Improve your performance in your sport without overstress

Injury is often considered a part of sports and training. Some part of the body seems always to be resisting, when one problem is treated, another one appears. Of course injuries occur in sports from time to time, but when done right, training and practicing shouldn’t break our bodies!

I strongly believe that especially children should practice a variety of other sports in the long term in addition to their main one.

I used to work as a massage therapist in a physical therapy institute where I worked in collaboration with the sports teams in the area. In addition to tests done by physiotherapists, many young future athletes used physiotherapy and massage to treat the areas that were causing them problems. I used to always ask and map how the youngsters who came to have a massage were training.
I can tell you the workload was high; generally, there was training once a day, sometimes even...

6 ways to avoid overstressing the body

Disrupted sleep, sudden high pulse, training doesn’t feel good or feels forced, constant illness, or losing your temper because of small things? These could all be symptoms of overstress or
overtraining. You might be thinking that overtraining doesn’t concern you because you’re not an athlete. But in reality, overstress, or chronic fatigue can be a problem for anyone from athletes to those maintaining their basic fitness levels.

Overstress isn’t only caused by excessive training, but the whole consisting of exercise, nutrition, stress, and recovery. A very common cause for overstress among people who train is too little rest and recovery combined with excessive activity and stress. In this situation, the overall stress from life grows too large compared to what we can recover from; during overstress, the body and mind can’t recover optimally from the stress they are being subjected...

Improve mobility without static stretching

Today we spend most of the time we are awake sitting: we sit while having breakfast at the table, on our way to work, at work, during lunch and in the evening on the sofa. Our everyday routines are mostly very passive, which harms posture and mobility. Did you know that when you want to improve your mobility, static stretching is not the most important thing? In this article, we will explore the things you can do to improve your mobility without spending many minutes in one and the same position.

Stretching

There are many kinds of stretches, active and passive, static and dynamic. If we really want to
affect our mobility we need especially dynamic stretches combined with ballistic and contract-relax stretches. Instead of only specific muscles, it is important to pay attention to muscular myofascial chains and their mobility. Some of the points mentioned above are probably familiar to you, but let’s...

Do you want more energy, to be in better shape and sleep better, without injuries or fear of overexertion? It’s possible, if we take into account certain things in our training.
Let’s look at these in more detail.

STABILITY AND MOBILITY

Stabilizer muscles and mobility form the basis of our fitness pyramid. When the lower part of the pyramid has more capacity than is required to maintain the body’s ability to perform, we stay healthy. If the pyramid is turned on its head, the body experiences additional stress and it causes different injuries and sprains.

Your body is only as strong as its weakest link. In order to be able to train with high intensity without breaking the body, the stabilizing muscles must be in good shape. If the support for our shoulder blades fails, the shoulders are elevated up toward the ears. At the same time the posture gets worse when the muscles that support the shoulder blades aren’t able to keep the shoulders in the right position....

You’ve probably heard the saying “no pain, no gain”. Maybe you’ve thought about this and found it relatable, even if you’re not a professional athlete. The whole body feels stiff, and there are different types of aches and pains. You might even think that this is normal. We shouldn’t, however, have to struggle with a stiff body and pain in our daily life. It’s not a normal state for the body. Exercise shouldn’t be bad for your health when done right. What is it then, that causes the body to react in this way and gives rise to these aches and pains?

One reason is training too hard. Often people think that training hard gives you more energy. It’s true, but only if you can recover from the training that leaves you feeling beat up. Today, most people have poor recovery and training too hard leads to pain and injuries; as much as 80% of people suffer from some kind of musculoskeletal disorder or disease. If you want to relax, sleep...