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Today, Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, encourages you to run naked! Yes, she said it, but...listen in for what that really means. Hint: Keep your clothes on but go gadget free!
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The second part in our foam rolling series focuses on hips and the ITB, or Iliotibial Band. Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, shows us a couple foam rolling techniques for these areas. It is important to know that your IT band in your leg is not a muscle, but connective tissue, which is always tight. Think of it much like an elastic band, which connects your hip to the muscles in your leg and all the way down to your shin. What most people talk about when they talk about a tight ITB is an overly tight IT band; an imbalance, or tightness, in the muscles in your legs and hips will cause a tight and sore IT Band. Your IT Band is connected to your pelvis, your gluteus maximus (the largest bum muscle), your hip flexor (the muscle on the front of your hip), and your tibia (which is the largest bone under your knee). When you have very tight muscles in and around your hips, they will pull on your ITB making it tighter, like pulling on an elastic band. There are several stretches you can do to help loosen the muscles around the IT band, and using a foam roller to massage the muscles around the IT band can also be beneficial if done the right way. As a general rule, if the roller is on the floor, the hands and feet should also be on the floor, supporting the body. (So, make sure you don't put your entire body weight on the roller without hand and foot placement on the floor.) You're invited to Stride Into Spring, an injury prevention training on April 11, 2022, with our friends at Summit Orthopedics. Get all the details here. Take a seat everyone! Today, Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, talks to us about foam rolling. Foam rolling is a great way to work the tension out of our muscles after a workout. Grab your foam roller and join Carrie as she shows us how to roll out the back of our legs: glutes, hamstrings and calves. What are processing cues? Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, shares a bit about what processing cues are and how she uses them while she's running. Take a cue from her and try it on your next run! |
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