Achilles Tendon Rupture recovery by Feb 8th, 2009

It’s been nearly 11 months since my Achilles surgery, and my recovering Achilles feels pretty good.  In fact, it feels better than my right Achilles, which gets tender after I play basketball.
I now play basketball once or twice a week, and I go to the gym a couple of times a week for strength training [...]

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Here’s a good article from NY Times about stretching: (There is also a short video on that page.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/sports/playmagazine/112pewarm.html?em

Illustration by Emily Cooper
STRAIGHT-LEG MARCH (for the hamstrings and gluteus muscles)Kick one leg straight out in front of you, with your toes flexed toward the sky. Reach your opposite arm to the upturned toes. Drop the leg [...]

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As you may already know, NYC Marathon was held today.
Some interesting interactive guides and pictures from the marathon
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/02/sports/20081102-MARATHON-PANO.html?ref=sports

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/10/27/sports/20081027_MARATHON_INTERACTIVE.html?ref=sports
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/11/02/sports/1102-MARATHON_index.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/new_york_city_marathon/index.html

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Some of my friends are renting out a court on Wednesday nights, and I’ve started playing basketball again.  I’ve played three times so far, and it’s been great!  However, I’ve been taking it easy on both ends of the court.  I don’t think I can go “all out” yet, so I’ve been happily running back [...]

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I am curious if anyone knows how bad/good coffee is for your body.
If diet had no consequences on my health, I’d get up in the morning, have an icecream bar, chocolate, and a large cup of coffee with lots of creme. And then I’d wash it all down with another large cup of coffee [...]

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