{"id":36923,"date":"2017-03-29T17:02:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T09:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/?post_type=health-article&#038;p=36923"},"modified":"2024-06-19T17:13:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T09:13:43","slug":"track-field","status":"publish","type":"health-article","link":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/track-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Track &#038; Field"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"36923\" class=\"elementor elementor-36923\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9cd692 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9cd692\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ba2805 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ba2805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"note\">Photo credit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytrackpic.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dailytrackpic.wordpress.com<\/a><\/span><br \/><br \/><em>Dr. Harjeet Singh, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon<\/em><br \/><br \/>Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Harjeet Singh returns for his monthly show on sports medicine and orthopaedics. 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