Do you want to live longer? Do you want to liver better? Do you want to improve your wellness? Running regularly as little as 10 minutes a day can significantly improve your health. Running is a popular exercise that many utilize to helping to lose weight. There are many myths as to the risks of… Read More
Plantar Fasciitis, is a common and annoying injury affecting approximately 10% of distance runners. I am not offering medical advice but a simple way that I agree with comes from Dr. Michaud on how to tell if you have plantar fasciitis versus a heel spur/stress fracture is to walk on your toes. Heel spurs… Read More
Muscle imbalance is one of the most frequent things I see in injured athletes. The knee is also one of the most commonly injured joints. Knee pain affects both athletes and non-athletes. Most people suffer through knee pain not realizing that if you strengthen the muscles around your knees, it will help stabilize the… Read More
You might wonder why you see cherry juice at triathlons and other endurance sports. This small study in the June 2006 issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine looked at whether a tart cherry juice blend might help recovery from vigorous exercise. The study was funded by a product company but starts by reviewing… Read More
Insufficient sleep is considered by the CDC to be a public health epidemic. Sleep disturbances have long been associated with all cause mortality and more recently with inflammation. A study in the July 2016 issue of Biological Psychiatry examined inflammatory markers and their relationship to sleep disturbance in sleep duration. Both inflammation and poor sleep… Read More
Whether you are a competitive athlete or an exercise enthusiast, most people have experienced serious cramping at least once and many athletes and others experience severe cramping more often. It can be embarrassing as marathon world record holder runner Paula Radcliffe and Superstar Lebron James have both been disabled by cramps during major competitions. The traditional… Read More
This is another great post I found that reviews the issue of transitioning to midfoot strike. It emphasizes several points. The first again is that midfoot and forefoot runners generally run faster. The second which is just as important. If you are making the transition from a heal striker do it gradually. Those people that… Read More
It is better to run smarter rather than harder. What are some of the secrets to running fast besides training more. This review looks at the science of whether working on landing midfoot or forefoot vs heal striking makes a difference. Ever since the dawn of the padded Nike running shoe in the 1970’s, the… Read More
I just got back from watching my son compete at the WIRA (Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association) rowing championships and every team there was drinking chocolate milk after their races. Many of the athletes were convinced that chocolate milk was the miracle recovery drink. So I decided to look it up and determine what the data… Read More
