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Resources

The links below are through Amazon so the products are easily accessible and available to you.  Click on the photo of the product and it will take you to Amazon for more info, options, and to purchase.

Anatomy for Runners - by Jay Dicharry

  • Excellent book for both runners and health care providers that treat runners

  • Information to help you improve your running performance and prevent injuries 

  • Jay Dicharry is a physical therapist, and he combines his knowledge of clinical care, biomechanics, and coaching in this book

Running Rewired - by Jay Dicharry

  • This book is loaded with self-tests, exercises, and workout programs to improve your strength and mobility for better running

  • Jay Dicharry is an endurance sports physical therapist and coach

Mobo Board

  • The Mobo Board is a balance board designed to improve the balance, proprioception, and strength of your feet

  • Designed by Jay Dicharry, a sports physical therapist, coach, and biomechanical analyst

Roar - by Dr. Stacy Sims

  • Excellent book with nutrition and training guidance for female athletes

  • Dr. Stacy Sims is an exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist whose research has focused on female physiology

Exercised - by Daniel Lieberman

Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding

  • This book examines exercise from the evolutionary perspective, including why it can be so hard to stick with a workout routine even though its good for us

  • Daniel Lieberman is a human evolutionary biologist

Mini Bands

  • These are great for many rehab exercises, especially for many exercises targeting the glutes

  • Mini bands are available in many different sizes. I find the 9 or 10 inch size most effective. 12 inch bands are popular, but I find them too big for most people and not very effective.

  • These Perform Better bands are available in 9 inch size  

Therabands - Beginner Set

  • Useful for many rehab exercises and resistance training

  • Packable and portable, allowing you to do exercises anywhere

  • This is the beginner set with light-medium resistance

Therabands - Advanced Set

  • Useful for many rehab exercises and resistance training

  • Packable and portable, allowing you to do exercises anywhere

  • This is the advanced set with medium-heavy resistance

Pull Up Assist and Mobility Bands

  • These are commonly used to assist with pull-ups

  • Can also be used for joint distractions and mobility exercises

  • I will often use these for ankle, hip, or shoulder mobility exercises 

  • Come in a variety of resistances or as a set 

High Density Foam Roller

  • Useful for myofascial release and self-massage to relieve muscle soreness and trigger points

  • Can also be used for thoracic mobility, stretches, and core exercises

  • I recommend a "high density" foam roller as other versions often aren't firm enough to be very effective

  • Various lengths available

"The Stick" - Massage Stick

  • "The Stick" is a useful tool for myofascial release and self-massage to relieve muscle soreness and trigger points

  • It's a good alternative to a foam roller to get to the hamstrings, quads, and calves

Mobility Balls

  • There are several different sizes and combinations of balls available on this link

  • My favorite is the 4.75 inch ball which is great for getting into the lats, subscapularis, and glutes

Lacrosse Balls for Mobility

  • Lacrosse balls are very useful for myofascial release and self-massage

  • Can be used to get to many muscles that are hard to get to with a foam roller - some of my favorites are the suboccipitals and glutes

The Edge Mobility Tool

  • Excellent tool for IASTM (Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization)

  • Various edges allow for effective mobilization of multiple muscles in just one tool

  • More cost effective than many other IASTM tools

Free-Up Massage Cream

  • Unscented Professional Massage Cream

  • I like to use this with The Edge Mobility Tool posted above

VersaLifts Heel Lift

  • Heel lift shoe inserts for athletic shoes

  • Increase heel-to-toe drop by 1/2"

  • Provides the heel height benefit of lifters but allows you to wear a more flexible shoe

  • Great for CrossFit and functional fitness workouts 

Metronome

  • Can be used to find your running cadence

  • Useful tool to increase step rate/cadence when running

  • Very small and lightweight metronome that comes with a clip, so you can attach it to your clothes while running

Crossover Symmetry Shoulders

  • Set of bands and exercise guide designed to improve shoulder health and performance

  • When performed correctly (recommend working with a physical therapist), this can be an effective tool for rehabbing shoulder pain/injury

  • Can be used in warm-ups or as prehab exercises 

Crossover Symmetry Hip & Core

  • Includes resistance band loop and exercise guide designed to strengthen hips and core to improve performance 

  • When performed correctly (recommend working with a physical therapist), this can be an effective tool for rehabbing knee, hip, or back pain/injury

  • Can be used in warm-ups or as prehab exercises 

TRX Suspension Trainer

  • Suspension training straps allow you to create full-body workouts using your body weight as resistance

  • Portable, great for travel 

  • Great for at-home workouts, can be used indoors or outdoors 

Tennis Elbow Brace

  • Can be effective for reducing elbow pain and preventing flare-ups

  • Recommend working with a physical therapist for instructions in proper use of this brace as part of a full rehab program

WristWidget - Wrist Brace

  • Can be effective for reducing wrist pain and preventing flare-ups

  • Recommend working with a physical therapist for instructions in proper use of this brace as part of a full rehab program

Cover-Roll Tape

  • I will often use this along with the Leukotape posted below as part of my treatment of knee pain

  • Some of my patients find it helpful to learn how to do the taping themselves, and can buy the tape using this link

Leukotape

  • I will often use this along with the Cover-Roll tape posted above as part of my treatment of knee pain

  • Some of my patients find it helpful to learn how to do the taping themselves, and can buy the tape using this link

Cervical Memory Foam Pillow

  • Contoured memory foam pillow designed for neck support and improved cervical positioning when sleeping

  • Designed for multiple sleeping postures, including side-, back-, and stomach-sleepers 

XTEND Natural Zero BCAA Powder

  • Branched chain amino acid (BCAA) supplementation can aid muscle recovery and growth

  • I like that this specific BCAA supplement also includes electrolytes and is free of sugar, artificial sweeteners, and dyes

Vital Proteins - Collagen Peptides

  • Collagen supplementation may improve the health of hair, skin, nails, joints, ligaments, and tendons

  • Unflavored and mixes easily into coffee, tea, yogurt, soups, oatmeal, etc

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