ST 071211 Safety Tips For Runners

After yesterday's newspaper article, Sports Solutions quoted again in today's Straits Times on page B10 under the Sports section. Have a look.

Wrong To Equate Exercise With Danger ST 061211

Sports Solutions is quoted in today's Straits Times article under the Sports section on page B8 on whether running marathons are dangerous. Go take a look.

Oakley Fast Jacket

Polarized lenses

Lenses for my rainy days ride

Well, I received my Christmas present early from Oakley this year, the Oakley Fast Jacket. And my first impressions?
You know it's been raining a lot in Singapore the past few days but I've been riding still and here are my first thoughts on the Fast Jackets.

The Fast Jacket has the same SwitchLock lens change system which was first used in the Jawbone & Split Jacket so changing lenses are a changing lenses are a breeze.

One observation is that if you tend go down on your drops (or aerobars) on your bike, the Fast Jacket's frame (on top) tends to reduce your line of sight a little. It also feels slightly heavier than my current favourite model which is of course the Jawbone.

What is good is that the Fast Jacket does not have a rim at the lenses's lower border which means your lower field of vision is unobstructed and the peripheral vision is great (and extremely useful when you turn around to check traffic while riding).

Ride safe, y'all.

Kinesio Taping Course KT1 & 2 on 12-13 Nov 2011

Most recent KT 1 and 2 course taught by Gino at Progress Healthcare the past 2 days.
Contact us for more details if you wish to do the next course.

Yesterday's Straits Times (ST 051111) Article On Sports Massage

If you read yesterday's article in the Straits Times on page C22 under the Sports section (Rubbing The Right Way), you would have read the author's personal opinion on Sports Massage on various conditions like  DOMs (or delayed onset on muscle soreness).

We have written on DOMs before. There are actually mixed results on published evidence that sports massage helps with DOMs. For every paper you find that says it helps, there will be a few more that says that the results are not significant.

With regards to blood circulation, there is actually very poor evidence that sports massage increases blood circulation (Wiltshire et al, 2010). This has been confirmed in many other studies as well.

Most beneficial effects seemed to be increased perceptions of recovery and increase in psychological well being.

Reference

Hertbert RD and De Noronha M (2007). Stretching To Prevent Or Reduce Muscle Soreness After Exercise. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Issue 4. The Cochrane Collection.

Szymanski, D (2003). Recommendations For The Avoidance Of Delayed-onset Muscle Soreness. Strength and Conditioning Journal 23(4): 7-13.

Wiltshire EV, Poitras V et al (2010). Massage Impairs Postexercise Muscle Blood Flow And "Lactic Acid" Removal. Med Sci Sports Exer Jun 42(6): 1062-71.

Zainuddin Z et al (2005). Effects Of Massage On Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness, Swelling And Recovery Of Muscle Function. Journal of Athletic Training. Jul-Sep 40(3): 174-80.

*Picture from Flickr

Kinesio Taping For Horses

Dr Kase Started taping race horses in 2005

Gudron demonstrating her taping

Yes, you read correctly, Kinesio taping can be done on horses as seen from the pictures..

Ever since Harvey Makortoff, a physical therapist from USA started taping his dog, Dr Kase has also taped race horses since 2005. In fact, Dr Kase mentioned that animals seem to respond even better to Kinesio taping than humans.

Dr Gudron Collins treats race horses in the UK and she did a very interesting presentation at the recertification in Albuquerque. In fact, Kinesio Taping Association is in the midst of preparing a Kinesio Taping course to train vets to be able to use Kinesio tape to treat the animals they see.

Kinesio Taping Instructor (CKTI) Recertification In Albuquerque

Many, many interesting updates for Kinesio taping. Gino is currently attending his Kinesio Taping Instructor recertification course in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States from 14-16 October.

Some pictures of his visit there. Will write on the updates on later posts.

Dr Kenso Kase himself