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November 2018 When Hip Structure Compromises Hip Motion A more recent diagnostic of hip deformity, along with a more recent surgical procedure to manage it (thanks to the work of a Nashville orthopedist), has helped explain a lot of athletes’, and even non-athletes’, groin pain. Called femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), it is essentially a recognition thatRead More
October 2018 When Hip Structure Compromises Hip Motion A more recent diagnostic of hip deformity, along with a more recent surgical procedure to manage it (thanks to the work of a Nashville orthopedist), has helped explain a lot of athletes’, and even non-athletes’, groin pain. Called femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), it is essentially a recognition thatRead More
Several years ago, when Eddie George was the Tennessee Titans heralded running back – for all good reasons, I might add – he took up yoga from a friend of mine. This instructor capitalized on Eddie’s work with her, and Eddie presumably capitalized on the benefits of stretching… a lot. Now, I can’t say whetherRead More
What’s the common theme in these pictures? No, guys, it’s not that they are all women stretching. Jeez. It’s that they are all stretching exercises. And they are variations of ones many exercisers do before or after a run or a class. But if you buy into stretching for reasons other than what it canRead More
I’ve addressed this issue before so you’re welcome to go thru the archives and read what I wrote then. Today, I write nothing different.The question at hand was inspired by a recent article in the NY Times by gretchen reynolds: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/reasons-not-to-stretch/ In this one, she alludes to two newer studies showing sustained – and thatRead More
Another article sums up the latest professional spin on stretching. Done on runners, many many runners, of all ages, some of whom were assigned a 5 mins stretching routine, others who were asked not to – it took two years to find enough who would not stretch – the study found that 16% of stretchersRead More
Last week I attended the ACSM annual meeting in beautiful Baltimore. I kid you not; it is a beautiful convention center/inner harbor/down town area with good restaurants – my cousin took me to an Afghani restaurant (owned, incidentally, by pres. Karzai’s brother) – and clubs and things to do and see (like the first GeorgeRead More
This article from way back in November – Phys Ed: How Necessary Is Stretching? – addresses the upside and potential downside of doing flexibility training, esp in excess. having studied stretching for the past decade when the science of stretching really took hold in the field, it was a comfort to see the author –Read More
