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RACHEL BAUER
Prima Medical Group
655 Redwood Hwy, Ste 216
Mill Valley • 415.383.3500
BROCK BERNSTEN
California Pacific Medical Center
61 Camino Alto, Ste 103
Mill Valley • 415.383.0918
JULIE BOKSER
Tamalpais Pediatrics
599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 102
Greenbrae • 415.461.0440
SE TH BOKSER
UCSF
533 Parnassus Ave, U585
San Francisco • 415.476.9133
NELSON BRANCO
Tamalpais Pediatrics
599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 102
Greenbrae • 415.461.0440
MICHAEL CABANA
UCSF Medical Center
400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor
San Francisco • 415.353.2000
SUZANNE CHRISTIE
Prima Medical Group
655 Redwood Hwy, Ste 216
Mill Valley • 415.383.3500
MORT COWAN
UCSF Medical Center
505 Parnassus Ave, 6th Floor
San Francisco • 415.476.2188
KATHERINE CROSBY
SF Bay Pediatrics
525 Spruce St, Ste 3
San Francisco • 415.668.8900
SUSAN DAB
SF Bay Pediatrics
525 Spruce St, Ste 3
San Francisco • 415.668.8900
MARTIN ERNSTER
Golden Gate Pediatrics
61 Camino Alto, Ste 107
Mill Valley • 415.388.6303
GARY GIN
SF Bay Pediatrics
525 Spruce St, Ste 3
San Francisco • 415.668.8900
CINDY GREENBERG
Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation
4000 Civic Center Dr, Ste 205
San Rafael • 415.479.7244
JOHN HARVEY
Tamalpais Pediatrics
599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 102
Greenbrae • 415.461.0440
ERIN HEATH
Tamalpais Pediatrics
599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 102
Greenbrae • 415.461.0440
TRACE Y HESSEL
Marin Community Clinics
6100 Redwood Blvd
Novato • 415.448.1500
MARTIN JOFFE
Sexton Joffe & Urbach
1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 1A
Greenbrae • 415.461.5436
ALAN JOHNSON
SF Bay Pediatrics
525 Spruce St, Ste 3
San Francisco • 415.668.8900
TIMOTHY KELLY
UCSF Medical Center
505 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco • 415.502.5559
UTA KERL
Prima Medical Group
655 Red wood Hwy, Ste 216
Mill Valley • 415.383.3500
LISA LEAVITT
Marin Community Clinics
3110 Kerner Blvd
San Rafael • 415.448.1500
JOHN LEE
Tamalpais Pediatrics
599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 102
Greenbrae • 415.461.0440
JAN MAISEL
Tamalpais Pediatrics
599 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ste 102
Greenbrae • 415.461.0440
KATHRYN MEIER
Marin Pediatric Associates
1100 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 106
Greenbrae • 415.461.8828
JANE MEILL
Marin Pediatric Associates
1100 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 106
Greenbrae • 415.461.8828
CAROL MILLER
UCSF Medical Center
400 Parnassus Ave, 2nd Floor
San Francisco • 415.353.2000
KARA ORNSTEIN
Marin Pediatric Associates
1100 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 106
Greenbrae • 415.461.8828
MARY PIEL
Golden Gate Pediatrics
61 Camino Alto, Ste 107
Mill Valley • 415.388.6303
GLENN ROSENBLUTH
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
505 Parnassus Ave, 6th Floor
San Francisco • 415.476.9185
DAVID ROWITCH
UCSF Medical Center
505 Parnassus Ave, 15th Floor
San Francisco • 415.476.7242
ARUP ROY-BURMAN
UCSF School of Medicine
505 Parnassus Ave, 6th Floor
San Francisco • 415.353.1352
ERIC SCHER
Prima Medical Group
250 Bon Air Rd
Greenbrae • 415.925.7000
KATHRYN SEXTON
Sexton Joffe & Urbach
1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 1A
Greenbrae • 415.461.5436
DAVID TEJEDA
Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation
3801 Sacramento St, Ste 219
San Francisco • 415.600.2403
ANN TROY
Ann Troy MD
920 Northgate Dr, Ste 9
San Rafael • 415.479.9797
ALAN UBA
UCSF Medical Center
2330 Post St
San Francisco • 415.353.2001
KATRINA URBACH
Sexton Joffe & Urbach
1000 S Eliseo Dr, Ste 1A
Greenbrae • 415.461.5436
MICHAEL YAMAGUCHI
Terra Linda Pediatrics
4000 Civic Center Dr, Ste 201
San Rafael • 415.479.8642
PEDIATRICS / G.I.
PHILIP ROSEN THAL
UCSF
500 Parnassus Avenue, 2nd Floor
San Francisco • 415.353.2813
The injuries come in many forms, from wrenched
backs like Davis’ to hamstring strains and damaged
rotator cuffs. The act of jerking heavy weights overhead
seems one of the most problematic: “The proximal bicep
tendon doesn’t have a great blood supply,” Feeley notes,
“and it takes a right-angle turn through the shoulder and
is therefore at a higher risk for injury.”
Davis also witnessed a fair amount of “freak injuries”
during her CrossFit days. “I saw this guy trying to do a
24-inch box jump; he missed it, and his shin caught the cor-
ner and it cut through to the bone. His was the worst I’d ever
seen, but injuries were constant. People would be gone a few
weeks, but then right back at it as soon as they felt better.”
Indeed, findings published in the Journal of Strength
and Conditioning Research corroborate her account: of 132
CrossFit enthusiasts who filled out an online survey, 97
had at some point suffered an injury that prevented them
from “working, training or competing.” (CrossFit has since
filed a lawsuit disputing those numbers against the organization that compiled the data, the National Strength and
Conditioning Association, or NSCA.)
A few simple precautions can minimize mishaps.
“Athletes new to weight training and higher-intensity
workouts are at the greatest risk, and therefore these
people need to progress slowly as they increase their training programs,” says Feeley; he also recommends stretching
before and after any exercise routines.
To Davis, the prospect of reinjury far out weighed the
benefit. So she’s sticking with challenging yet ultimately less
taxing forms of exercise, like summiting Mount Shasta.
