Thursday, January 31, 2013

Episode 4: Addressing the Soft Tissue Around the Knee

This is something that ALL OF YOU NEED TO BE DOING!  Watch this video, and add these self-massage techniques into your toolkit BEFORE you end up with some overuse knee injury.  The repetitive stress of running can create tension/adherence of the tissue surrounding your knee (especially the ITband and the end of your quad).  Get some.


3 comments:

RM said...

Tom's doing his best Lisa Turtle impression. It's "The Sprain!"

Andy said...

Aaaaay Tom Stott, how often and when should we roll? Only when we're feeling tightness/pain or after every run (or just hard workouts)?

Crush em.

scotty doesn't know said...

classic reference RM

Andy: great question! I'd start by rolling after each tempo session/hard effort (track) and long run. Hopefully, this will keep you feeling fresh for your easier run the next day. I would suggest you roll EVEN IF YOU AREN'T SYMPTOMATIC. Remember, we're trying to prevent injury. :) Send 'em Andy.