Category : Exercise Training
Heel Pain: Hands-on Physical Therapy and Stretching Prove Effective for Treating Heel Pain
March 10th, 2011Do you ever wake up with pain in the heel of your foot first thing in the morning? If so, this article is a must read for you. Learn how physical therapy and stretching prove effective for treating heel pain. Sports + Orthopedic Leaders has clinics located in both Oakland (SOL PT) and Santa Cruz (SOL [...]
How can you prevent premature aging?
March 1st, 2011“Endurance exercise may stop you looking and feeling old, it may even help you live longer, a study by McMaster University researchers has found.” Click here to read the complete article. If you’d like assistance creating an exercise program specific to you and your needs, just give us a call. We’re always here to help. [...]
Exercise Guidelines for You and Your Pet
January 31st, 2011The following article is presented by Tammara Moore, DPT. Did you know that a majority of veterinarians believe that the number one problem plaguing our nation’s dogs is obesity? It is estimated that at least 25 to 40 percent of our nation’s dogs are overweight. Studies show that this trend in dogs’ health correlates with the [...]
Abdominal Exercise for the 21st Century
November 17th, 2010People are always looking for a new “Abdominal” exercise. Abdominal and Core exercises seem to be the most popular exercises in fitness magazines and on training websites. Infomercials for gadgets claiming to “trim fat off your mid-section” and “tone your abs” are on TV all the time. At Sports and Orthopedic Leaders, we see the [...]
Proprioceptive Training, Part Two: Injury and Proprioceptive Deficits
October 29th, 2010How does damage or altered proprioception occur? After an injury, or just not using our bodies can create less stimulation to the proprioceptors. It’s “use it or lose it” with our constantly changing nervous system. The body can lose some of its proprioceptive ability due to pain which will have an effect on muscular activation [...]
Proprioceptive Training, Part One
October 25th, 2010Have you ever wondered about your ability to sense movement? Your ability to know where you are in space? The unconscious perception of movement and the ability to know where you are spatially with orientation to other objects against gravity arises from the stimuli and the receptors within the body itself. Every precise, coordinated movement [...]
Core Stability Exercises for Runners
October 7th, 2010Many runners have asked us for a hip and core stability program. These are common areas of muscular imbalances or weakness. Here are my favorite fundamental core exercises designed for runners. This does not take the place of weighted exercises to gain power and strength, but you have to have proper stability and mobility as a foundation for strength. Stability is the ability to control motion. In this sequence you are training the neuromuscular system and the brain.
Stretching for Running
October 4th, 2010Have you wondered about stretching and the benefits for running? Most of the newest research says not to stretch statically before running, but dynamically. What does that mean? It means taking your muscles and joints through functional active movements like calisthenic type movements. Do the Yoga type stretching some other time, but not before you run. When should you stretch? When clients ask about stretching before running, I advise a sufficient dynamic warm-up and afterwards, more static stretching where the stretch is held longer at end range. I like to use Active Isolated stretching, which is static and uses neurological principles to… Read Entire Article
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