Hi all,
so now that Im over my jet lag from my New York trip - Im ready to share again! It was nice to be able to offer some assistance to a few of the runners doing the New York marathon, who had also done the Dublin marathon the weekend previously. One such runner had experienced bad cramping in his quads during the Dublin marathon and was very stiff and sore on arrival to New York, 2 days before his next long distance run! He had been massaged, used a foam roller, applied heat and cold, and still he was in a lot of pain and discomfort in the fronts of his thighs. As I was on holidays, I was a little unprepared for giving treatments so I had no retaining bands to immobilise limbs - but we managed with a gentle session for about 45 minutes. We started with some gentle hip mobilisation and bent leg stretching, then moved to full leg and finished with quad and hip flexor stretch. 'John' commented that after the session, his legs felt 100% lighter and that the 'painful ache' was all but gone. When I met him before the run the next morning, he told me that he was about 98% on his left and 96% on his right leg - this was an improvement on the previous day where he had to climb down the steps of the bus sideways!!!
'John' passed me at the 25mile mark at 3.48 and finished with a sub 4 hr marathon looking very strong and with no limping which was a big improvement on the previous weekend. As a personal trainer, John was delighted to have found a new therapy that he might be able to share with his clients to aid recovery and improve performance. Hope to have some interesting issues to share after next week's clinics. Again, feel free to leave a message if you want advice on how to stretch you aches and pains away! Fiona Bron ;-)
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