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It does not hurt in the morning and all the pain is on the sides of the heel, just below the ankle bone. So it appears to be my tendon. Better than plantar, from what I'm reading but it seems I do have to stop working out completely for a few weeks. Anyone know how long full rest should take for te...

Strana wrote:is stretching good for after working out??

In short, yes. See my previous posts. There are some good stretches for rowing on the C2 website.

Joe Alhadeff, MD

Hope you are improving. The stretches and recommendations I've seen so far are on target. Unfortunately there is no quick fix. Chiropractic can be of great help. A few other things you can try specific to rowing are to use a gel seat pad on your seat. Do not flex your hip and knee as much at the cat...

I don't take comments on message boards personally. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. My main goal in posting is to try to provide accurate information for those who care to read. There are no absolutes in medicine and things are always changing, things that are dogma today may be looked at as ...

I'm not looking for an argument, I'm just trying to provide accurate information to those who may be reading. I don't subscribe to Peak Performance or any other such newsletter on the internet, I try to read the actual articles. I do subscribe to the American Journal of Sports Medicine, the American...

With a few exceptions, greater flexibility leads to better athletic performance. Joseph Alhadeff, MD It leads to greater range of movement at a cost to muscle strength. Research has shown though that streached muscles are capable of less power than unstreached muscles and that streached muscles tea...

Using a rower is an excellent exercise to increase range of motion and strength after an ACL reconstruction, once cleared by your surgeon. There are different phases of recovery after an ACL reconstruction in which different exercises are introduced in a graded manner, so check with your surgeon and...

In general the results of reconstructing old ACL injuries is not as good as for acute injuries. Often the symptoms you may be experiencing can be due to meniscal problems or arthritis. The rate of meniscal tears is higher in ACL deficient knees, and often the solution for that is an arthroscopic men...

Be careful with certain yoga positions and stretches after having hip replacement surgery. You may put yourself at risk of dislocating your hip replacement, check with your surgeon about acceptable positions for your hip prior to starting a yoga class.
Joseph Alhadeff, MD

The conclusions from the ACSM were only that preactivity stretching does not lessen the chance of injury. That does not mean that stretching is bad, nor does it mean that flexibility is bad. Hypermobility of a joint can lead to injury, but this applies to a very small subset of people. With a few ex...

If you are having shoulder pain after rowing you should have it checked out by a local orthopaedic doctor. If you would like to work on a rotator cuff strenthening program first, try the exercises at this link http://www.binghamton.edu/athletics/strength/rota.pdf. If you have pain while performing a...

If you do have a frozen shoulder, you will not do any damage or make it any worse by rowing. There is an inflammatory/painful phase during the process where anything that you will do with your arm will hurt. This can last anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. Once the inflammatory phase is over...