Why Your Running Warm Up Does Not Matter
Your running warm up does not matter as much as you have been told.
What Running Shoe is Best (Video)?
Running shoes are often seen as the key component to any runner’s injury or their performance on race day, and while we often give running shoes a little bit too much credit in their role in our performance as a runner, they are important because we don’t have any other equipment. When it comes to running, the only thing that …
Do I Have a Stress Fracture (VIDEO)?
Do I have a stress fracture?
What Muscles Should I Use When I Run? (VIDEO)
Am I using the right muscles when you run? Check out my newest video where we go over what muscles are the most important when we run, what muscles get overemphasized and how to make sure you are targeting these areas with your strength programming.
Antigravity Treadmills and Stress Fractures: Do They Help?
Taking someone into an antigravity treadmill without the requisite changes in training philosophy, nutritional strategy or stress management is the same as plugging your ears and saying “La la la”.
Long Term Management of FAI
Long Term Management of Hip Impingement We have covered a lot in the first three parts of this series. Once you are back to consistent training, how do you prevent this from coming back? While there is no full-proof way to guarantee not getting hurt, here are a few ways we can do to build confidence with runners as they …
Returning to Running with Hip Impingement
In the first two parts of this series, we discussed the initial management of runners with FAI and how to progress back to exercise. You can read those HERE and HERE. Once a runner is up and moving, we advance them back to running. We want to remind ourselves that hip impingement tends not to like excessive ranges of motion, which helps us …
Programming Exercises for Runners with Hip Impingement
In part one of our hip impingement series, we discussed critical themes for initial management with runners. If you have not had a chance to read that post, check it out HERE. After we have removed the aggravating positions or movements and began challenging the hip with more “hip-friendly” exercise variations, we want to expand on how we are challenging the …
What FAI is, What it’s Not and How That Affects its Management (Part I)
The body of research on FAI (hip impingement) has increased substantially over the past few years. The number of runners and triathletes treated with this diagnosis seems to be growing too. Most runners are told they have a misshaped bone in their hip that irritates the joint, causes a labral tear, or relates to another hip “issue.”
Let’s set some basics on what FAI is and what it is not.