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The hip is a joint that needs to be both mobile and stable at the same time. For those that have stability issues in the hip, you will get a lot from watching this series of videos I found. The first step to getting stable hips, is getting strong glutes…and a lot of [...]
Continue Reading →With just a tennis ball, a foam roller and a few well thought out stretches you can keep your shoulder pain and injury free.
The shoulder is a very mobile joint, one nor built for stability. Saying that, even a small biomechanical imbalance can mean an injury. Shoulder injuries are both common and [...]
Continue Reading →Excuses excuses excuses.
Many of us don’t work out, get healthy, or eat right and we have a long and entertaining list of excuses as to why we don’t. The fact is that a gym membership or appropriate equipment will enhance the workout tremendously, but it’s not necessary. You can workout [...]
Continue Reading →Here is an old but great website that explains all the trigger points in every muscle…it also shows where the pain may be referring too. A little gem. Look up the chart to find where your pain is, and you will see a few muscles that may be [...]
Continue Reading →If you have shoulder pain you have probably been treating around the around. Traps, rhomboids, deltoids etc etc…one of the biggest culprits and often overlooked is a malfunctioning latissimus dorsi. This one I know from experience. After suffering from should pain for nearly two years (common for a volleyballer but [...]
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Eric Cressey is a gun with shoulders, check out this post.
http://www.ericcressey.com/strength-exercise-of-the-week-prone-external-rotation
Continue Reading →We have spoken a lot about the hip flexor muscles on Lauren’s Fitness and how they can affect the way your body functions. The muscles consist of the Rec Fem, the Illiacus and the Psoas. Tight hip flexors can result in a lot of problems, most notably back [...]
Continue Reading →This is a guest post…
For people who have decided that going to the gym and trying to get fit or build muscle is the task they want to take on, then it can be a daunting one. To challenges that working out offers are tough and without the determination of [...]
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Continue Reading →As you may or may not know I am now based in Switzerland playing…rest day, and my roommate and I decided to go visit Interlaken and see the Alps. Beautiful views and very long hike through the mountain. Big eccentric workout!! Love this country.
Continue Reading →The rectus femoris muscle is one that causes a lot of issues, especially in the knee. It is a hip flexor and a knee extensor. Check out this video on how to release your rec fem yourself with a foam roller, specifically the thera roll and a [...]
Continue Reading →Knee pain can and will affect many of us at some stage in our lives. The great news is, if your knee pain stems from an overuse injury then there are a number of general things you can do to help reduce the pain significantly. The tough thing about knee pain is that once damage [...]
Continue Reading →Anyone that knows me personally know that I have the noisiest knees possible for a human. I do a deep squat and it sounds like someone is running through a storm, stepping on sticks and popping bubble wrap. I truly wish I was joking. I have always been told noisy knees are not [...]
Continue Reading →The calf muscles, which consist of the gastrocnemius and the soleus is a muscle we use every single day, all day. there is a lot of pressure on it, and as a result can have a tendency to get tight and develop trigger points. As we have learnt previously on LaurenS [...]
Continue Reading →This post is truly from experience, and as a professional volleyball player I am a huge advocate for the use of acupuncture for knee pain or dry needling for knee pain. However, don’t just take my word for it. I have had acupuncture done, which is a Chinese medicine approach and works by altering the [...]
Continue Reading →A little bit of anatomy today. We will be looking at what muscles actually flex the hip and you may be surprised at how many there actually are. The body is very complex. Firstly, hip flexion is when the knee is moving up and/ or forward and the angle between the front of the femur [...]
Continue Reading →Here is a video showing you a picture of hip flexors, running through the function of the Psoas and why it is such an important muscle in regards to the function of your body. We have discussed many times the amount of problems the hip [...]
Continue Reading →Losing weight isn’t easy, but a lot of the time people are simply not getting the right information in. Ultimately, it’s calorie in Vs calorie out right? Well… yeah it is. Of course, you need to be getting the right calories in, and certainly it helps a lot to have a higher percentage of protein [...]
Continue Reading →We have spoken before about hip flexors and how important their optimal function to the body actually is. The Psoas in particular attaches up on your spine, which means if it is not functioning well, then it can greatly affect your back. Imagine the pressure of a rope, holding onto the middle of your back [...]
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