Runners Need Strength Training! Or Do They?! Table of Contents Sometimes the blogs I write take quite a lot of research to do… hence, there can sometimes be quite a time between the blog posts! Longer than I would like, but I’m a human and not just buying canned...
The Female Athlete Triad Table of Contents Female Specific Research – The Gap Is Narrowing Right to work, right to vote, and in many other ways, women have not always been treated as equal to males. This has also been true in medical care with research...
Table of Contents Have you noticed how many people are given a boot to treat stress fractures? If you’ve had to wear one you’ll know they’re pretty uncomfortable (not to mention expensive!!!). Perhaps you didn’t have the fun experience of a boot but were put on a knee...
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...
Stress Fracture – Part 2 – Risk factors, prevention, treatment Last post we learned about stress fracture, and heard Sally’s story. Not being able to run made her a bear with a sore head! This post, I want to show you how to avoid winding up in Sally’s...
Stress Fracture – Part 1 – What is it? Sally likes to run for exercise and does the occasional 5k. She decides to run an upcoming half marathon with a couple of her friends, and she starts a training schedule. All is going well, in fact, so well that...