Key tag words:  OTS, overtraining, carries, carrying babies, ankle rocker, foot types, forefoot supinatus, forefoot varus, ankle sprains, nervous system, mitochondria, motor patterns, fatigue

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Neuroscience: 1. Why women carry babies on their left side - perhaps a transition talk into arm swing symmetry, and built in asymmetries in peoples gait http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/why-most-women-carry-babies-on-their-left-side/news-story/f5489a944a37487ce7e6b6ccd10a79e1?utm_content=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=EditorialSF&utm_source=DailyTelegraph&utm_medium=Facebook 2. OTS: Overtraining syndrome this post got many hits - CNS sympathetic-parasympathetic talk again, homeostasis https://www.thegaitguys.com/thedailyblog/2017/1/14/ots-it-is-taking-down-the-best-athletes-one-by-one 3. Chris Beardsley   Strength and Conditioning Research From posts: December 24, 2016 , Nov 24, 2016 4. The ankles have it: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/how-weak-ankles-slow-us-down-with-age/article33458151/ https://www.thegaitguys.com/thedailyblog/2017/1/4/ankle-function-be-a-chef-be-a-scientist-not-a-juice-bar-junkie 5. Foot types and knee arthritis: The Association of Forefoot Varus Deformity with Patellofemoral Cartilage Damage in Older Adult Cadavers. Lufler, Stefanik, Niu, Sawyer, Hoagland, Gross http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.23524/full http://www.itsafootcaptain.com/is-forefoot-varus-related-to-patellofemoral-osteoarthritis/ 6. Fatigue and motor patterns: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27846435 7. Forefoot loading: https://www.thegaitguys.com/thedailyblog/2016/12/27/abnormal-forefoot-loading-creates-fatigue-