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How To Correct Your Work From Home Posture

Article added October 5, 2020 Categories Columns, Featured Columns, Injury Prevention
Written By: JORDAN SMITH

If you’ve been working from your couch, these 4 moves can help you fix it.   The coronavirus pandemic threw most of us into new routines unexpectedly. For those fortunate enough to be able to transition to working from home, the quick shift may have left you without a proper desk—and six months later, you’re still working […]

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How many days a week should I run?

Article added September 28, 2020 Categories Beginners, Beginners Training, Featured Beginners, Injury Prevention, Training
Written By: SUSAN PAUL

A weekly plan can help you to stick to your new fitness goal. I’m a new runner during the coronavirus lockdown. I’m really enjoying it, but is it OK to go running everyday or am I at risk of injuring myself? Can I run everyday? We ask exercise physiologist Susan Paul: New runners often ask how […]

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Why You Experience Shoulder Pain While Running and What to Do About It

Article added September 14, 2020 Categories Featured Training, Injury Prevention
Written By: JENNY MCCOY

Expert advice for identifying, alleviating, and preventing the most common causes of this pesky issue. When I first started running about seven years ago, my shoulders would randomly throb midworkout. The shoulder pain while running was definitely annoying (and on occasion, pretty excruciating), but it dissipated the more I ran, so I didn’t think much of it. […]

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Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Sports Massage

Article added August 17, 2020 Categories Featured Columns, Injury Prevention
Written By: ASHLEY MATEO

Massage therapists and sports M.D.s share their pre-appointment tips. Massage is often written off as a luxury (mostly because of the damage it can do to your wallet), but the pros know that bodywork can make a major difference in performance. “I usually get a massage three to four times a month, but it depends […]

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Cindy Ofili’s Prerun Warmup Primes Your Muscles for Movement

Article added August 11, 2020 Categories Featured Training, Injury Prevention, Race Training, Training
Written By: DANIELLE ZICKL

The pro runner demonstrates her go-to stretches and exercises that prevent injury and improve performance. Speed workouts are an integral part of your training for a reason: They help you build muscle and become a faster, more efficient runner. “Flirting with faster paces during interval training and other speed workouts will get you to faster results over time […]

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