From the category archives:

Injuries

Another Injury

August 25, 2009

I seem to be plagued with injuries lately. First a hamstring injury, now this: a stress reaction in my second metatarsal, left foot.
For those of you that don’t know what a ’stress reaction’ is (I didn’t!), here’s the lay explanation my podiatrist gave me: it’s basically a less serious version of a stress fracture, where [...]

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Running on a Treadmill Increases Injury Risk?

March 19, 2008

Treadmill
By Caylynn via Flickr

I’m sure you’re kind of sick of me talking about this, but I’m still having problems with plantar fasciitis. I was able to run several times last week with no problems, but when I tried to run on the treadmill at my local rec center on Monday, [...]

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Plantar Fasciitis

February 21, 2008

It’s time for me to face it – I really am injured. It’s been almost 2 weeks since my last decent run. I’ve run just two times since February 15 – a 2-mile run last Sunday, and 1 mile on the treadmill on Tuesday. After Sunday’s run, my left heel didn’t feel too bad. [...]

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