Posts Tagged ‘pain’
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Filed under: corrective exercise
Pain Articles
by Carson Boddicker on Nov 10th, 2009
Keeping with the theme of yesterday's post, today I'll direct you toward a few great articles on understanding pain, getting out of pain, and keeping yourself pain free. I'd highly recommend checking them out. Making Gains with Pain--Nick Tumminello. In this article, Nick introduces the idea of high and low threshold pain and provides strategies to correct the various pain types. It's a well-written and highly informed article. I think...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: corrective exercise
Pain and Performance
by Carson Boddicker on Nov 9th, 2009
Today's post is a guest blog from my friend and fitness professional, Mike T Nelson. As most athletes go through pain at one point or another, understanding pain is critical for the true professional. Enjoy! Best, Carson Boddicker Melzack defined the Neuromatrix of pain as “pain is a multidimensional experience produced by characteristic ‘neurosignature’ patterns of nerve impulses generated by a widely distributed neural network-...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: coaching, injuries
Pay attention to Pain
by Carson Boddicker on Mar 5th, 2009
In my experience as both an athlete and a performance consultant, I have failed to take heed to the small aches and pains that are warning signs for bigger problems along the way. In my career, ignoring that little ache on the outside of my lower leg led to a complete fracture of my fibula, furthermore failing to gather information regarding how my athletes felt prior to their sessions often led me into working them hard when an easy day (or ev...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Running, corrective exercise, injuries, regeneration
Dealing with Shin Pain
by Carson Boddicker on Feb 10th, 2009
Shin splints is one of those terms that is sort of a "catch-all" when it comes to issues that create lower leg pain and dysfunction--particularly along the medial border of the tibia. Runners are no strangers to such a gamut of issues, and just last season alone, three teammates missed training time on account of shin pain. As it is my goal with all of my athletes to prevent all unnecessary pain and dysfunction, the assessment of my athletes al...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Anatomy and Physiology
The amazing body…
by Carson Boddicker on Jan 29th, 2009
As I was doing a bit of reading last night, I was stuck with yet another fact about the body that made me realize exactly how amazing and adaptable the body can be. It was the story of a girl born without a tibia in one leg, which is the main weight-bearing bone of the lower leg. Over time, however, her fibula began to take on morphologies until it was indistinguishable from the tibia of the other leg. Think about that. The body is so goo...Read More » Tags
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