Eric Heiden Column To Debut November 3

CHICAGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Five-time Olympic gold medalist speed skater
and orthopedic surgeon Eric Heiden will write a new, weekly fitness column for
Tribune Media Services (TMS), which plans to distribute it to print and online
publishers in the United States and abroad beginning Tuesday, November 3.

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Each week Heiden will offer readers advice on lifelong fitness principles
developed over decades as a skater, champion cyclist, surgeon and consultant
to many sports teams. He will be in Vancouver in February as team doctor for
the United States Olympic speed skating team.

"We are excited that one of the most admired athletes in modern American
history will be writing a column for TMS and helping readers everywhere who
are interested in healthier lives," said Mary Elson, managing editor of TMS.
"Eric's unique position as a former world-class athlete and cutting-edge
doctor will offer a perspective on fitness like no other. We're looking
forward to providing his column at a time that many publishers are expanding
their health-care coverage."

"Writing a column will be a great forum for me to connect with other athletes
and exercise/health enthusiasts," said Heiden. "I'm proud of what I did as a
speed skater, but I find what I'm doing in my practice, and now with the
column, to be my most rewarding accomplishment."

Beyond his Olympic achievements, Heiden also became an accomplished cyclist
and competed in the 1986 Tour de France. The son of an orthopedic surgeon who
became an orthopedic surgeon himself, he co-founded the UC Davis Sports
Performance Center in California, with his long-time professional partner, Dr.
Massimo Testa. He now directs the Sports Medicine department at The Orthopedic
Specialty Hospital (TOSH) in Salt Lake City and is the co-medical director for
USA Cycling, also with Dr. Testa.

Heiden also works as team physician for several professional teams (including
basketball's Sacramento Kings and Monarchs), and at Olympic speed-skating and
cycling events. When short-track speed skater J.R. Celski suffered a severe
cut to his leg in a racing accident in September, Heiden's treatment of the
skater was chronicled in a New York Times sports cover story. Celski also
turned to Heiden to develop a rehabilitation program so that he could resume
training for the 2010 Olympics.

As Celski told the Times: "He's a five-time gold medalist in the Olympics. Who
would you want taking care of you more than a former speed skater? He knows
what he's doing."

Heiden appears frequently in the media, commenting on athletes' physical
condition, injuries or on topical matters such as doping scandals. With his
book, "Faster, Better, Stronger: Your Fitness Bible" (Collins 2008),
co-written with Testa and DeAnne Musolf, Heiden became one of the few
board-certified physicians in the United States to offer fitness advice to the
public.

Heiden now lives and practices in Park City, Utah, with his wife, Karen, who
is also an orthopedic surgeon. They have two children.

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