I know Chae from the gym I train at and can honestly say he’s a great guy and knows his stuff so if you’re interested in some quality personal training check him out at http://www.facebook.com/ChaeCrambTraining and here are a few words from Marc Keys http://castironknowledge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/chae-cramb-personal-training-in.html
Helping yourself
I read a great Gray Cook quote courtesy of Bret Contreras and ties in well with the link I put up on Facebook the other week from Eric Cressey regarding some drills to help work on improving mobility.
“When someone’s back hurts they don’t want to blame their lifestyle, fitness level, or daily patterns. Instead, they want to blame their back pain on starting the lawn mower last week, which, in reality, is probably just the straw that broke the camel’s back. Human beings live under the philosophy of, “I have a snowball and I have to throw it at someone.” No one wants to take responsibility.” Continue reading “Helping yourself”
Flexibility and injury
Todd Hargrove had a great post on his better movement blog; I definitely recommend checking out his site, where he talks about the relationship between flexibility, sports performance and injury prevention. In it he makes some great points on the lack of correlation between flexibility and injury rates. It got me thinking about the issue of improving the range of movement of any joint and how this relates to stretching, of any form, soft tissue work, in the form of hands on and foam roller type work, and strength. Continue reading “Flexibility and injury”
Abdominal/lumbar musculature and pelvic stabilisation
It may be a bit redundant to say it but the abdominals are quite important to how we move but there you go they are. They allow for transference of force from the lower to upper body and vice versa so weak abdominal and lumbar muscles can reduce athletic performance and pain from simply carrying out normal daily activities. They keep the torso stable, try squatting with a heavy weight if you have weak abdominals or lumbar musculature and you will fold over as you try to rise out of the bottom position. Continue reading “Abdominal/lumbar musculature and pelvic stabilisation”
The Performance Matrix
Over the weekend of 11thFebruary I was in London to do Kinetic Control’s “The Performance Matrix” movement screening course. I had been meaning to write this last week when I got home on Wednesday but the rest of the week was a bit hectic and I didn’t get the chance. First off it was a great course, well run by Mark Comerford and his team, and we all left, well I certainly did, feeling very enthusiastic about what I had learned, a good sign form with regards to the quality of any course I’ve been on. Continue reading “The Performance Matrix”
Help the Heros: The long way down charity cycle
This week I have Lance Corporal Iain Moore and his fellow cyclists visiting the clinic to help them out on their charity cycle from John O’Groats to Lands End and then some as they decided that the 1200 or so km wasn’t enough and stuck in a few detours to take it up to 2000km. They are doing this for Help the Heros and The Royal British Legion charties which are the two biggest charities helping injured servicemen in the UK.
You can find their here if you would like to donate to their cause.
IT Band pain
IT band pain is a common complaint amongst runners and the causes of it often appear to be mysterious but are they really? The IT band runs down the side of the leg from the iliac crest to the lateral aspect of the tibial plateau on the tibial tubercle. It originates from the fibres of the Gluteal fascia, and the Tensor Fascia Lata and ending where it blends into the fascia of the lower leg around the peroneals and tibialis anterior. Continue reading “IT Band pain”
An interview with Willie Fourie @ the Fascia Resereach Congress 2007
This is a really interesting interview with Willie Fourie and his thoughts on the myofascial implications post surgery in someone suffering from breast cancer.
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Fascia:what it looks like
Minimise the fuzz
I’ve mentioned before that receiving bodywork is really only part of the process of keeping you moving freely and combating the aches and pains we develop through our jobs and recreational activities. Good bodywork will leave you feeling lighter and with greater range of movement in the areas that were worked and those relating to them but often you feel that it only lasts a few days before you’re back to square one. Why is this? Continue reading “Minimise the fuzz”