The Power of Breath
We typically do it about 15,000-20,000 times per day – breathe. It’s the most dominant movement pattern for every human being, and it’s quite literally the foundation for movement and performance. A proper breath can be the difference between painful or normal movement, or athletic success and disappointment.
The only place where fitness comes before health is the dictionary. Before we can become fit, we must first become healthy. Our breath serves three primary functions focused on keeping us healthy.
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Be it shin splints, patella-femoral syndrome, IT band syndrome, or hip tendonitis, most running injuries share a common mechanical breakdown. Most of us can recognize it in ourselves, particularly as we get tired. The hips begin to droop to one side and the knee collapses inward. In the PT world, we call this a “valgus collapse”. Normally it occurs as result of the hips’ inability to control where the leg will go. While hip strengthening and re-training is critical in preventing this movement pattern, there is no need to wait to start fixing it in your running.
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Running mechanics can be broken down into infinitesimal levels and require athletes to generate a deep connection with their bodies in order to make changes. These changes often only occur as a result of months of training and re-evaluation, but they can bring great benefit. Luckily, there are some simple changes you can make that have tremendous benefit and require far less in-depth analysis.
Cadence is defined as the number of steps taken per minute while running, when counting left-right, left-right.
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