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The
Healthiest
Shoes You’ll
Ever Wear
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A Runner’s
Hips Don’t
Lie
Dr. Reed Ferber’s group from
the University of Calgary used
two simple hip strengthen-
ing exercises on 15 patients
with PFPS. Following 3 weeks
of exercises, the patients
showed a
32%
increase in hip
strength and a
40%
decrease
in knee pain. Dr. Fredericson
and his group from Stanford
University conducted a similar
study using patients with ITBS.
Fredericson had his patients
do two hip strengthening
exercises in combination with
two hip stretches for 6 weeks.
Following the 6 week
protocol, 22 out of the 24
patients were pain free.
Just as the feet can influ-
ence your mechanics from
the bottom up, the hips help
to control your mechanics
from the core down. The hip
muscles that were the focus
of these studies include the
Gluteus Maximus, Gluteus
Minimus and Gluteus Medius
along with the Tensor Fascia
Lata. These muscles are
responsible for abducting your
Recent research shows the key to rehabilitat-
ing and potentially even preventing many
lower limb running injuries may all be in the
hips. According to several studies out of the
University of Calgary, Stanford University
and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
hip strengthening can contribute to the
rehabilitation of Iliotibial Band Syndrome
(
ITBS) and Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
(
PFPS) - two common knee injuries that
often plague runners.
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