The Key to Run Pain Free
Bottom line, you can spend all the time you have training, but if your muscles are imbalanced, you will never reach your full potential as a runner. In fact, you are at risk of injury, if not running with pain already. Targeted dynamic movement, strengthening and stretching have been proven to eliminate knee and back pain, accelerate recovery, restore a healthy range of motion and build endurance.
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Fix the Root of the Issue
Muscle balance is the relationship between the strength and length of the muscles around a joint.
- Eliminate knee, hip, and lower back pain
- Correct lower crossed syndrome and pelvic tilt
- Restore muscle balance and a healthy range of motion
- Increase efficiency and endurance
- Enjoy running for years to come!
Have you heard of adaptive muscle shortening?
There is a condition that most athletes, and even doctors, are failing to identify, but if you suffer from:
- WEAK & TIGHT HIP FLEXORS
- TIGHT HAMSTRINGS
- SORE QUADS
- KNEE PAIN
- HIP PAIN
...then you most likely have adaptive muscle shortening.
Adaptive Muscle Shortening Is Holding You Back
Our muscles are the engine by which we move, impacting every aspect of our bodies whether we realize it or not. Unfortunately, muscles do not naturally maintain their healthy or ideal range of motion on their own. In fact, it’s just the opposite. Muscles will change their functional resting length to adapt to the length at which they are habitually used or positioned.
This is bad news for most of us.
As a culture we are spending more and more time sitting, which can result in weak hamstrings and glutes, with tight quads and hip flexors. This combination causes a rounded-forward posture with a pelvic tilt. Unfortunately, time spent running does not fix these muscle imbalances, and can make the problem worse. Not only will shortened muscles impact your efficiency as a runner, but they will eventually lead to injury.
We're not just talking about a bit of soreness after a run, tight muscles can cause a multitude of problems such as:
- Poor posture
- Trouble sleeping
- Low energy in day-to-day life
- Circulatory issues
- Knee pain
- Lower back pain
- Underdeveloped glutes
- Hamstring & Quad injuries
If any of these sound familiar to you, don’t worry, because you’re not alone. Tight or shortened muscles affect nearly everyone, not just runners. But before we get to the solution, we have to take a look at the root cause of the problem.
The Shocking Truth of Adaptive Shortening
Adaptive shortening is muscle tightness caused by a muscle being forced to remain in a shortened position for a prolonged period of time. Whether it be driving, sitting at a desk, or on the couch, the cumulative time spent in these positions have real consequences on muscle structure.
This shortening causes a reduced range of motion, a feeling of tightness in the muscles, and added stress on the connected tendons. However, most symptoms will not show up until the muscle has already shortened a significant amount. The results are postural distortion and the replacing of normal contractile elements with non-contractile tissue.
Chances are, your muscles are already unbalanced.
The earlier the intervention, the faster and better the results!
In every movement there are four main functions of the associated muscles:
- Agonists - the muscles being exercised/worked.
- Antagonists - the opposing muscles acting in contrast to the agonists.
- Stabilizers - muscles that hold the joint in place.
- Assistors - muscles that help the Agonist muscles.
Muscle Balance speaks primarily to the agonist and antagonist muscles in any given movement. It is important to have balance to prevent injury, which is why stretching is so important for runners. When one muscle becomes tight, it’s antagonist will also be effected, and can even be injured as a result.
You see, our muscles are the engine through which our body moves. They control balance, our ability to sit, stand, twist, reach, bend, walk, and run. When our muscles become shortened, it causes problems in otherwise healthy people like us.
Here's the truth:
Most people don’t realize that the cause of their problems is tight or shortened muscles. The impact tight muscles have on the whole body never occurs to us until we start to experience the symptoms. This can show up as a nagging knee or hip injury, or in poor posture caused by upper and/or lower crossed syndrome.
Shortened muscles and the resulting limited range of motion in the joints affects nearly everybody, but few realize they impact every aspect of the whole body. Diagnosing adaptive shortening can be tricky. Chances are, you won’t discover the problem until it has already limited your range of motion. The good thing is that it CAN be reversed.
Why stretching for 5 minutes before a run isnβt the answer.
Knowing you have adaptive shortening in the muscles is one thing. Knowing how to take steps to reverse it is another challenge altogether.
Most of us were taught that stretching for a couple minutes before exercise would help loosen the muscles and prevent injury, but this is not the case. Holding a static stretch for 10 seconds will do nothing to lengthen the muscle, and barely scratches the surface of what needs to happen in the structure of the muscle.
Life is busy, so for most of us the idea of stretching for an hour every day may be an unrealistic goal. That’s where we come in.
Our mobility program has been designed to make the most of your time, targeting problem areas in a specific sequence to attack muscles from a variety of angles. Muscles have to be unpacked and balanced in a particular way to have the desired result. We also work on strengthening stabilizing muscle to ensure there is a strong muscle base for your movements.
It is a combination of practices maintained over time that will help your muscles lengthen and sustain a healthy range of motion, especially as you age.
Easy to follow video format. Designed by runners, for runners.
Creating muscle balance needs to be done with balance and intention. Our sequential, dynamic method works to unravel all the tissues including the muscle, fascia, connective tissue, and finally the joint itself. Through a combination of dynamic movements that both strengthen and stretch, and static deep-tissue stretches, our program makes injury prevention easy.
Our program includes daily stretching videos and long form mobility routines all designed to correct muscle imbalances common to runners. These videos are designed to be easy to follow, and track your progress over time.
OUR PROGRAMMING
Learn more about what is included in membership.
ABOUT: The core of Dynamic Runner programming is the Stretching & Mobility program. This is an ongoing series of video routines, laid out in a monthly format. This program is meant to be be completed one routine per day, and will automatically reveal more months as you move through.
HOW TO USE THIS PROGRAM: Complete one routine per day. Can be done at anytime, and makes a great cool down after a run.
ABOUT: The Strength Training Programming is a 4 month program, laid out with 3 follow along video routines per week. This program focuses on bringing muscle balance by working on stability and strengthening some of the supporting muscles that may be a weak link. These routines are 20-30 minutes in length, use minimal equipment, and are a great addition to your training.
ABOUT: Our Injury Programming is an area with various mini-programs that work to combine mobility and strength movements to tackle some of the most common running injuries. Although our regular daily program will help with many of these issues as well, these routines are focused and condensed. Programs include: Foot Reset, IT Band, Shin Splints, and Hip & Knee Pain.
ABOUT: Many of our members wanted some short warm up routines they could do before heading out on a run. These routines are designed to properly warm up your legs with dynamic movements, which can help prevent injury as well as have you feeling better during that first mile.
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Starting immediately after sign up you'll be given access to all programming in your membership area. You can access on any device like your phone, tablet or computer.
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ABOUT DYNAMIC RUNNER
Dynamic Athletics began in 2017 with the creation of Dynamic Cyclist. Our team has grown over the past 3 years as we have worked with our members to provide ongoing injury prevention and training specific for cyclists. In 2020, we launched Dynamic Runner as a means of providing a similar service to runners. Our goal is to provide quality content from industry professionals in a form that is easy to use and experience results.
Our Team is based in Kelowna, BC, Canada and is made up of a small group of athletic therapists, coaches, and weekend warriors who want to run pain free!
Meet Stephanie - Certified Athletic Therapist, CAT(C) and Certified Pilates Instructor
Stephanie has a Bachelor in Physical Health and Education as well as a Bachelor in Applied Health Sciences. She's been a certified Athletic therapist for 6 years working with everyone from professional athletes to the elderly. She's also a certified Pilates instructor. Her deep understanding of the body and her ability to clearly explain things is what made her perfect fit for our team.
Meet Alisha - Certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor
Alisha is a Certified Personal Trainer and coach with Dynamic Runner. She works with athletes in a variety of sports to build functional strength and stability. You'll see her leading you through the strength training routines as well as some of the mobility routines.
Meet Sarah - Content Director & Weekend Warrior
Sarah has been running and cycling for as long as she can remember, completing her first full triathlon at age 12. In 2016 she completed her first Ultra Marathon, and experienced the start of a year long knee injury that kept her from running long distance. This helped develop a passion for injury prevention, and she works behind the scenes of Dynamic Runner (she's the one behind the camera)!
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Even if you forget to cancel, or for some reason you don't enjoy the content and community, we'll refund your last months payment right away. Just send us a quick email and no worries. We're here for the long term and will respect your choice!