Liquid Calories and Weight Loss
Posted by Janine Wong MS, RD on November 26, 2012
The Starting Line: Do calories from liquids contribute to weight more than calories from solid food? Sugar-sweetened beverages get a lot of the blame for the obesity epidemic. There are a variety of proposed reasons for why liquid calories affect our bodies differently than solid calories; liquid calories do not require chewing, they stimulate digestion differently than solid calories, and they empty fa...
Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections
Posted by Anthony Luke MD, MPH on November 20, 2012
The Starting Line: Can platelet-rich plasma injections cure achilles tendon pain? Due to media exposure from many high profile pro athletes, platelet-rich plasma is currently one of the most popular and controversial treatments in sports medicine and orthopaedics. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a concentrate of platelets and associated growth factors (GFs), obtained from centrifuging a sample of the pat...
Event Recap: UCSF Gait Analysis for Amputee Athletes
Posted by The RunSafe Team on November 15, 2012
This past weekend, UCSF, Ossur Prosthetics, and Challenged Athlete Foundation joined forces to present the Amputee Comprehensive Training Program. Nearly 60 athletic amputees were present for the event, where they trained up in a variety of fun activities including running, prosthetic fitting, swimming, and rock climbing. The RunSafe team was excited to be a part of this great event. For the whole afternoon, a stream ...
Event Recap: Marathon Matt comes to RunSafe!
Posted by The RunSafe Team on November 12, 2012
This past weekend, local coach extraordinaire Marathon Matt teamed up with RunSafe for a fun event at UCSF. A group of twenty runners flocked to the exclusive opportunity to hang out with Matt and the RunSafe Team. The event started with a 5k fun-run. The intrepid runners wound their way across the UCSF campus, past AT&T ballpark, and up the Embarcadero. Along the way, they set their sights on the curious Red...
Dietary Supplements
Posted by Janine Wong MS, RD on November 6, 2012
The Starting Line: Which dietary supplements are safe and effective? A dietary supplement is any product designed to increase a specific component of the diet, including vitamins, minerals, herbs, botanicals, and amino acids. Many substances can be sold over the counter as dietary supplements, even steroids. A recent study by Tscholl, et al concluded that the incidence of supplement use among athletes i...
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