A Researched Running Blog Designed to Help You
I’m not grateful for this 8 month journey of pain and frustration. I know that’s not the kosher thing to say. I’m supposed to tell you how it’s made me a better person, stronger human, […]
Crack. Pop. UGH. The sounds that haunt you as you drag yourself off the floor from foam rolling. What the heck is going on with your knees?! Good news, all those noises are normal, but […]
Turns out ice and rest aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Initially, they might help, but in many cases like your IT Band, resting actually leads to stiffer, tighter muscles and a runner wound […]
You need to just rest, take time off. Don’t run through pain. It’s a well meaning statement from a logical non-runner. We duck our heads with a little grin and say “yeah maybe” while on […]
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 […]
Knee exercises aren’t just necessary after injury, but to keep you from injury! I’ve been on the PT bandwagon, since I realized it would keep me running injury free in 2007. Prior to that I […]
Oh my God, I can’t be that person who starts saying “I used to run, but now my knees are bad.” I’m sure it’s wrong that this was my first thought after hearing the MRI […]
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, […]
If it sounds to good to be true…. Well this time I’m totally not kidding, it happened!!! This is kind of long, but if you have ever had knee or IT Band problems, I want […]
This summer when the ache in my knees really started to drive me crazy, I turned to fish oil. Three months later my knees were still sore…and then I ran in to Pure Matters at […]
