With walking, the effort by the ankle extensor muscles (shin muscles, pointing the toes up) is twice as much as the knee extensors muscles (quad muscles) and 25% more when running. Without strength in those ankle extensor muscles we lose ankle mobility. Without ankle mobility our knee extensors must activate more which adds additional stress on the knee. Ankle strength is the key to maintaining ankle mobility and in keeping optimal biomechanics. Without it, injuries increase

Patients often ask when they should foam roll? It depends on your performance goals but generally 5-10 minutes before a workout and 10-20 minutes post workout to help: •increase joint range of motion •decrease in delayed onset muscle soreness •speed up recovery So start foam rolling today and see improvements before you know it! #injuryprevention #function #move #stretch #rehab #foamroll #chiropractic #chiropractor #newhaven #NewHaven #physicaltherapy #crossfit #foamrolli

As the Olympics enter the final week of competition, the athletes continue to use various forms of treatment to help their bodies recover and continue to perform at the highest level. You may have seen one of these treatments in the form of a colorful elastic tape. That colorful elastic tape, also known as Kinesio Tape, makes appearances at not only the Olympics but on international playing fields of all levels. The tape works by lifting the skin up and away from sore or inju

Do you ever suffer from inner thigh/groin pain? Do you wonder why your groin gets pulled so easily and so often? Your adductor muscles (the muscles that feel tight and painful when you pull your groin) are responsible for hip adduction, flexion, internal rotation and extension. They are important in amplifying power and stabilizing the body during exercises such as walking. But what if you have weak abdominal muscles? Then the adductors muscles are required to further help st

Stand up from your chair, put your feet together, and bend forward touching your toes while keeping your knees straight. Did you reach? If you feel the pull in through the back of your legs then you have tight hamstrings. Why are they tight? Due to the fact that people sit most of the day, their glutei (butt) muscles become inhibited and weak. The hamstrings must then take over the primary role of those glutei muscles (hip extension and posterior pelvic tilt). Your hamstrings

Suffer from shin splints? Shin splints are the pain you feel in the front of the lower leg due to excessive forces and pulling on the shin bone. For many people, when their muscles in the upper thigh become weak from sitting all day, other muscles in the shin start to overwork to compensate. Bringing the leg forward becomes compromised while running so the body forces the ankle to lift up even higher therefore putting excessive forces on your shin bone which causes the pain k