PhysioWorks, physical therapist, in Huntsville Alabama, Andrew Walker suffered a calf strain while running 😢 Learn from this video why it happened, and how he rehabilitated it using blood flow restriction training (BFR), heart rate variability and a polarized approach...
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...
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...
Not all tendons and tendon pain should be treated the same. For example, we tend to consider Achilles tendon pain as wither insertional or mid-substance. When it is insertional we need to consider compression of the tendon against bone that occurs for example when you...