Episode Notes

There’s been increasing discussion of stress fractures, as skaters like Rika Kihira, Wakaba Higuchi, and Yuma Kagiama have struggled with that injury this season. In today’s episode, I’ll be focusing on the biomechanical research can help prevent these kinds of overuse injuries. My guest Dr, Deborah King, is Professor and Grad Chair in Exercise Science and Athletic Training at Ithaca College in New York State. Dr. King has three decades of experience working with figure skaters, including in partnership with the US Olympic Training Center. Her research focuses on measuring the forces involved in jump landings, in order to better understand the impact on bones and joints. 

You can learn more about Dr. King's work on her page here.

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