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Audience: Runners and Therapists Background: Changing running form, particularly through the aid of minimalist or barefoot running, is often proposed to change the type of forces that the body experiences during running.  This in turn may influence of risk for injuries. Source of information: Zadpoor et al (2011), Lieberman et [...]

Repost:  I originally posted this in October 2011 but lost it in the great porn/spam database hack debacle of January 2012. Purpose: To highlight some key differences in impact loading in older runners versus younger runners

Audience: Therapists and strength coaches Purpose: Questioning a common belief with the use of simple joint mechanics and anatomy. Caveat of Ignorance: This post is probably one that is more about splitting hairs and quibbling about small details than saying anything ground breaking.  This post is unlikely to change your [...]

Below are Tensioner videos for your irritated and sensitive peripheral nerves. Warning: please only do this if your knowledgeable health care provider has taught these and specifically said that you should do these exercises. Gentler “Slider” movements can be seen at a previous post here: Slider Videos

Update: I am not the first to write about this area.  I found a great post by Todd Hargrove tackling the same topic and saying much the same (he does it more succintly and I address a few other areas as well).  His post is here: http://www.bettermovement.org/2011/does-excessive-sitting-shorten-the-hip-flexors/ The Tight Hip [...]

Audience: Therapists and Patients Purpose: This post is video overview of the sample exercise progression I might advocate for patients (primarily runners) who present with persistent longstanding high hamstring pain. Background Runners, particularly faster runners, will often present with high hamstring tendon pain.  The pain is typically felt where the [...]

Below are a number of exercises that are typically called stability exercises.  While this might be true they are really movements to me.  These movements can make you stronger, can calm down your pissed off nervous system and can increase your capacity to withstand stress.  We typically say that they [...]

Audience: Patients Purpose: Exercise videos for patients wishing to train their trunk and hips   This article is just a video series for runners to do some basic strength work.  Stop worrying about the core.  Just get strong during all movements.  We try to build capacity to withstand load.  We [...]

Audience: Runners and Therapists Purpose: A quick guide to running injury prevention. Preamble Injury prevention for runners is not rock-solidly founded in science… and may not even be possible.  With runners it is more injury management.  You are going to get injured and  you are going to have some aches [...]

Audience: Patients and therapists Purpose: A brief argument on why attempting to lengthen your IT Band with stretching or foam rolling is a waste of time and not possible. I am in the minority when I cringe at the rampant unjustified use of the ubiquitous, seemingly harmless but actually evil [...]

Thanks John, Does how the cadaver is prepared influence the tacking down. Do things change substantially with a live human ...

Thanks for the input Ben, I would guess that you are absolutely right. The TFL and rect fem work at ...

Based on my experience in dissection, I would certainly say that myofascial structures can become adhered and 'tacked' down, CNS ...

Based on my experience in dissection, I would certainly say that myofascial structures can become adhered and 'tacked' down, CNS ...

As a high level sprint hurdler I have pretty well developed hip flexors. Just did a test and above 90 ...

Thanks for the Greg. I'm pretty sure you and I are on the same page but the way I see it ...

Thanks Chris, You response kind of begs the question. I question whether the TFL, Sartorius and RecFem don't have a ...

Thanks for the good sharing. To prevent patellofemoral pain syndrome, we have to always observe some important preventive practices. ...

Greg... I like the way you make reference to running as being as much pull as it is push and ...

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