Athletes

Dear Dr. Burk: I like to exercise before breakfast and have been going running every morning for the past several years. Recently, I have been getting this sharp, burning pain on the balls of my feet, just behind the toes. I stopped running completely and now it hurts...

Dear Dr. Burk, I am a professional ballet dancer. In the past month, I have been having pain on the back of my ankles. When I dance “en pointe” (the tips of my toes) the pain worsens, becoming almost unbearable. There is also a bump on the back of my heels making it...

Are you a runner who likes to improve their running endurance by running on a treadmill at the gym? Or, maybe, like me, you use the treadmill to get your cardio in as a warm up prior to lifting weights. Although it’s still warm enough to run outside in the fresh air,...

We are in the middle of the tennis season. The tennis superstars are showing us their stuff and we are full of admiration at their skillful games. However, you don’t have to be on par with Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal to enjoy a game of tennis. But just like these...