By Brian Schiff Maintaining posture and alignment during a run often proves to be challenging once fatigue begins to set in. Naturally, your body often wants to succumb to gravity and collapse inward. This negatively impacts performance and breathing and may also place undue strain on your back. Fatigued
By Brian Beatty What could go wrong with running with your good friends and traveling across beautiful countryside at the same time? Nothing, really, until you get out of the car for your next event leg and realize how much you tightened up from your last leg as you
By Carolinas HealthCare System When you go out in a fantastic pair of heels and designer handbag, you feel great. But when you get home, you can’t wait to put down that bag and kick off those toe-numbing shoes. “It’s called a high-heel hangover,” says Kevin Burroughs, MD, CAQSM,
By Lindsay Mumma, DC You have a training partner who is the same age and weight as you; you log the same number of miles per week, do the same cross-training, run the same hills, and take the same amount of time to warm up and cool down. So why
By Carolinas HealthCare System Intensive, organized conditioning programs like P90X and CrossFit can be great ways to get in shape fast, but failing to prepare correctly could lead to serious injury. High-intensity interval training – workouts that alternate between intense bursts of high-energy activity and “cool down” periods –
By Brian Schiff Plantar fasciitis affects many runners. Have you ever awakened to sudden, sharp pain in the bottom of the foot or heel as you stepped out of bed? Or have you experienced a nagging pain along the bottom of the foot or heel during or after your
By Smruti Shah As endurance athletes, we all train in cycles. Many of us will register for our next event within hours of finishing the last one. It is easy to get caught up with going from one race to another without having a planned training schedule that allows
By Brian Schiff Runners often follow the same routine prior to training runs and races. Pre-run rituals may include a series of static stretches, light jogging, dynamic flexibility or perhaps no warm-up at all. To adequately prepare the body for repetitive impact loading, I always suggest incorporating a dynamic
By Carolinas HealthCare System As we focus our energies on a new year of racing, our children, too, are focusing on a new year of athletics. Any coach can tell you focus is a key element to success in sports. But, for young athletes, focusing exclusively on one sport
By Catherine Duncan What do shorter strides and higher cadence do to help prevent knee injury? There are two key supporting hypotheses. First, there is a direct link between stride length and the recommendation to move from a heel-strike pattern to a forefoot/midfoot strike pattern. The latest research suggests
