November 22, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Fitness & Health

The Answer to Runners Knee?

A couple of weeks ago I was invited along to the Jefford Centre in Norwich to have my gait analysed using a technique called Apos Therapy. As someone who suffers from all sorts of problems from my back to my ankles, I thought it would be interesting to go along and be checked out. I’ll

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The Perils of Over Doing It.

This last month I have learnt why all exercise books tell you to build things up slowly. It wasn’t deliberate. I was just a bit stupid. Christmas is pretty much always a slack fest especially post Half Marathon, and the first couple of months of this year were also pretty light. I had a terrible

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The Heat is On: Hot Ginger Rub vs Deep Heat

If your muscles hurt after exercising it’s a good thing, it means you’re pushing yourself and improving. It’s called Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) and it seems that no one really knows why it occurs, but the theory is that unaccustomed exercise causes tiny amounts of damage to the muscles, which then repair themselves in

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Little Niggles and How to Deal With Them

I think niggle is a great word, it sounds nice, I imagine it as a small furry creature, but it’s not so nice a thing to actually deal with. When you start exercising, or up the effort or try something new, you’re likely to suffer from tons of tiny niggles. Some of them will turn

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#juneathon day 29 and 30 -The End…

Well, Juneathon is over and I can’t say I feel like I really gave it my all. While Janathon took place in a month that was hard in many ways, it was at least a month where we were slowly returning to work. In Juneathon my year was in full swing, injury, long working hours

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#juneathon Day 19 – Back on the Road!

Woo! Yeah baby! It might have only been a mile, but I am functioning normally, ish. I’ve never been so aware of every muscle twinge as I was today, terrified of hurting myself further. But I was ok. It was however hideously humid, which always affects my breathing as I’m asthmatic, so the mile was

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#Juneathon Day 17 and 18 – Don’t Look Now

In order to avoid boring you I’m doing 2 days at a time while I’m injured, still technically within the Juneathon rules as long as I write within 24 hours of exercising. I’m loath to give up Juneathon completely as with 12 days left to go I might be able to get back to it.

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#Juneathon Day 15 and 16

Well, I’ve been being sensible. The leg is much better, though I can’t bend it behind me more than a 90 degree bend without pain. So I am taking short walks and gently stretching it. Roller Derby is out for Monday, but I might try a short and slow run later in the week. Disappointed

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#Juneathon Day 14 – Yawn

Yeah, yeah. I imagine you all waiting around with baited breath to hear how long a plank I did today and how much I smell of deep heat. The answers. 80 seconds and a lot. I can walk without limping today, which is progress, but can’t bend my leg backwards, like you would for a

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