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Running Doc's Guide to Healthy Running
How to Fix Injuries, Stay Active, and Run Pain-Free
By: Lewis G. Maharam, Frank Shorter (Foreword by)
eBook | 11 January 2024 | Edition Number 1
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256 Pages
23.5 x 18.75 x 2.54
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Running Doc's comprehensive book on running injuries can help you solve your aches and pains for years of healthy running.
For a runner, injury is a terrible fate. Yet every year, nearly half of America's runners suffer an injury severe enough to bring them to a halt. Trust the Running Doc,¢ to get you back on your feet. Dr. Lewis G. Maharam, MD, is the most trusted authority on running health and running injuries, and his guide will help you avoid or fix nearly every common running-related injury. If you're already injured, Running Doc's book will help you diagnose, treat, and recover to run pain-free.
From head to toenails, Running Doc's Guide to Healthy Running is the most comprehensive guide to running injuries and preventative care. Running Doc offers simple, effective treatments for every common running injury and also delivers easy-to-follow advice on the best way to prepare for and enjoy running events of all types and distances.
Running Doc's Guide to Healthy Running addresses:
- How running is good for your health
- Healthy training programs for races and running events
- Choosing running shoes for your gait and feet
- Guidelines for running in cold weather, hot weather, and dry climates
- Safe and healthy marathon and half-marathon training
- Running with a cold, the flu, and aches and pains
- Feet and ankle injuries including plantar fasciitis, Lisfranc, sprains
- Legs and knee injuries including Runner's Knee, IT Band Syndrome, tendinitis
- Back pain from sciatica, piriformis syndrome, and related issues
No matter your malady, Running Doc has got you covered. Get healthy and get back on your feet with Running Doc's Guide to Healthy Running.
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Foreword by Frank Shorter
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: Running for Health
Why Run or Walk for Endurance
Endurance Physiology 101
Training 101: What to Do During Training to Help Achieve
Success at Your Event
Training for Success: The Week Before the Event
Racing for Success: Your Race Day Plan
Getting the Best Equipment
Cold Weather Running Tips
Warm Weather Racing Tips
Traveling to a Desert Race
PART II: Marathons and Half-Marathons<
A Race for Everyone
The Marathon, Then and Now
Marathon and Postmarathon Physiology
The 10 Commandments of Marathon Running
PART III: Running Doc's Repair Shop<
Injury Prevention and Treatment Strategies
J. Willis Hurst and Coca-Cola
General Issues
Aches and Pains
Colds, Flu, and Marathon Sniffles
Common Maladies
Chronic Problems and Cures
Women's Health
PART IV: Injury Manual 101
FEET AND ANKLES
Black Toenails
Achilles Tendinitis/Tendinosis
Retrocalcaneal Bursitis
Plantar Fasciitis
Heel Bursitis, or "Faux Fasciitis"
Pump Bump
Calcaneal Stress Fracture
Cuboid Syndrome
Hallux Valgus (Bunion)
Jones Fracture: Fifth Metatarsal
Metatarsal Stress Fracture
Foot Tendinitis
Morton's Foot
Warts and Corns
Marathon Feet
Dorsum Neuritis (Numb Toes)
Lisfranc Foot Injuries
Ankle Sprain, Ankle Break
LEGS AND KNEES
Plantaris Tendon Rupture
Shin Splints, Tibial Stress Syndrome, Exertional Compartment Syndrome
Runner's Knee
Iliotibial Band Syndrome
Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Distal Hamstring Bursitis
Proximal Hamstring Tendinitis/Tendinosis
Unresolved Quadriceps Pain
GROIN AND HIP
Adductor Strain, Groin Pulls That Won't Go Away
Greater Trochanteric Hip Bursitis
Osteitis Pubis
BACK
Sciatica
Piriformis Syndrome
Sacroiliac Joint
Leg-Length Discrepancy
HEAD
Concussion
PART V: Sudden Death and Running
Five Steps to Prevention
The Case Against Caffeine
When Trouble Strikes
Postscript: Enjoy the Ride
Appendix A: IMMDA's Health Recommendations for Runners and Walkers
Appendix B: IMMDA Advisory Statement on Children and Marathoning: How Young Is Too Young
Appendix C: IMMDA's Revised Fluid Recommendations for Runners and Walkers
Index
About the Author
ISBN: 9781937716417
ISBN-10: 1937716414
Published: 11th January 2024
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 256
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Edition Number: 1
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