When you have limited ankle mobility, we make it a priority to improve that mobility. That’s because improved ankle mobility can boost performance and decrease injuries such as knee pain and hip pain. If you already know you have tight calves or tight ankles, you might be thinking of stretching. However, muscles are usually tight […]

This week we’re going to talk more about running form and what happens during midstance, the shock absorption phase of gait. If your joints go through too much motion, we call this collapsing or valgus collapse. This can be due to limited foot stability, limited hip stability, or limited lumbopelvic stability (core stability). You would […]

Before we look at someone’s running with 3D gait analysis, we always take the runner through what we call a “running readiness assessment.” We also use a modified version of this for athletes of other sports or those with different movement goals and pain in other areas of the body. The idea is that we […]

The Key Principles Every Runner Should Know About Strength Training In working with some of the top runners in the world, I have found that there is one thing they all need for their next break through…consistent strength training for runners! It can be challenging to convince runners that there are other ways to get […]

A complete guide on how to start running so you can get all the benefits of running while avoiding injuries. One of the best things about running is that the health and wellness benefits are almost unlimited. One of the worst things about running is that almost 80% of people get injured every year. No […]

Why prevention starts with personalization. Most runners will experience a running injury each year, with research showing upwards of 80% of runners getting injured annually. The best way to treat running injuries is to prevent them! The problem is that there is not a one-size fits all solution. Two runners with the exact same injury […]

Part of the secret formula to healthy and faster running. Have you ever seen a race photo and wondered if that is really what your running gait looks like? Chances are…no, that is not what your running gait looks like! A true gait analysis is not something that someone can do by looking at you run with […]