Recently I was talking to a friend about his plantar fasciitis. It turns out that he had been battling this injury for almost a year. While he was able to cross train with activities such as swimming and cycling, he was unable to run for over 10 minutes without pain. Plantar fasciitis is an injury …
Several months ago, I was giving a talk on injury prevention to a local triathlon club. Near the end of the talk, I was asked a question about dynamic stretching. This question tripped me up a little. In preparation for my talk, I had been researching why certain types of exercises are preferable to others. …
Active rest. Yes, this is an oxymoron. This is also a concept that I try tirelessly to explain to patients, as well as friends and family members who come to me asking for advice on how to deal with an injury. Many running injuries are overuse injuries. I have seen many patients who take weeks …
Previously I had written about the importance of core strength and stability in the prevention of injury and enhancement of performance. Core strength and stability is one area where endurance athletes, especially runners do not focus enough. Warming up and cooling down when doing a workout, especially a speed workout is another area that often …
I started this blog as a mode of educating others regarding injury prevention. How to keep your body safe while putting it through the rigors of running was the main goal of my blog. While traveling over the holidays, I realized that injuries due to biomechanical causes such as a weak core, or poor flexibility are …
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As a physical therapist, this is my motto. This also applies to runners. In running, the idea is to move quickly to propel the body forward while being upright. If you are running, and you core is weak, while your legs are strong you are going to run into some issues. You are going to …
Knee pain is one common complaint among runners, with the majority of runners who seek help for knee pain being given a diagnosis of patellofemoral syndrome, or patellofemoral pain. For the purpose of this post, we will refer to this type of pain as patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) . The symptoms of PFPS may include …
A little over a week ago, I traveled to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho with some fellow members of my triathlon club to compete in Ironman Coeur d’Alene. Several years ago, injuries forced me to take time off from running. I ended up buying a bike and swimming, and eventually found my way to triathlons. Here is …
Since the running boom of the 1970s, participation and running, running races, and running related events has increased. With this increase in participation, has come the increased rate of injury amongst runners. Approximately 20-90% of runners will become injured at some point during the running career. Many of those to become injured stop running because …
What is running? What movements are involved when one runs? Running is different from walking because of the flight phase (or time when you are in the air, and your feet are not on the ground). Instead of a flight phase, walking has a double stance phase, where both feet are making contact with the …
