FitOldDog's Endoscopy Using Body-Awareness To Look Inside For Medical Reasons! Body-Awareness Is Your First Line Of Defense Body-awareness skills? When I talk about this subject, which is dear to my heart, I'm reminded of poor old Ignaz. Few people are listening, but I know I'm on the right track. How do I know? Like Ignaz, I've tested it on my own life. When I propose a simple test, people say, ... Read more
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Serious Sports Injury? For A Speedy Recovery Embrace Your New Community – Thoughts On Lisfranc Injury
Hi folks, welcome to another lovely day (even though not training is driving me bonkers!). I inserted the video above to remind you that your body is alive, it can repair itself given time, but you have to work with it for an optimal repair in terms of duration of the process and your satisfaction with the final outcome. The first thing you have to do after a serious injury is survive the grieving process ... Read more
Prepare Your Children For Aging With The Right Academic And Sports Coaches
Prepare Your Children For Aging Find Them The Right Sports And Academic Coaches A great education engenders a life-long love of exercise and learning. I know many frustrated athletes, especially runners, in their 50s, 60s and 70s, who can't workout due to injuries induced in high school or college. Because it was all about winning the race, but losing out on their later years. This won't change until our ... Read more
Sports Massage To Reduce Risk Of Ironman Training Injuries
Sports massage reveals muscle tightness. Muscle tightness is a symptom of weakness! Advice to First Time Ironman Over 50 Athletes: Fix it before it becomes an injury!. There are at least two kinds of massage, sports massage and 'fluff and buff!' Sports massage to fix potential training damage, fluff and buff to relax. Both are good. My recent sports massage, from Tara, revealed an important issue. ... Read more
Recovering From A Serious Injury Or Ill-Health Is A Structured Work Of Art – Advice On Femoral Neck Fracture Rehabilitation For Luis, Please?
Hi folks! Painful as pain is, it's here to protect us from ourselves. Just ask someone with leprosy. Post-surgical repair, that's fine. Today I received a tweet from a cyclist that I admire, Luis, asking for my thoughts on recovery from a subcapital hip fracture (broken neck of femur, where it enters the hip joint), but with no pain. Yep! He fell off of his bike - these things happen. The absence of pain is ... Read more
The Plantar Fasciitis Challenge – Every Case Is Different – The Role Of Constant Vigilance In Healthy Aging And Sports
Hi folks, welcome! In order to get over and stay over sports injuries, or the negative impact of aging on your activity level, you have to be constantly vigilant in order to fix your issues and keep them fixed. I'm amazed by the number of people with plantar fasciitis, and they seem to come in one of several main types, (1) runners, (2) people on their feet a lot, (3) people who have suffered serious ... Read more
Two Big Philosophical Mistakes: Education For Grades And Sports For Winning
"In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code of values; in order to define a code of values, he must know what he is and where he is – i.e. he must know his own nature (including his means of knowledge) and the nature of the universe in which he acts – i.e. he needs metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, which means: philosophy. He cannot escape ... Read more
Don’t Run Through That Calf Injury – There Are Passive, Active, And Inadvisable Recovery Methods! + Free Video Access If You’re Quick.
"Your next sports injury is just one little mistake away!" FitOldDog Hi folks, welcome to my brief thought of the day! A friend of mine asked me today whether he should 'run through' a recent running-induced calf injury. My response was an immediate: "No Way!" You have to learn to listen to your body, but when it comes to calf injuries, or anything to do with your lower limbs, you had better take care to ... Read more
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