Hey MWodi’s,
We’ve got to remember to think horses, not Cape Buffalos. What am I talking about? Well when we are addressing a movement limitation at a joint or a painful area, we’ve got to look to look at the tissues directly upstream and downstream of the problem. If you find a short range of motion, or a horrible nasty tissue, start there. Chances are, that’s a big part of the problem. The restricted neighbor tissue can be causing and - injury or a mechanical fault. Simple.
Show your calfs some respect eh? Don’t hate, mobilize with the love.
Kstar
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KStar! Love the way the new site looks but all the old links don’t work. They just redirect to the new page. Any chance we can get the old links to redirect to the proper episode? I’ve given tons of our athletes homework using the old links. And our programming also refers to the link so our coaches can review. Muchas gracias!
Hey Gina -
We went ahead and fixed the linking issues. Any old links you have been using a references will work the same as before, but link to the new layout.
Hope that works for you!
chanson
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it.
I have exactly what info I want. Check, please. Wait, it’s free? Awomese!
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Hey Kelly,
I finally got around to videotaping a stretch that I came up with. It has got a few faults, so I was hoping you would be able to improve upon it. I think it hits some interesting regions though, so I hope there’s some merit. Here’s the video:
http://vimeo.com/20899785
Cheers,
Ben
Dear anyone that can help!
A few weeks ago I noticed a massive not in my right quad, right down around where the IT band and the quad muscle connect (I think that’s what it is). Anyway, I busted the knot up with a foam roller and lacrosse ball, though it took a couple weeks to finally get it worked out. Now I have tightness higher in the same quad, but not as tight and covering a larger area than the knot did. I also noticed I have a tightness in the back of my right hip capsule, knotted muscles under my right kneecap now when I do hamstring stretches (I do 4 different ham stretches daily on each leg totalling 19minutes) and I’ve noticed the front of my right hip is much tighter than my left when doing couch stretch or one leg up on elevated surface type stretch.
I’m guessing these are all related, any suggestions on the best way to work this out. The tightness in my quad is super annoying and restrictive to doing heavier squats, pistols, etc and this has been going on for a few weeks now.
Thank you for any suggestions!! Love the Mwod!
Try these: Episode 142/365 Tight IT Band and Hip Flexor Fix: Runners?
Episode 151/365: The Runner/Split Jerk Dream Mob
This barbell calf mob is now one of my favorites. Great creative thinking!
How about something for the tibialis anterior and other muscles medial from it? My calf is fine when I run. It’s all the muscles medial from the tidia and anterior from the calf that just completely locks up. Surgery has been suggest to cut open the fascia and allow the muscle room to expand. That just doesn’t sound like an option that I’m looking forward to trying. (12 weeks of recovery in some cases)
Thanks,
Mike