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Choose Your Running Shoes Carefully

If you're a runner, the wrong running shoe could sideline you.  As Robert Preidt recently reported in medicine.net, choosing the wrong running shoe could result in everything from mild discomfort to pain and injuries such as shin splints, plantar fasciitis, stress fractures, irritated nerves or the loss of a toenail, warned Dr. Christina Rowe-Bauer, a podiatrist with Penn State Health Sports Medicine.   If you're new to running or an […]

todayAugust 8, 2019

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Summer Pavement Burns: Make Sure It’s Rubber, Not Your Skin That Meets the Road

When skin touches sunbaked pavement, serious burns can quickly set in.  In fact, according to medicine.net, in sizzling regions like the Southwestern United States, all it takes for a severe burn is 2 seconds of unprotected skin-on-asphalt contact.   "Our research shows that in our city, the risk starts when the ambient temperature reaches 95 degrees Fahrenheit, and goes up from there," said Dr. Paul Chestovich, a Las Vegas burn […]

todayAugust 7, 2019

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