My name is Gary England and I have been running regularly for over forty years. I run about 10-12 miles a week and occasionally in local 5K runs. I enjoy running as an exercise, especially outdoors even in the winter. My goal is to stay in shape so that a mile hike or several flights of stairs won’t leave me gasping for air.

I have been researching the effects of differences in leg and foot lengths to learn if they can cause problems, especially knee pain, while running. I’ve found several websites that discuss these iss...

Knee strengthening exercises stretch and strengthen the surrounding muscle groups to prevent injury, decrease recovery time from an injury, and maintain alignment of the joint. These exercises help at...

When our joints or muscles ache, our first reaction may be that we worked too hard at some physical task and “it will go away”. Later when it hasn’t, we may visit the doctor to identify the cause of o...

When you exercise, does a nagging voice keep repeating in your mind “Do I have to do this again? I don’t want to…” Exercise doesn’t have to be boring. It’s more than push ups and sit ups. You need to ...

Knee pain can have a variety of sources, including bone spurs. When bone spurs occur in the knee, it can be quite annoying to put it mildly. Apparently, bone spurs just happen. Physicians don’t have a...