Reading The Sunday Times at the weekend I was struck by Graeme Souness’s assessment of Christiano Ronaldo’s recent injury problems. Putting it bluntly, as is Graeme’s way, he blamed his age. Ronaldo is 31. I remember attending an after match dinner at Old Trafford in 2007. A friend of mine (a Spurs fan) said he […]
Rehabilitation
What is the single most important thing you can do to keep running injury free?
What would your guess be? Stretching? Massage? Foam rolling? Colourful trainers? There’s certainly no evidence to suggest that stretching helps. Most studies conclude that whilst it’s good for increasing range of motion it will not prevent injury and may even be responsible for a few. Likewise massage unfortunately even though it feels rather good. Foam […]
What causes ITB syndrome in runners and why foam rolling doesn’t work
In this post we look at what causes ITB syndrome in runners and why foam rolling probably won’t work. The medical definition of a syndrome is a set of signs and symptoms that are correlated with each other. These are often related to a disease or a disorder. Defining IT band issues as a syndrome […]
Muscle Activation Techniques and the Denver Broncos’ Super Bowl success.
Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) founder and developer Greg Roskopf was again central to the Denver Broncos winning yet another Super Bowl. This now the third since he’s been working with the team. Read an interesting article on Greg’s work behind the scenes here and how using Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) helps the Broncos recover and […]
Top 5 injury rehab mistakes every runner makes.
So your injury rehab programme isn’t going particularly well and you’re starting to look around for answers. Excellent, you’ve come to the right place. Here are the top 5 injury rehab mistakes every runner makes. Stretching. Knee pain? Stretch your hamstrings. Back pain? Stretch your hamstrings again. Achilles tendon hurting? Stretch your calves and your […]