Last week I had my annual physical, with the goal of checking the big things—heart, cholesterol, blood pressure. I also had an ache in my foot that had caused me some trouble running, but which I had largely ignored. My doctor recommended a foot x-ray. The diagnosis--a bone fracture. Had I kept running, the fracture would have worsened, I would have stopped exercise altogether, which undoubtedly would have hurt my ability to protect the big things—heart, cholesterol, blood pressure.
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