Health

Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 14:50

First Year Med Students Call in the Marine Corps

By Dennis Zheng

The second-year medical students aren’t the only ones putting in work — and getting worked over — at Kezar Stadium, where first-year UCSF medical student Onur Yenigun leads a tri-weekly workout aimed at strengthening his fellow classmates both phy

Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 14:47

Second Year Med Students Sprint to Fitness

By Yi Lu

For Libby McNiven, a second-year medical student at UCSF, reaching out to a friend to join her for a workout at Kezar Stadium was simply a means of motivating herself to stick to her training regimen.

Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:24

SuperBetter to the Rescue!

By Nicole Croom

Do you smell that? That panic-inducing pheromone that permeates the air of every school campus, sports competition and office building on the planet? Yes, that is the oppressive stench of stress in the air.

Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 11:41

Get Fit with Andrew

By Ilka Felsen

Q: Do physical therapists know anything about physical fitness, or do you just teach people how to walk all day?

Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 14:14

Do Babies Move Like Us?

By Ilka Felsen

True or False?  Babies move just like us

False! From the musculoskeletal perspective, babies have a lot of development to accomplish before they are walking like an adult. 

Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 11:57

Do PTs Do Massage?

By Ilka Felsen
Yes. But they can be painful, and getting a “massage” from a physical therapist (PT) is not the calming experience with music and aromatic lotion you may be hoping for. In PT lingo, a massage is termed “soft-tissue mobilization” (STM) and is applied to a select region of the body, and only when indicated for treatment. In other words, not every knee or hip that walks in the door gets its surrounding tissues mobilized.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 15:42

The Running Trails of Golden Gate Park, II

By Madeline Ragan

There are a lot of wonderful things about the location of UCSF. We are right by multiple Muni lines, we are close to Arizmendi bakery, and we have some of the greatest views in The City.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 14:09

The Running Trails of Golden Gate Park

By Madeline Ragan

There are a lot of wonderful things about the location of UCSF.  We are right by multiple Muni lines, we are close to Arizmendi bakery, and we have some of the greatest views in The City.  However, I think one of the best things about our school’s

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 12:42

Climbing Season Kicks Off at Mission Bay

By T. Booth Haley

The Mission Bay campus, with its inviting green spaces and futuristic buildings, is an urban oasis rising amid the concrete and gravel of its immediate surroundings.  However, only once you’ve been to the fourth floor of the Bakar Fitness Center w

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 13:10

May Is Lyme Disease Awareness Month

By Synapse

Lyme disease is a cruel illness, brought on in the United States by a spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi and usually transmitted to humans and animals by the bite of infected ticks.