Blood Flow Restriction Training Table of Contents Why should we lift? Living an active life requires certain levels of strength. For example, when we walk we put 3.5 x bodyweight through our calf (soleus), whereas when we run this increases to 6.5-8x bodyweight1-2. We...
What Is The Right Running Shoe For Me?! Modern advances (and claims) have not done much for injury risk! Runners assign a huge level of importance to footwear with respect to injury risk. In my opinion, this is more based on effective marketing than it is based...
Running is not bad for arthritis! In a previous blog we talked about aging and running, and how the traditional, age-old advice on osteoarthritis (OA) and running may not be accurate. Previously, runners were often told that running was bad for their joints, and they...
True and False on Back Pain Low Back Pain is Normal! No, I am not crazy!! 80% of people will experience low back pain in their lifetime. It is a normal human experience, which we might not like, but most people will have some version of back pain. For many,...
Is my workload appropriate, or is it risking injury? In a previous blog post, I discussed how pain during exercise can be used as a guide to keep from ‘overdoing it’ and injuring yourself. But what if you don’t have any pain? Well, that’s a great situation to be in,...
Arthritis and Age in Runners This is a shorter blog post, yay! We have done a few on running that are more detailed so you are now pretty smart folks! You know for instance that a fore-foot strike will load up the ankle whereas a rear-foot strike will load up the hip...
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