TriathlonDoctor.com – Sports Medicine for Triathletes

The risk of dying in a triathlon may be higher that when running a marathon, but what’s the real risk overall?

Shoulder injuries are common complaints in triathletes especially those that are new to the sport, or are trying to increase to a longer distance triathlon such as half Ironman or Ironman. Many shoulder injuries that I see as a sports medicine doctor are related to overuse (too much swimming volume) and/or poor swim technique. There’s [...]

The first stop of the ITU triathlon world championship series in Sydney Australia was an overall success for the American men and women. American triathletes Matthew Chrabot and Hunter Kemper turned in strong efforts on the bike, and both led the race on the run at one point. Kemper had difficulty maintaining his blistering first [...]

This morning was pretty much getting ready for the 8 am swim practice with the athletes that wanted to preview the swim course for tomorrow’s triathlon. The ITU race format is a little different that most triathlons that age-group triathletes may be familiar with. The swim usually starts from a pontoon and is a mass [...]

I like travelling to Australia from the States better than travel to Europe since the jet lag doesn’t seem as bad, but I’m always confused by the which day it is back home. Something about crossing that International Date line. So its Saturday AM here is Sydney, which means Friday afternoon back home. We’re getting [...]

Finally in Sydney Australia with the USA Triathlon team for the first stop on the WCS (World Championship Series) ITU Triathlon race #1. We’ve brought a big team for this race with 7 men and 6 women racing on Sunday. The first day was really just getting settled and helping athletes get into their race [...]

I’ve had a lot of questions from athletes suffering with exercised-induced asthma about possible treatments outside of using their inhalers. One aspect I focus on is trying to reduce airway inflammation (which may lead to chronic changes in the lining of the airway). There’s some interesting research out there specifically in elite athletes that suffer [...]

I see a lot of triathletes that come in with shoulder pain, usually due to a poor swim stroke or bad habits that they picked up in a Red Cross swim class as a kid that no one ever corrected them on. I usually try to spend at least part of the appointment time demonstrating [...]

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Spend the night up in Redondo Beach at good friend (and a great sports chiropractor in Torrance) Dan Lehnberg’s place just off the beach. Dan helped me carbo load for the ride back down to San Diego with dinner out at the local beer pub. Big news for today was a scheduled TV interview with [...]