I read an interesting article earlier this week on my new favourite website “Nourish, Balance, Thrive”. Dr Tommy Wood highlighted a piece of research suggesting that walking barefoot outdoors could reduce your risk of a heart attack. 2 days later, I saw another article about the “Science of Grounding”. This is a subject I had […]

Stick to your plan: If you have followed a training plan to this point, you need to trust it now. You will probably do 1 more long run this weekend and then have a period of tapering. Stick to this plan. If you have missed any training runs do not be tempted to try and […]

Watching the current IAAF World Championships is fascinating on many levels. The standard of athleticism in both the men and the women is fantastic and as a study of human movement is the premier league.   I have watched quite a lot of the competition over the last few days and it is interesting to hear […]

Many years ago when I was still working with the English Institute of Sport the issue of Vitamin D deficiency was raised and many athletes from many sports were screened to measure Vitamin D levels.  Not surprisingly some athletes who took part in indooor sports were found to be deficient but more surprisingly some who […]

It’s all over and done. Hopefully you have had an enjoyable and relaxing period over Christmas and New Year. It is strange period of time that is both relaxing and restorative but also ultimately exhausting. It is possible to socialise yourself to oblivion and come back to work wondering what happened. Most of us have […]

So the 2 week test is done and I have to start with a confession. During the weekend in the middle of the 2 weeks, I went sailing with a bit of swimming involved. Having packed the boat up and got changed, I immediately went to the bar and had a ham roll, a scone […]

Back to work after a fantastic Summer holiday, but it feels like one of those opportunities like New Year to make changes. As in previous years my summer reading had an educational background to it and this year’s choice was no exception. A relatively quick read based on the WWII history of Crete. The meat […]

There is growing interest in the idea of barefoot running. Is it another trendy fad or sound advice? Also known as forefoot running, midfoot running and Chi running there are clear similarities between all these styles of running which are gaining some momentum and demand further investigation. The headline attraction of this style of running […]

Having considered the possibility of changing your running style the question arises – how do I do that?
There are usually 2 driving factors that make athletes consider changing their style. It is often athletes that are quite experienced but always have a niggling knee pain, an achilles that flares up every few months or a back pain that spasms every now and again.

For the last 10 years I have been learning and developing my knowledge of this forgottensubstance. Fascia is found throughout the body and gives us structure, shape and form. The steak eaters among you will recognise the “clingfilm” like layers that surround the steak can be seenthroughout the meat, the “marbling” that the butcher gets so excited about. Dig a little deeper andpull a few muscle fibres apart and it will unveil fascia in between each individual fibre.