Tip: How do I know I need Physical Therapy?
Runners: Strength & Stretch • 3m 49s
PT’s specialize in the musculoskeletal system and how it has to ALL work together for efficient and pain free motion. Our bodies are REALLY good at compensating, and it is so helpful to have someone who is skilled in finding those compensations, correcting them and showing you how to keep them from coming back! Not only that, underlying problems such as a hernia, disc issues, neural tension and other conditions can affect the body’s ability to perform exercises and activities.
Up Next in Runners: Strength & Stretch
-
Tip: Rest Day
Rest days are equally as important as "work" days! Think of your rest day as a leisure or active recovery day, not a sedentary-do-no-activity day. Rest helps muscles recover and reduces micro trauma in muscles. In general some movement also reduces soreness, increases blood flow and reduces some ...
-
Tip: Running and your Pelvic Floor
Your core/trunk is a transfer station for everything that goes on in the body. Running dramatically increases the amount of force through the core, pelvic floor and legs. Starting running too soon can wreak havoc on your pelvic floor (PF). Its primary job is to keep that baby in and then
afterwar... -
Transverse Abs: 7 for the TA
Because the transverse abdominis (TA) is known as the corset muscle, it is the one we want to hit up to get those pre-mommy tummies back. We need train all four of our abdominal muscles (TA, rectus abdominis, internal and external oblique), but the TA is essential for getting a flatter tummy and ...
