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Are You Over Training Or Running With An Injury?
by: Andrew Loughray
Biomechanical assessment.
Running with an injury or over-training? Often it is best to go back to
basics
Injuries can affect us all regardless of age, sex or ability. But can we
manage or limit the number of times we get injured? We can by going
back to basics.
But we are not talking about fitness levels and stretching. Instead we
By assessing, on a regular basis, your biomechanics you can help
eliminate and prevent a number of injuries and problems that athletes
suffer from. The body compensating for weak links can cause restriction
that in turn can cause pain and injury.
Calf and hamstring injuries are commonly caused by a tight sciatic nerve.
The muscles provide a protective spasm to the nerve during locomotion
and if stretched or loaded sufficiently the muscles can spasm enough to
cause themselves to tear - or cramp up - which can feel like a tear. By
mobilizing the nerve it releases tension in the muscles and reduces the
likelihood of this event.
• Tight calves
TIGHT calves can cause over pronation. The dorsi-flexion (moving the
ankle upwards) is not available from the ankle joint due to the tight
calves, so it has to come from the sub talar joint. It comes as part of the
pronation mechanism though and so increases the amount of pronation as
well. This causes shin related injuries as well as knee and Achilles
problems.
Remember that tight calves are often from a tight sciatic nerve, so by
mobilizing the nerve, we can help with preventing and normalize these
injuries.
The effects our biomechanics have on our body and the vicious circle of
injury and pain it can cause is shown again when discussing your hips and
pelvis which are so important to our running but generally overlooked until
the athlete is in severe pain or in fact injured.
• Rotated pelvis
this. It’ll either flatten the foot (pronate it), bend the knee more, or drop
this. It’ll either flatten the foot (pronate it), bend the knee more, or drop
the hip more. Pronation will increase the load on the leg (see ‘Tight calves’
section), and dropping the hip will increase the spasm to the glutes /
piriformis ‘prophylactically’, in other words preventatively, (and also if
necessary), then we are helping to reduce all of the above.
necessary), then we are helping to reduce all of the above.
• Assess yourself
clinician as they have developed a CD ROM software program that helps
clinician as they have developed a CD ROM software program that helps
you assess yourself with the software prescribing the exercises needed to
remove the problems and in turn prevent or normalize the body from
developing them in the future.
developing them in the future.
As part of the program is injury prevention the CD takes you through a
series of core stability work educating you on how to engage your core
and to engage it while doing peripheral movements, so it becomes second
nature to you when running.
It finishes off with the final section on the trunk and torso exercises.
• Benefits of biomechanics
SOME athletes out there might not feel the need to help prevent a
problem they don’t feel they have. So let’s look briefly at some of the
other benefits biomechanics has on your performance. A tight sciatic nerve
or tight piriformis (hip) can affect your stride length, your knee drive and
your power output.
you prevent injuries, enjoy your running and help with your performance.
you prevent injuries, enjoy your running and help with your performance.
The program used in helping address any issues you may have now or in
the future is worth having. But it doesn't stop there.
It can be used as a training guide to indicate that you may be over-
training or that a new technique or training plan is causing you problems.
GO AND take a look at the website http://www.humanlabsports.com and
see what you think. The CD-ROM is priced at only $39.10
by: Andrew Loughray
Biomechanical assessment.
Running with an injury or over-training? Often it is best to go back to
basics
Injuries can affect us all regardless of age, sex or ability. But can we
manage or limit the number of times we get injured? We can by going
back to basics.
But we are not talking about fitness levels and stretching. Instead we
By assessing, on a regular basis, your biomechanics you can help
eliminate and prevent a number of injuries and problems that athletes
suffer from. The body compensating for weak links can cause restriction
that in turn can cause pain and injury.
Calf and hamstring injuries are commonly caused by a tight sciatic nerve.
The muscles provide a protective spasm to the nerve during locomotion
and if stretched or loaded sufficiently the muscles can spasm enough to
cause themselves to tear - or cramp up - which can feel like a tear. By
mobilizing the nerve it releases tension in the muscles and reduces the
likelihood of this event.
• Tight calves
TIGHT calves can cause over pronation. The dorsi-flexion (moving the
ankle upwards) is not available from the ankle joint due to the tight
calves, so it has to come from the sub talar joint. It comes as part of the
pronation mechanism though and so increases the amount of pronation as
well. This causes shin related injuries as well as knee and Achilles
problems.
Remember that tight calves are often from a tight sciatic nerve, so by
mobilizing the nerve, we can help with preventing and normalize these
injuries.
The effects our biomechanics have on our body and the vicious circle of
injury and pain it can cause is shown again when discussing your hips and
pelvis which are so important to our running but generally overlooked until
the athlete is in severe pain or in fact injured.
• Rotated pelvis
this. It’ll either flatten the foot (pronate it), bend the knee more, or drop
this. It’ll either flatten the foot (pronate it), bend the knee more, or drop
the hip more. Pronation will increase the load on the leg (see ‘Tight calves’
section), and dropping the hip will increase the spasm to the glutes /
piriformis ‘prophylactically’, in other words preventatively, (and also if
necessary), then we are helping to reduce all of the above.
necessary), then we are helping to reduce all of the above.
• Assess yourself
clinician as they have developed a CD ROM software program that helps
clinician as they have developed a CD ROM software program that helps
you assess yourself with the software prescribing the exercises needed to
remove the problems and in turn prevent or normalize the body from
developing them in the future.
developing them in the future.
As part of the program is injury prevention the CD takes you through a
series of core stability work educating you on how to engage your core
and to engage it while doing peripheral movements, so it becomes second
nature to you when running.
It finishes off with the final section on the trunk and torso exercises.
• Benefits of biomechanics
SOME athletes out there might not feel the need to help prevent a
problem they don’t feel they have. So let’s look briefly at some of the
other benefits biomechanics has on your performance. A tight sciatic nerve
or tight piriformis (hip) can affect your stride length, your knee drive and
your power output.
you prevent injuries, enjoy your running and help with your performance.
you prevent injuries, enjoy your running and help with your performance.
The program used in helping address any issues you may have now or in
the future is worth having. But it doesn't stop there.
It can be used as a training guide to indicate that you may be over-
training or that a new technique or training plan is causing you problems.
GO AND take a look at the website http://www.humanlabsports.com and
see what you think. The CD-ROM is priced at only $39.10
