by Dr. Bryan D. Royer | July 1, 2019 | Common Conditions, Running, Sports Medicine
Between 25 and 42% of all overuse injuries related to running occur in the knee, making it one of the most commonly injured areas. Among runners, Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS) is the second most common injury and is the most common reason for lateral knee pain....
by Dr. Bryan D. Royer | June 3, 2019 | Common Conditions, Running, Sports Medicine, Strength & Conditioning
Many runners do not realize it when they have trouble with glute activation, but their times can suffer and they can put themselves at more risk for injury if they don’t address the cause. The gluteal muscles are a group of three separate muscles that make up...
by Dr. Bryan D. Royer | May 31, 2019 | Chiropractic Care, Sports Medicine, Strength & Conditioning
People that have a hard time with the glute activation tests should be sure to start learning exercises to remediate glute amnesia before it becomes too much of a problem. We should remember a couple principles in regards to improving performance in the body: 1. SAID...
by Dr. Bryan D. Royer | May 29, 2019 | Chiropractic Care, Sports Medicine, Strength & Conditioning
These are a couple screens or tests to evaluate for glute activation that you can do to see if you have proper function of the glute muscles (specifically gluteus maximus) in the video below. The glute activation tests in the video are as follows: Supine Glute Squeeze...
by Dr. Bryan D. Royer | May 1, 2019 | Chiropractic Care, Common Conditions
The upper back is at a crossroads between the lower back, neck and shoulder blades and is therefore a common place to have pain and dysfunction in runners. Upper back pain between the shoulder blades is a frequent location as is upper back pain with breathing. It can...
by Dr. Bryan D. Royer | April 2, 2019 | Chiropractic Care, Running, Sports Medicine
You have probably seen those colored strips of tape that are often applied during athletic competition and training and thought “What is that?” Perhaps you have even used kinesio tape and wondered what kind of magic lessened the pain while you continued to train. It...
