Running Injury Spotlight: Stress Fractures What are Stress Fractures? Stress fractures are tiny breaks in a bone that usually occur after loading the bone in the same (abnormal) way over and over again. Stress fractures of the legs affect athletes that perform repetitive movements, especially runners. Female runners are at a higher risk for stress …
Five Minutes to Injury Prevention and a Faster Run Tomorrow: The Dynamic Cool Down You should know by now that a dynamic warm up is essential to being able to train most effectively, efficiently and to stay injury free. Watch the Dynamic Warm Up video here. The other piece to your runs includes a …
REFINED RUN CASE STUDY First marathon saved after severe ankle pain and swelling appeared during a routine marathon training run, with no obvious Incident. The Phantom Injury: Rachele, a 23 year old female runner was training for her first marathon and after a snowy and icy 12 mile long run, she started having foot pain …
Some winters we have to deal with bitter cold, freezing wind, ice covered trails and lots of snow! It’s these winters that can make us stronger – as long as we train appropriately. Here are some suggestions for how to train outside safely and most effectively when the weather is working against us. If you …
If you don’t have access to an indoor gym or treadmill, you don’t have to channel your inner Emil Zatopek – the 1965 Olympic Champion who would run in place on top of dirty clothes piled up in his bathtub when the weather outside prevented him from running. Do a circuit routine in the …
The Refined Run Warm 12 is a dynamic warm up for runners, consisting of 12 easy to remember movements, working our way from your head to your toes! This dynamic warm up for running incorporates movements for all joints and muscles in your body that need to be loosened, activated, warmed and primed to support …
Stay Safe while out on the Roads and Trails this Winter Every Day Should be Running Safety Day Even though we should ALWAYS be conscious about our safety while out running or cycling, the fall and winter is a time when we start to lose daylight hours for training. Whether you’re putting in miles …
I originally wrote this article for the American Physical Therapy Association, however, it’s good information for you, my favorite patients, to have! As many runners, cyclists and triathletes have shin splints at some point in their training, this gives you an initial guide to help control your symptoms. Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) is a …
You asked! I answer: 1. Um, the bathroom thing. Basically, in a long run, all that jostling of the body takes its toll on the intestines. Is that the gel packs they hand out during the race doing that? Or is it the running and bouncing up and down? Any good strategies to head that …
Are you at risk for a running injury? Use this simple, self-test to find out. After performing the self test, let me know how you did and I can help you reduce your injury risk and get you running faster and more efficiently. www.RefinedRun.com