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BECOMING A PHYSICIAN Previous Volume 359:1650-1653 October 16, 2008 Number 16 Next

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I'm at the end of my second year of residency, and for 2 years I have had a pain in my left hip. I've convinced myself that this pain is an overuse injury from running, but running is my antidote to any life stress; residency has made this outlet even more crucial. Though the pain has not interfered with my ability to work, sitting on airplanes is unbearable, sitting at restaurants is tolerable only if I keep half my bottom off the chair, and my running pace has deteriorated to a crawl. It's remarkable how long a resident can go . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Rosenbaum is a resident in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

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