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Your heel hurts? Why it may not be Plantar Fasciitis.

By John Ball, DC On February 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In General

I’m going to start a petition.
No one, or a least very few people, should be able to use the term plantar fasciitis.

It’s a dirty word(s).

Not because of what it means. But because of what most people think it means.

Patients and providers both.

If I had a few bucks for every [...]

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Five Things to Make Running Easier (Part I)

By John Ball, DC On February 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In General

1. Stop Stretching
It seems like all the time you’ll hear a coach or a sportscaster say how a great athlete does “all the little things to be successful.”

Here’s a little tip to make that list of little things smaller.

Stop stretching—it’s probably messing you up.

As an athlete you [...]

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Maybe I Don’t Make this Stuff Up

By John Ball, DC On February 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In General

I got an e-mail from a patient yesterday. One case study does not constitute a statistically significant sample, but check it out.

Thanks again for your hamstring advice when I came to see you after PF Chang’s race. I have stopped stretching them. The last 2 weeks I have run 60 miles per week with [...]

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Congrats Brett Gotcher!

By John Ball, DC On February 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In General

This is an article from Running Times featuring Brett Gotcher. Brett recently competed in the marathon in Houston, running a 2:10:36. This is the 4th fastest debut in American history. He is currently ranked 5th among active American runners.

Congrats Brett!

http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=18598

P.S. Take note of a little shout out about [...]

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Two Clinical Pearls; One Weekend

By John Ball, DC On February 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In General

I just finished my weekend class in Boston and I’m on the plane back to Phoenix.

On Friday before I left, I sent Camille to OfficeMax to pick up an external DVD player for my netbook.

That didn’t work out too well—as she forgot the battery—so instead of passing the eight hour trip watching a [...]

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Why “I Don’t Know” is the Best Answer You Can Hear

By John Ball, DC On February 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In General

I’m on a plane en route to Boston for a weekend class and a funny thought just struck me.

People, especially those of us in healthcare, should say I don’t know more often.

I had a new patient this week who was relaying her history and asked me something that I just didn’t know the [...]

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