Mobilization- Simple things, big changes.

A lacrosse ball!?  My daughters beach shovel!? …and a new stretch!  Health improvement, it’s a big change, but so simple.  Fix yourself and know where your issues are, just roll them out, or mash and floss, as it’s said in Ready to Run: Unlocking Your Potential to Run Naturally (#1 bestseller in Preventive Medicine).

Thanks to Kelly Starrett for his thorough knowledge on physiology and anatomy.  He also  references Chris McDougal (Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen) and Dan Lieberman (The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease) who both tell compelling stories on how evolution, society and footwear interact with postural health.  Basically we’re built to run long distances-doing so with good posture, a positive attitude and flat footwear.

According to Starrett it starts with standing posture and stacking up starting with neutral feet (no duck or pigeon), squeeze the glutes and abs, shoulders back.  Focusing on that made a few corrections in my posture.  Concentrating on that while running also made some positive changes in speed and fluidity, and ultimately distance.  Although it brought about some extra sore calf muscles, but I rarely run distance.  I’ll have to get into a mileage program and report back on the calf thing.  Definitely worth reading, or like me with a busy toddler, listen on Audible!

Also thanks to Chase Jarvis for introducing Kelly Starrett to me in his 30 days of genius.