Iliotibial Band Syndrome is a common problem with runners and cyclists. The iliotibital band, commonly known as the “IT band,” is a band of tissue extending from the hip, along the outside of the thigh and knee. With “Iliotibial Band Syndrome” the IT band becomes very tight and sore, making it difficult to exercise. How [...]
Posts Tagged ‘stretching’
Why Iliotibial Band Stretches Don’t Work, and What Does
Posted in Hip pain, Iliotibial Band Syndrome, Knee pain, Stretching, tagged hip pain, iliotibial band pain, knee pain, stretching on February 1, 2012 | 22 Comments »
Video Tips on Eliminating Foot Pain, Plantar fasciitis and Heel Pain
Posted in Foot pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Muscle pain conditions, Plantarfascitis, walking, tagged altered gait, Hanna Somatic Education, pain relief, pandiculation, Plantarfascitis, stretching, walking on August 17, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Plantar fasciitis begins in the center of your body and works its way out to the perpiphery. In my last post I described the Clinical Somatic approach to plantar fasciitis. It’s not simply a condition of the feet! Let’s recap the steps to eliminating plantar fasciitis (and other general pain in your feet): Determine whether [...]
How To Stretch without Straining
Posted in Foot pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Pandiculation, Sensory Motor Amnesia, sports/fitness training, Stretching, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, pain relief, pandiculation, stretching on April 6, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Traditional stretching routines involve forceful pulling or pushing of muscles. Traditional stretching routines focus on individual muscles rather than on any pattern or group of muscles. This approach to readying muscles for action can cause muscles to become tighter than they were when you started. What works better than traditional, passive stretching? Pandiculation. A pandiculation [...]
How to Do A Somatics “Warm Up”
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, sports/fitness training, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, movement, pain relief, pandiculation, stretching on March 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Programming your brain is more important than strength training and aerobics. Central nervous system programming must never be neglected at all stages of training. -Mel Siff, author of Facts and Fallacies of Fitness I’ve been asked how athletes might “warm up” and “cool down” with Hanna Somatics. Hanna Somatics is exactly what Mel Siff refers [...]
Pandiculation-”Dynamic Stretching” Squared
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Hip pain, Knee pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Pandiculation, Somatic Exercises, Stretching, tagged back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, hip pain, pain relief, pandiculation, stretching on September 20, 2010 | 7 Comments »
In a recent New York Times article about stretching, Gretchen Reynolds reported on the largest study ever conducted on the effectiveness of stretching. The results showed that… stretching makes no difference one way or the other as far as injury prevention is concerned. The percentage of those runners assigned to do 20 second static stretches [...]
Stretching by Another Name
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, movement, pain relief, pandiculation, stretching on April 5, 2010 | 6 Comments »
On Friday I talked about that state of “frozen” muscles – Sensory Motor Amnesia – that is at the root of most chronic muscle pain. I suggested several easy movement patterns that might help you “wake up” those muscles so you can begin to move with more ease. Doing movements is wonderfully helpful, but here’s [...]
