I am going to be traveling out of town with the basketball team that I work with in attempt for them to make the sweet 16 in NCAA Division III basketball so I don't have time to finish next week's blog post just yet but I thought I'd give a little preview of what is to come. Next week we will begin a discussion of ankle dorsiflexion. We will discuss the importance of this motion, the prevalence and research related to a lack of dorsiflexion and how to do a self-evaluation to check your own dorsiflexion at home. We will also talk about different ways of working on regaining or maintaining this motion including some of my favorite joint and soft tissue mobilization techniques, trigger point therapy, as well as mobility exercises and stretching. This won't be a post just for runners but for anyone who wants to live an active lifestyle. It doesn't matter if you are a power walker, weight lifter, martial artist, ballet dancer, mountaineer or grandmother that enjoys gardening.
In other news, I received my blood test results back today including a blood lipid panel and thyroid stimulating hormone levels. I went into the doctor for a wellness appointment earlier this week and wanted to get some blood tests done so that I could have a baseline for my health as it is related to diet. I wish that I had thought of this idea before I began eating an ancestral health/paleo/high fat type diet about a year ago so that I could see how I have changed since then. Although this is a cross-sectional look at my health it still shows that here and now that my values are within healthy and normal ranges. I would like to point out that my hematocrit level is considered low but that can be misleading and thrown off my individuals that are well hydrated.
Here are my results below:
Have a great weekend!
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