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	<title>Commonwealth Sports Medicine</title>
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	<description>Treatment for Athletes by Athletes</description>
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		<title>“Rider, Heal Thyself!”</title>
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There are three kinds of athletes: those that have been injured, those that are injured, and those that will be injured.  To excel in competitions athletes must push themselves to their limits.  To train for competitions they must overload their physical systems in order to obtain a training adaptation.  It’s at these times that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commonwealthsportsmedicine.com/2009/03/12/%e2%80%9crider-heal-thyself%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Sports Psychology&#8230;.Dana Blackmer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dana Blackmer, Sports Psychologist is here with video&#8217;s of the upcoming Jefferson Cup Road Race, with an additional kick: tips on how to use imagery techniques while watching the videos to improve mental preparation and enhance performance.  Dana additionally gives you turn by turn video narration highlighting many facets of the course from former winner Gary Hoffman&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commonwealthsportsmedicine.com/2009/03/12/sports-psychologydana-blackmer-on-cycling/</link>
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		<title>Lois Creamer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eighty-two year-old Lois Creamer displays some of her medals and certificates from the
various 10K and half-marathon events in which she’s competed.
On the Road, Again
By Patty Kruszewski, Henrico Citizen Managing Editor
Like most people who work full-time, Lois Creamer looks forward to the weekends.
But that&#8217;s where Creamer&#8217;s similarity to most people ends.
At 82, the legal secretary for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commonwealthsportsmedicine.com/2009/02/11/lois-creamer/</link>
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		<title>How does your doc relate to you?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is an article that patient passed on to me this past week&#8230;..Dr. Stadler


Personal Best
But First, Doctor, What Was Your Marathon Time?


HIPPOCRATES THE OLYMPIAN Athletic patients may want to find physically fit physicians.
 YOU are an athlete, or, at least, very active. Should you seek doctors who are athletes, too? After all, some obese people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commonwealthsportsmedicine.com/2008/01/14/but-first-doctor-what-was-your-marathon-time/</link>
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		<title>Lois Cramer Making New Strides</title>
		<description><![CDATA[‘Lois Cramer Making New Strides’
Take a look at one Lois Cramer and her recent publication showing all she has achieved.  We passed the article around the office and everyone at CSM is so proud of you.
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		<link>http://www.commonwealthsportsmedicine.com/2008/01/12/lois-cramer-making-new-strides/</link>
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		<title>Patellofemoral Syndrome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pain in the front of the knee that is worse with hill running or long term sitting is likely due to a poorly understood but very common condition.  This condition is so poorly understood that experts can’t even agree what to call it.  It goes by: Anterior knee pain; Chondromalacia patella; Patellofemoral arthralgia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commonwealthsportsmedicine.com/2008/01/10/patellofemoral-syndrome/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;2-a-days&#8217; The Latest Evidence in Preventing Injury</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tips for Safer Two-A-Days
Injury rates increase during two-a-day workouts whether athletes are in peak physical condition or not. In fact, many athletes don’t even make their starting lineup because of injuries incurred during preseason training.
Here are some tips to help ensure athletes stay at their best and prevent heat-related injuries during two-a-days.
Encourage Athletes to Begin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commonwealthsportsmedicine.com/2008/01/10/2-a-days-the-latest-evidence-in-preventing-injury/</link>
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		<title>Plantar Fasciitis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My Aching Heal!!!!
That ice pick stab into the bottom of your heal when you step out of bed in the morning is probably caused by plantar fasciitis (fashee-EYE-tiss).
The plantar fascia is a band of tissue that goes from the bottom of the heel (calcaneus) to the ball of the foot (metatarsal heads), as seen here.

Its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commonwealthsportsmedicine.com/2007/12/23/plantar-fasciitis/</link>
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		<title>Pulled Hamstring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The words &#8220;PULLED HAMSTRING&#8221; may send a chill through your body as you recall the pain, time off, and frustration of a previous injury.  In fact, hamstring strain is one of the most common running injuries.  Preventing this common injury is easier said than done.  Recovery from hamstring strain requires a bit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commonwealthsportsmedicine.com/2007/12/23/pulled-hamstring/</link>
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		<title>Prolotherapy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overuse of ligaments and tendons often results in long-term injuries.  These so called chronic “soft tissue” injuries have relatively low blood supply.  However, healing a soft tissue sprain or strain requires good blood supply; for blood carries the much needed “inflammatory factors” that promote healing.
We have conventionally treated soft tissue injuries with anti-inflammatory medication (ibuprofen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commonwealthsportsmedicine.com/2007/12/23/prolotherapy/</link>
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