Category — Scaffter Thoughts

[This post is derived from the contents of Dr. Scaff's Fitness Flyer.
The flyer itself is downloadable here as an Adobe Acrobat PDF.]

I. Problems & Solutions Need Action

Problem
“The federal government now spends $952 billion a year on Social Security, Medicare and other beneits for the elderly, which come to a record $27,289 per senior citizen, up 25% since 2000. About 35% of the federal budget is now spent on seniors.”
Source: THE WEEK, Feb. 29, 2008

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QUERY:

A reader and marathon clinic participant writes, “Hey Doc, last year when I joined the Honolulu Marathon Clinic, I developed shin splints.  Fortunately they went away and I completed my first marathon.   Now I’m beginning to run again and I don’t want them back.

RESPONSE:

This is a good news bad news situation.  The good news is shin splints are usually a “first year” phenomenon and when individuals train properly, shin splints rarely return in the second year of training. 

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