Ice versus heat
For years, the RICE protocol (rest, ice, compression, elevation)has been the standard approach to healing from an injury. But it's all wrong.
Rehabilitative Exercise
A selection of Dr. Lavine's articles on rehabilitative exercise...
Why you have to strengthen your soleus muscle
The soleus is a large calf muscles with a distinct role. Strengthen it to prevent injury, improve running performance, and slow cognitive decline.
Spinal adjustments are even better for knee pain than rehab exercises
Recent research shows that spinal adjustments of the low back and pelvis help relieve knee pain even better than rehab exercises do.
Just finished the 2021 Half Marathon – here’s my takeaway message
My lesson from running the Princeton Half Marathon? You've got to fight....for your right....to party!
Protect your health when you’re chained to your computer
If you work at a computer, you have to get up and move periodically throughout the day. Here's a simple protocol that will protect your health.
3 exercises for the upper back & shoulders
Three exercises for the neck, upper back and shoulders.
The plié – best rehab exercise for the knees and much more
The plié - a basic dance exercise - is the best way to strengthen the knees while preparing the body to absorb vertical landing forces.
Another reason your running slows down as you age
Tenocyte in its connective tissue web
In another article, I discussed one of the reasons given for ...
Why older runners can’t run as fast
There are plenty of ways you can improve your fitness at any age. Someone who’s sixty can train to run faster or ...
Running efficiency at any speed
When I was training for the half-marathon, I wasn't too concerned about my speed. I just wanted to finish. And not ...
Does this supplement solve the exercise paradox?
Even though exercise is one of the best ways to improve your ability to deal with stress, exercise itself is ...
Training for a half marathon. Chapter 6: I nearly passed out
I must have looked wasted. My wife was quite worried. She was ready to meet a friend for lunch but wouldn’t leave ...
I’m running a half marathon. Chapter 5: I can talk myself out of anything
Despite a temporary issue with right trochanter pain, my training was going well. So I set off one morning to ...
Rehab exercises for the hip, trochanter, piriformis, iliotibial band, and sacroiliac joint
I've just finished my exercise video Strengthening Vertical Landing and Lateral Shift. It can help runners, ...
I’m running a half marathon. Chapter 4: My hip rehab program
After a few training runs I began experiencing some hip pain (trochanteric regional pain syndrome -- here's a link ...
