Boddicker Performance

In continuation of yesterday's post about some of the things that I have picked up over the weekend at Optimum Sports Performance is the idea that the best just don't miss things. While traditional orthopedics would tell us that when a joint is hurting, we need to look directly at that joint, we know that the body is far more complicated than that. Yes, it hurts, but WHY? Just because the plantar fascia is not behaving, simple treatment of the foot and even lower leg will not always suffice. How is the tone of their hip flexors? How about the tone of their cervical musculature? If the athlete is in full body a... full article »

Today is a continuation of Steve Magness's great article looking at the role of impact forces on controling the mechanics of running.  Enjoy. -Carson Boddicker Impact Forces: The picture gets cloudier: But it’s not as simple as described above. In an interesting study by Scott (1990) they looked at peak loads on the various sites of likely injury for runners (Achilles, knee, etc.). All peak loads occurred during mid-stance and push off. This led to an important finding that “the impact force at heel contact was estimated to have no effect on the peak force seen at the chronic injury sites,” and led to... full article »

Today I have a great guest piece by Steve Magness examining pronation, motion control, and barefoot running. The running shoe model needs to be fixed. Pronation, Motion Control, Cushioning, and Stability shoes? Get rid of them all. It’s not just barefoot running and minimalism versus running shoes, the either/or situation many portray it to be. It’s much deeper than that. It’s not even that running shoe companies are evil and out to make a profit. Shoe companies may be accomplishing the goals they set out for, but maybe the goals their aiming for are not what need to be done. The paradigm that running shoe... full article »

As is often the case, people begin new years with goals in mind.  In my previous post, I shared a few with you all.  One resonant theme among readers of BP.com and myself is to improve our understanding of performance enhancement and the human body as a whole.  My friend over at Sports Rehab Expert, Joe Heiler, is putting on a series of teleseminars of some of the brightest minds in performance and rehabilitation. Starting January 27th, every Wednesday night at 8:00 EST, you can listen to: Gray Cook and Shirley Sahrmann Robert Panariello Stuart McGill (bonus interview with Chris Poirier from Perform Better)... full article »

It's been a great year here at BP. 1. Traffic is at an all time high with ~6000 visitors each month. 2. We recently were voted #7 in the Wellsphere Health Blogger Contest 3. We have big plans for 2010! Thanks for your continued support! Best, Carson Boddicker... full article »