Sports & Dance Injuries
A selection of Dr. Lavine's articles on sports & dance injuries...
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 athletic decline in older people: your maximal heart rate goes down....
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 farther when she (or he) turns seventy. There’s no age limit to...
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 finish dead last. As I piled up the miles, though, I noticed...
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 stressful. Or at least it should be. That's the paradox. There are...
I’m running 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 me until a modicum of life force had returned to my face. I had...
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 cover five miles. About a third of the way through I began to wonder...
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, basketball or tennis players, skiers, or anyone who has problems of...
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 to Chapter 3 that talks about it), so I devised a rehab...
I’m running a half-marathon. Chapter 3: I got hip pain
Analyzing the biomechanical forces that contribute to pain in the area of the hip.
I’m running a half marathon. Chapter 2: the training plan
Once I committed to training for a half-marathon, I had to come up with a plan…
I’m running a half marathon: Chapter 1 – the commitment
It started because I was inspired by one of my patients. I've never had an Olympic athlete in my practice before, so I was excited that one of my recent patients is an...
What are your health biases?
I’ve never been able to understand why some people don’t enjoy exercise. And more importantly, what it would take to change their minds about it. And I have the same curiosity in...
Walk on cobblestones to improve your balance and blood pressure
In today’s modern age, we’re missing out on something - irregularity. In particular, challenging ourselves to walk on irregular surfaces. Researchers in Oregon set up two groups...
Poor sleep leads to athletic injuries
Getting regular sleep is one of the most important gifts you can give yourself. The health benefits are tremendous. And if you’re an athlete, or just someone committed to an...
A lot of shoulder rehab is backward
Many common shoulder problems show up, at least in part, as tightness or limitations in the range of motion. If you have "frozen shoulder," for instance, your shoulder motion is...
Stretching your IT Band doesn’t help much – but here’s an alternative
To relieve stress on the IT Band you have to learn to shift your weight properly.
This exercise is way better than the bridge
The forward pelvic shift is a better alternative to the bridge exercise for core support and low back pain prevention.
