Tag: pain
I’m not a physiotherapist, I just run a lot.
(Did you read that and hear it in your head like that dirty chorus in that Big Pun song? Enjoy having that stuck in your head all day…you’re welcome!)
Back to running — I get asked all the time what to do for shin splints or IT band issues or some other running injury. Other than a few stretches for some types of aches and pains, I usually can’t offer much advice as I’ve — knock on wood — never had to deal with an injury (other than scraping the skin off both kneecaps when I tripped over my own two feet, and that doesn’t count) so I’ve never immersed myself into the topic.
But I do have some help for you now — check out this post I wrote for CanadianLiving.com addressing a few common running injuries and how you can prevent them.
November 6, 2013
Next time I’m hurtin’ during a race (this is often around the 17k mark, when my legs are numb from exhaustion and I find myself wishing I could stop running already…um, can someone remind me why I run again…), maybe I’ll try laughing:
New research from the University of Oxford has proven that laughing releases endorphins (those feel-good chemicals) — which help alleviate pain.
They believe it may be due to how a good bout of the giggles will tire out your abs, which in turns triggers the release of endorphins.
All the more reason to have more F-U-N in your life; more fun, more laughter. Yes?
(that’s some graffiti I spotted in Montreal last week btw)
September 14, 2011
I’ve been slacking big time on going to Pilates class, and this research makes me wish I’d been going on the regular:
Good posture makes you tougher, according to findings published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Slouching can actually make you physically weaker, making you more sensitive to pain. Which suggests, for example, that instead of curling up into a ball when in pain, you should stand tall and hang tough so that you feel more in control and more powerful, which may increase your pain tolerance.
July 13, 2011
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