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Is the female deadlier than the male?
Posted by simon on 10/4/2007 on simon's blog

I guess you could say I got caught out by my own chauvanism.

Following world champion physical therapist Mark Plaatjes into the room of pain, er.. sorry, treatment room...for my third dose of deep tissue ("no Mark, that's the table, you've gone straight through the muscle") treatment, I was delighted to be introduced to his new intern.

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Help your screaming Achilles tendons

http://www.yourrunning.com/forum-help_your_screaming_achilles_tendons

Achilles problems are the bane of many runners' lives.

Pain in the Achilles can be due to a strain, a tear, or chronic Achilles tendonitis, and likely culprits are a form/gait/muscle imbalance coupled with unhelpful running shoe designs, and/or a change in type or intensity of training. I know my Achilles tendons sometimes scream at me if I start speed work too soon; for other runners it's hill work that will set them off.

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