running
        

September 30, 2010

Are you hurt?

It's been a long time since high school in Michigan. That's the last time I was injured seriously: Specifically, a pulled muscle in the ninth grade that stalled cross country training for a month.

Now, however, I'm starting to feel creaky again. Ligaments don't fit together quite right while I'm going down stairs. An ankle that always feels like it wants to pop takes longer to warm up when I'm running. I've started using a lower gear when I occasionally bike to work, in the hope that I can keep my left hip happy.

None of these issues seem to have been serious, mainly because I'm cautious (and lazy) enough to stop running for up to a month at a time when it seems prudent -- something this story discusses in detail.

Continue reading "Are you hurt?" »

Posted by Patrick Maynard at 10:09 AM | | Comments (0)
Categories: Injuries, Philadelphia
        
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Andrea Siegel, a reporter at The Baltimore Sun, covers mostly crime and courts in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, as well as legal issues. She wishes she was more physically fit, and, as she's more fond of chocolate than exercise, fitness is a challenge. Her partner on a one-mile-plus daily walk is the family dog, a mixed breed named Moxie, and she exercises at the gym where the D.C. snipers once worked out.
Jerry Jackson has been a photo editor at The Baltimore Sun for 14 years and an avid cyclist for more than 30 years. Inspired by the movie "Breaking Away," he started racing as a teenager in Mississippi when leather "brain baskets" were still the norm. He regularly commutes to work by bike and still enters several mountain bike races a year for fun.
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Patrick Maynard, who will be writing about running and walking, has been a producer for baltimoresun.com since 2008. In 2009, he tweeted on-course for the Sun from the Baltimore Marathon, finishing in just under 4 hours and almost managing to run the whole time. He sometimes walks to the Sun offices on Calvert Street.
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Leeann Adams, a multimedia editor at The Baltimore Sun, also dabbles in content for the mobile website and iPhone app and covers the Ravens via video. She did a triathlon to celebrate her 40th birthday and continues to swim, bike and run -- none of them quickly, though. Her biggest fitness challenge is to balance working, working out, spending time with her husband and being a mom to a 6-year-old boy.
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Anica Butler, the Sun's crime editor, is a former high school runner and recovering vegetarian who spent more of her early-adult years on a bar stool than working out. She is currently training (though poorly) for a half marathon and is trying to live a generally healthier lifestyle. She also hates the gym.
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