Update on "Running, and My Back, Feet, and Shoulders"

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About five and a half months ago I posted on an experience I had while running, titled, "Running, and My Back, Feet, and Shoulders".  As I was trying to think of a post to write for today, I was struggling immensely to come up with anything.  My mind has been all over the place recently trying to figure out a new daily routine that is efficient with the added workload of grad school and as such I have not been consistent with my posting.  But I decided I was going to write a post for today, so I sat down to do just that.

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And I sat.  And I sat.  And I sat.  And I started getting restless because I was struggling to come up with a single idea.  So I decided to go running.  And while I was running I noticed something, or the lack of something, that was different since I last wrote about my experience running.

I didn't have any shoulder discomfort.  Nor did I have any lower back discomfort.  Nor did my knees feel like they were about to explode.  In fact, overall, my body felt pretty good.  And that is the first time in a LONG time I can say that in relation to running.

And I am thoroughly convinced that Muscle Activation Techniques™ has played a huge role in my body feeling this way.

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Over the past six months I have my feet worked on many times with the MAT™ process.  While they are by no means perfect, they are a heck of a lot better than they were, and the rest of my definitely body notices.

So yeah, I guess that run accomplished the desired goal.  I returned home with a calmer mind, a plan for a blog post, and a new appreciation for my career and what I get to do to help others every day.
That's part of my MAT™ story.  What's yours?

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Running and My Feet, Back, and Shoulder

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**Disclaimer:  There are many potential explanations to why my body feels the way it does when I run.  This is just one possibility that may or may not actually be taking place, but I thought it was interesting to work through the mechanical relationships.

Last week I went for a run.  Or I should say I started to.  I lasted about five minutes before my feet were saying stop and I was starting to get a dull tightness on the left side of my lower back as well as around my left shoulder blade.  Now, what I've come to realize is I don't think this feeling is necessarily new to me when I run, but rather I think I see it in a different light after learning more about the human body.  I think my body has always felt kind of not great while running, but before I just figured it came with the territory.  But now that I think I have a better understanding of what these sensations may be indicating, I stop when I start to feel this way because I know there are ways for me to exercise without feeling that type of discomfort.

Muscle Activation Techniques for Running

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Are you a runner or know people who are?  How can MAT help to improve your performance?  Check out this article by Michael Goulden for more information.

Muscle Activation Techniques for Running by Michael Goulden

Inter­ested in find­ing out more? Check out the “Mus­cle Acti­va­tion Tech­niques™” page.

Inter­ested in set­ting up an assess­ment time or dis­cussing this sub­ject fur­ther? E-mail Char­lie at charlie@selfmadefitness.com.

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Ten Reasons Why Runners Should Include Weight Training

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Marathon season is right around the corner, and with the weather warming up the paths are filled with runners preparing for this year's events. If this describes you, check out this article by Charles Poliquin to see why running should be your only choice of exercise.

Ten Reasons Why Runners Should Include Weight Training by Charles Poliquin

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