A Few Friday Finds!

Eat:

Earlier this week Mark Sisson discussed or should I say ranted about the haters of people choosing to go or live a gluten free life. His thoughts on this topic parallel very well with my own. Although, haters gonna hate.

Run:

Dr. Gangemi aka the "Soc Doc" did a Q&A over at the Natural Running Center. Questions ranged in topics from NSAIDs to orthotics to minimalist shoes. Check it out here.

Rehabilitate:

I have been seeing a lot of patients and athletes lately with chronic issues and chronic pain. These are often accompanied by mindsets that Dr. Erson Religioso, DPT calls "Thought Viruses".  I have had some success in addressing this with some people and other times I've failed to explain it properly and end up offending the patient. Here is Dr. E's latest post on his to five most commonly encountered thought viruses and the way he goes about addressing them. 

Have a happy Friday! 

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Three Laps and Three Cues to Better Form Running

Well, today is national running day here in the US so I hope you all get a chance to get a run in! Today's post goes back to a personal event from about three weeks ago...

I work at a small private college as a certified athletic trainer and I was covering some end of the year practices for the football team as they prepared to go on an overseas trip. Like many football fields, there was a track around the outside perimeter and the public would use this to run laps during the day and even during practice.

In the midst of a lull during practice I looked up and noticed a college-aged male running laps with form resembling that of the "Don't Be That Awkward Runner" video from YouTube. I watched him run a few laps in horror. He carried his arms completely extended and at his waist, had a major crossover gait (meaning that both feet ran on one straight line and there was no distance between potential foot prints in a medial/lateral fashion), and he was running directly on his toes without letting his heel touch the ground.

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