February 18, 2020
Hot Yoga. The Hot Fitness Trend You’re Going to Want to Try
By In the Loop 
Hot yoga has become one of the hottest fitness trends of the past decade. Dr. Edward Laskowski, co-director of Mayo Clinic’s Department of Sports Medicine, says the benefits are wide-ranging.
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Tags: Department of Sports Medicine, Dr Edward Laskowski, Hot yoga, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
June 1, 2017
Olympic Gold Medalist’s Search for Pain Relief Spans 3 Continents and 32 Years
By In the Loop 
Romanian gymnast Lavinia Agache won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, but her gymnastics career was cut short by a devastating knee injury that would plague her for decades. This year, she finally found relief at Mayo Clinic
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Tags: Dr Edward Laskowski, Dr. Mark Pagnano, Lucia Dumitrascu, Orthopedics, sports medicine
June 16, 2016
Lace up and Join Mayo in Making Twin Cities Marathon a Team Event
By In the Loop 
Until 2004, Jennifer Meyer wasn’t a runner. “I was walking quite a bit at the time, and it was taking too long,” Jennifer says. So she started running. A lot. Her twin sister, Joanne Mihm, talked her into signing up for a marathon in 2008, and by the time the two crossed the finish line […]
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Tags: Dr Edward Laskowski, Jennifer Meyer, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine
January 5, 2016
New Year’s Resolutions for the Easily Discouraged
By In the Loop 
January. The month that for many of us brings distressing post-holiday news from weight scales, guilt-inspired resolutions, new gym memberships, and, by month’s end, a sinking feeling that we’re losing more inertia than pounds. Even though workout plans tell you to start slowly, and diet plans (at least the legitimate ones) tell you not to […]
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Tags: Dr Edward Laskowski, Dr James Levine, Dr. Amit Sood, Kay Yost