Running on Grass

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          Mike Young on April 25, 2007 at 10:49 pm #13004

          Thanks to my chiro I’ve been slowly recovering from a long-bout of patellar tendonitis that had kept me from any consistent running workouts for the past 2 months. I’ve been slowly working my way back in to running, upping my volume and?intensity and mainly staying on soft surfaces. Yesterday I did a running workout in a field by my house. Sometimes, I’ll run on the fake-grass / t

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          geezerjumper on April 26, 2007 at 5:57 am #67997

          Hi Mike,
          If you don't mind me asking, what has the chiro been doing specifically for your patellar tendonitis?
          I've been seeing a chiro that specializes in ART, who has been helping with a recent calf strain. He says he can help with my patellar tendinitis as well, but I'm a little skeptical.
          Thanks in advance

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          Patrick Pyle on April 26, 2007 at 6:14 am #64393

          I had my trainer perform cross friction massage mon, wed, fri for about 5 minutes each time. It cleared mine up in about two weeks and I had it BAD!!!

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          Mike Young on April 26, 2007 at 12:01 pm #64394

          Hi Mike,
          If you don't mind me asking, what has the chiro been doing specifically for your patellar tendonitis?

          Most of the work has been focused on pelvic realignment however he does use the activator gun around my knee. It doesn't feel like it does anything when it's being done but it always feels a TON better when I step off the table. I was struggling for a couple months with the problem and for whatever reasons had neglected my bi-monthly chiro appointments. As soon as I started going back I noticed immediate improvement and within 3 treatments I feel no pain.

          As with most health care professionals (as well as performance / coach based professionals), results are largely dependent on the expertise of the practitioner.

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          Mike Young on April 26, 2007 at 12:04 pm #64395

          When my athletes have patellar tendonitis I'll look for dropped arches (longitudinal and / or transverse), ITB problems or leg length discrepancies (functional and anatomical). As mentioned, cross friction is often a great quick fix but for longer term solutions the cause of the problem generally needs to be addressed.

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          deroki on April 26, 2007 at 8:56 pm #64396

          Re training on grass – IMO if a grass field that's reasonably dry and level is available, there's no reason to be do any training at extensive tempo pace or slower on the track. And if a good surface can be found, why not use if for intensive tempo? I know of an elite training group in the UK who do their intensive tempo on the perimeter of a cricket pitch. Also, most of the Jamaican HS athletes, as well as Stephen Francis's group, do the majority of their GPP and tempo training on grass (for the HS athletes, the bulk of their sprint training too)

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          Mike Young on April 26, 2007 at 9:11 pm #64397

          Re training on grass – IMO if a grass field that's reasonably dry and level is available, there's no reason to be do any training at extensive tempo pace or slower on the track. And if a good surface can be found, why not use if for intensive tempo? I know of an elite training group in the UK who do their intensive tempo on the perimeter of a cricket pitch. Also, most of the Jamaican HS athletes, as well as Stephen Francis's group, do the majority of their GPP and tempo training on grass (for the HS athletes, the bulk of their sprint training too)

          I agree. I'm not debating grass vs track for intensive tempo…I'm looking for answers to the grass vs. fake grass (not astroturf) fields found in many football, lacrosse, and indoor soccer fields.

          ELITETRACK Founder

        • Participant
          cerebro on April 26, 2007 at 10:00 pm #64398

          Keep in mind most fields (real grass or artificial) in the US have are crowned because of football, which may cause some issues for people.

        • Member
          Beau Brehm on April 27, 2007 at 9:03 pm #64399

          I like the fake turf better just from the fact I don't have to worry about taking a mis-step and risk turning an ankle.

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          Zach Batcho on April 28, 2007 at 3:22 am #64400

          I feel the variability of the real grass helps strength the my ankles better and is a nice break for my body. Always running on a track or turf continually pounds the same places on my body and makes little constant pains appear in those places.

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