Comments on: Preventing Injuries

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:02:04 +0000

Common problem… weak glutes, vastus medialis – short and tight IT band…

By: hayden

hayden — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:03:09 +0000

my glutes were weak, the inside of my legs were weak and the outside were strong and tight. sorry i don’t know the proper names. Since then I have had to make sure my knees stay over my feet during squats so the strong parts don’t take over, also I use a foam roller down the side of my leg to loosen it

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:23:23 +0000

I had three instances where I let something go and paiid for it later.I’m actually still paying for one right now. The first happened to me in 2000 with my right shoulder. I started having a twinge here ant there, but ignored it and kept training anyway. I ended up tearing my labrium, and had to have three bolts in my shoulder to cure cronic instability. What cuased the problem initialy was an imbalance between my back and chest. My Chest was much stronger than all the little back muscles, which pulled my shoulders forward causing bad technique. I was told by my physical therapist to try to correct this, which I didn’t listen, and it caught up to me again in 2007 with my other shoulder. This time it was a infraspinaus strain, that took every day of a year and a half to heal. The third problem I have is I have a weak core. I injured my back in 2004 bad enough to be on bedrest for a week, and again, my physical therapist told me how to correct the problem and I didn’t listen. I have recently re-injured my back in late april, and while it’s tolerable pain, I can’t train the way I want, with the intensity I want until the pain goes away completely. My advice, LISTEN TO YOUR DOCTOR AND PHYSICAL THERAPIST!!!!! THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!!! I’m 33 now and feel like I’m 53 due to these isuues, which could’ve been avoided if I hadn’t been so hard-headed.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:05:48 +0000

What was the imbalance? Strength or flexibility?

By: hayden

hayden — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:32:47 +0000

i had a muscle imbalance in my leg. one day at training i used bad technique and my knee cap dislocated. i was on bed rest for a couple of weeks and by the end i had lost alot of muscle in that leg