\u201cRunning, like gymnastics or swimming, is a whole body sport. It requires a body that\u2019s stable and mobile,\u201d Young shares. \u201cA comprehensive gait analysis can give a runner a visual impression of weak links in movement and strength, which helps them understand why they should invest in activation, stability and mobility work, which typically falls through the cracks. This visual impression helps motivate a runner to get on the mat and be more committed and purposeful in this work,\u201d<\/p>\n
A comprehensive analysis pinpoints specific strength and movement deficits in a runner\u2019s gait. Once identified, a specific and individualized training plan is developed to improve these underlying deficits, while changing as little as possible in a runner\u2019s gait technique. This can reduce a runner\u2019s risk of injury, build strength and increase a runner\u2019s efficiency and performance.<\/p>\n
Through Silver Sage\u2019s scien \u201cJulie showed me a couple of exercises that made it obvious what was going on,\u201d Renee shares. \u201cI slightly tilted my torso when I run, which causes my glutes to fire, and creates stability down the chain. I had the muscles in place, they just weren\u2019t working properly.\u201d<\/p>\n Julie gained much of her knowledge from participating in a six-month fellowship at the University of Southern California\u2019s Movement Performance Institute<\/a> (MPI) and now follows up with yearly update courses. MPI, headed by Dr. Christopher Powers, conducts ongoing research on human biomechanics. Using state-of-the-art technology, Young has gained hands-on experience in identifying underlying movement impairments in a person\u2019s gait.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a result of his extensive research, Dr. Powers is one of the few physical therapists I know who actually has a protocol for diagnosing injury (uncovering the source, not just the symptoms) and providing a methodical, systematic protocol to return injured runners to their sport,\u201d Young said. \u201cDr. Powers\u2019 system strives to uncover specific strength deficits and movement impairments that are causing pain, and or have the potential to lead to injury and inhibit performance. It focuses on precisely pinpointing the affected musculature and movement patterns and improving them through activation, stability, mobility, strength and movement re-training, while changing as little as possible with the individual\u2019s gait.\u201d<\/p>\n Within a week of her visit to Julie, Renee was able to run a 50K, from Mellow Fellow in Kings Beach to Mellow Fellow in Truckee. \u201cBefore that I couldn\u2019t complete 15 or 20 miles without aggravation,\u201d she says. To be safe, Renee had her husband on standby to come get her if it became necessary.<\/p>\n \u201cI just kept texting him to tell him I was still running,\u201d she says. For more information on Silver Sage and the Dartfish Gait Analysis<\/a> program, visit www.silversagecenter.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Renee Elsdon Jacobs had been struggling with Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS) for more than two years. This occurs when the iliotibial band, the ligament that runs down the outside of the thigh from the hip to the knee, is tight or inflamed. Renee wasn\u2019t sure what caused it, but it was creating tension in her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletes-blog","category-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3973,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3968\/revisions\/3973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"palisades-etc-40\"](\"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/palisades-etc-40-300x199.jpg\")
<\/a>ce-based approach to gait analysis, Julie was able to determine that Renee was tilting her torso back during her stride, which meant she was placing too much load on her quads and knees, and preventing her glutes from firing.<\/p>\n![\"renee-50k-screenshot\"](\"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/renee-50K-Screenshot-123x300.jpg\")
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