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If you scan through the crowd at the starting line of one of the season's many fun runs, you might wonder if some of the attendees got lost on their way to a soccer match. Todd Liubinskas in his ...

From shorts and socks to sleeves and tops, athletes everywhere—amateur and professional alike—are squeezing into super-tight “compression” garments in an effort to boost performance and recovery.

Today is Patriot Day, a celebrated event in New England. It is also a special day for runners from all parts of the globe, as more than 25,000 of them conquer 26.2 miles in the Boston Marathon, ...

Running a single mile — at about a 10-minute pace — consists of 1,700 steps. And each one of those steps produces ground reaction forces of about two and a half times your body weight. And you know ...

You might associate compression socks with your grandparents or a hospital setting. But the stockings have become a trendy travel and wellness accessory among social-media users—and doctors say they ...