Resolve Tight IT Band Pain for Good: What Causes it, exercises and stretches
8 miles in to my 16 mile run a slight burning around my knee turned in to a stabbing pain, that had me sitting on the sidewalk gulping back the tears. This was in the […]
IT Band Recovery
How to Truly Resolve Runners Knee by Fixing Knee Drift
If it sounds to good to be true, we’re supposed to believe it’s total hogwash. Ok I usually do anyways! But I swear this time, I think I’ve found a process to help most us […]
Why I Stopped Foam Rolling My IT Band
IT Band Syndrome. Sounds like a geek squad that couldn’t quite get their act together, but really it’s the bane of many runners existence. In fact, I’ve written a whole 80 page e-Book on resolving […]
Pride and Injury: 12 Lessons in Injury Prevention
As with most lessons that are learned the hard way, this one stung. It was a wake up call to my invincibility and eventually required me to put my pride to the side if I […]
How to Prevent Knee Pain When Running or Cycling {Runner’s Knee Exercises}
Cycling is supposed to save your knees right?? People have been preaching that sermon to me since I started running: “you need to do something lower impact to save your knees”. Ahh if I had […]
You’re Injured. 7 Step Program for Mental Recovery
Is it possible to run without injury, absolutely. Do most of us do all the things that would require (daily PT, stretching, never pushing beyond our limits, avoiding misplaced man hole covers)? Well no…so when […]
Understanding Cortisone Shots: When? Why? Limits?
If there ever were a magic bullet for recovering from an injury cortisone shots might be it. Of course like all magic, it requires distraction from what’s truly occurring for it to work. In other […]
IT Band Recovery Exercises That Work Long Term
If you’ve been around these parts for awhile, you’re probably aware that I’m obsessed with helping people run injury free. Obsessed.With.Long.Term.Pain.Free. But I’m especially fond of talking about IT Band Syndrome. Just reading it sends […]
Hip Extension and Mobility for Runners: Prevent IT Band Syndrome
Have you been trying to figure out how to prevent IT Band syndrome? While the pain is in your knee, along your leg or even in your glute, the problem is your hips. It shocks […]
Best Recovery Snack and Injury Prevention Exercises for Runners
Nearly every runner has been through an injury, which makes the average non-runner believe that you simply can’t enjoy this sport without hurting yourself. The truth is that most of us learn the hard way, […]
