The Achilles Heel

12/28/2012

Brent’s 4 S’s in preventing running injuries:
1. Stretch: Before and after each run, you should dedicate time to stretching.
2. Strength: Hip and core strength is often weak in runners. The most important muscle to strengthen in runners is the gluteus medius, which helps stabilize your back and helps ensuring proper hip and knee alignment while running.
3. Symmetry: Injuries tend to occur when our bodies are not symmetrical. You don’t want the muscles to be tighter on your left leg compared to your right leg and you don’t want one leg to be weaker than the other leg.
4. Shoes: You should have shoes or inserts that are selected based off the type of foot you have. Are you a pronator or a supinator or somewhere in between?

We'll take a look at each of these items a little closer in the upcoming weeks.

Have a great New Year!

12/21/2012

Do you see what I see? Ask the experts at Monroe Physical Therapy and the Training Room about slow motion running analysis.

12/14/2012

Here are four simple stretches for you to add to your routine before AND after running.

12/12/2012

Running injuries are more common than you might like to think. Studies show 37% to 56% of runners experience an injury in a year. Reoccurence of these injuries is anywhere from 20% to 70%. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1439399)

Many runners train their cardiovascular system before the race by slowly increasing their running distance but are you properly stretching and strengthening the muscles you need to in order to stay injury-free?

12/03/2012

The Achilles heel of every triathlete is the pool. Share this dry land stretch series w your Tri buddies to improve their swim performance:

( http://www.EverymanTri.com ) Joanna Zeiger is a former professional triathlete, Olympian and Ironman 70.3 World Champion. In other words, she's not only cr...

12/01/2012