Craig's Corner
June 16, 2008
With the cool, very wet and crazy spring we have had this year the warm and windy weekend took its toll on the 146 racers who participated in the Run, Row, Rock and Roll Adventure Race in Fairbury, NE last Saturday. It was nice to see familiar faces along with new ones and some out of state teams. I was very pleased and proud of how well everyone competed. The course and all the challenges seemed to be what a national qualifier should be. TOUGH! Congratulations to Proformance Physical Therapy for winning the Overall and qualifying for Nationals in November. A big thanks goes out to Craig Bontrager and the Fairbury crew. They provided great support and hospitality before, during and after the race.
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Develop Strength and Flexibility to Improve your Multisport Performance
April 11, 2008
As multisport athletes we are always looking for ways to enhance our performance. Most of us instinctively think we need to increase the number of miles we train or add more intense workouts to our training program. Is more better? On the contrary, a balanced well planned training program can only incorporate a limited number of intense workouts and miles to be successful; otherwise we increase the risk of injuries and overtraining. Each individual must also balance their personal life, family, work, and person obligations with the time available for training. So how can we improve our performance and decrease the chances of injury? Most multisport athlete’s performances are limited by the muscles of the extremities. A well trained athlete has a very strong cardiovascular system, but the better athlete is the one whose muscles hold up to the demands of training and racing. The best way to accomplish this and enhance your performance is to add strength and flexibility training to your training program. Goals of the strength training program should include improving muscular power, speed, and motor ability elements it also contributes to balance and injury prevention.
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Proformance Physical Therapy Tip
January 15, 2008
Training in the winter is hard anyway as it is usually cold, wet, and windy. It is also a time when fitness levels seem to decrease and the risk for injury rises. One of the most common injuries in the early training season is “shin splints” (aka: medial tibial stress syndrome). The term "shin splints" refers to pain along the shinbone (tibia) and is usually the result of an overload on the connective tissues that attach the muscles to the bone. Specifically, a muscle called the posterior tibialis is usually the culprit.
