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Topic: Orthopedics

“Shin Splints”

March 10, 2022 Tom Welch

One of the ironies of modern medicine is that it sometimes seems that little attention is devoted to the things…

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Achilles Ankle

September 16, 2020 Tom Welch

IN DECADES OF RUNNING, hiking, and climbing, I have had only one ankle sprain. I was running on a dark…

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New Science about an old problem

April 3, 2018 Tom Welch

ONE OF MY GOALS in this column is to keep readers up to date on new developments that affect backcountry…

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Shoulders

October 28, 2016 adirondoc

Although back pain gets a lot of attention, shoulder pain is rapidly becoming at least as common a musculoskeletal complaint…

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Of Swelling and Tingling

September 18, 2016 adirondoc

BEAR WITH ME – this column starts with an anatomy lesson. The artery, vein and nerves (brachial plexus) that supply…

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Abraham Colles and his fracture

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Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century physicians were notorious for attaching their names to various diseases, injuries, and body parts. The Irish surgeon…

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