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University Daily Kansan / Monday, April 13, 1992
Mastering steps to run injury-free
Clinic advises exercisers on proper shoes, stretches and running styles
By Katherine Manweiler Kansan staff writer
Kristen Petty/KANSAN
A free clinic for runners and aerobisers at Watkins Memorial Health Center Thursday afternoon advised participants on their running style, proper running shoes and exercises that reduce the probability of running injuries.
After being videotaped to identify problems in her running style, Kate Totten, Kansas City, Kan., senior, front, learns how to properly stretch and condition her muscles from Michele Wilkerson, Leawood senior.
Mike Chapman, chief physical therapy at Watkins, said running injuries were the second most common sports injury found in the physical therapy department.
"I think the number of pur runners is actually going down a little bit because people are starting to do more physical activity so we can get the total aerobic effect." he said.
Chapman estimated that 30 students were given evaluations at the clinic, which gave one-on-one instruction to each participant. Twenty of the 15-minute appointments were scheduled in advance.
Video equipment was available to tape the student while running. Chapman used the tape to evaluate any problems in the student's running style.
An exercise history then was taken by a physical therapist, and areas of
previous injuries or pain were evaluated to determine whether the student needed support devices such as braces when exercising.
Chapman said it was important to have running shoes that were appropriately designed for the individual's foot type, had good heel support and had good shock-control material, such as air-cushioned bags.
Running shoes also should be replaced on a regular basis, he said.
"I think if you are a serious runner and your shoes are about six to eight months old, even if the soles are not completely worn, you probably replace them," Chapman said.
Felicia King, Santa Barbara, Calif,
graduate student, said she had come to
the clinic because she started having
pain in her knees several months ago.
"I've been avoiding it because I don't want them to tel me to stop running."
King said that she had stopped run when the pain began, but that she was very sick.
King said that she started running three miles several days a week six years ago and that she wanted to get back into the routine.
Michele Wilkerson, Leawood senior, demonstrated exercises and stretches to students after they were
"I have these new running shoes sit-
ting in my house getting lonely," she
evaluated by physical therapists.
"Just make sure you properly stretch out before and after you run," Wilkerson said. "It's really important after you run."
Late-semester fatigue afflicts many students
By Katherine Manweiler Kansan staff writer
Fatigue is a constant companion of many college students this time of the semester.
Bronwyn Booker, Washington, D.C. senior, said she felt tired and listless most of the semester from trying to meet new course assignments and two correspondence courses.
"One of my problems is procrastination, and all of my deadlines seem to come at once," she said. "Now is really the time that I'm feeling tired, because I'm trying to finish everything up in this last month."
Booker said she did not have time to exercise this semester because of her busy schedule.
"I always think of it just as school-related -- that if I didn't have the stress of school, that it would go away," shesaid.
"Now I don't get any exercise at all except walking to class," she said. "I tried at the beginning of the year. I would go and swim three weeks a week at Robinson Gym, but I have so many things to do for school that I just don't have the time to go over there anymore."
But Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said one in three people consulted a doctor every two years for fatigue.
Booker said she never considered seeing a doctor about her fatigue.
Yockey said an estimated one-fourth of the students seen by Watkins last week complained of fatigue.
Many students who come to Watkins because of fatigue assume they have mononucleosis or another medical problem instead of an overloaded schedule, he said.
"It's a whole lot easier to take an antibiotic for a sinus infection than to drop a class to get more sleep or quit a part-time ioe." Yockee said.
Watkins physicians often counsel fatigued students about setting priorities in their schedules so they will not continue overextending themselves,
"Cut your losses early and minimize them so you don't try to hang on to everything until the end and end up losing everything." Yockey said.
Debra Doubek, assistant clinical professor in family practice at the University of Kansas Medical Center, is a major factor in warding off fatigue.
"People who can't find 20 minutes in a day, that's kind of hard to handle," she says.
College students often develop unhealthy habits that can increase fatigue, she said.
"Stay away from the junk food," Doubek said. "Eating healthy food will make you feel better. And getting more sleep can help. College people party. That is something that can be given up to get more sleep."
But not everyone who feels tired needs to consult a doctor, she said.
"They need to see a doctor if they become so fatigued that they can no longer function in the routine activities of daily living," Doubek said.
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