Icecold's mobility thread

icecold said:
I've just come back from my first physio appointment. The guy is a friggin genious.

Definitely recommended even if you haven't got anything massively wrong with you. If you want to be a good athlete in some way, get it done early.
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I'm going to go see one while i'm home. I'd really like to talk to someone about my ankle especially, and a few other problems ive got.
 
LiE said:
Any idea how I can increase my flexibility because trying to get into that position is impossible for me... very tight across the chest/shoulders and I'm about 4" from the wall at my elbow.
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Sorry I missed this before.

I find this very hard also, but it's just a case of working at it until it gets better. Make sure you're bending your legs and have all of your back flat against the wall too.
 
Foam rollers are ok but don't pack enough punch IMO and it's nigh on impossible to roll your hips effectively on them. The best things for hips is a lacrosse or hockey ball, sit on it in a few different positions, like: leg out straight and ankle on opposite knee. Another one is to lie on your front with it in your TFL (if you sit down and raise one leg, that is the bit you can feel at the front of your hip). Take a good amount of time doing it though, I spent an hour doing my hips once and although ludicrously long I felt like a baby gazelle after :D. Like 5-10 mins a side is a good start.
 
 
You're more than welcome to try them, but the reason why everyone uses proper resistance bands is because this is partly what they were designed for.

You could just take my word for it, the price difference isn't huge.
 
icecold said:
You're more than welcome to try them, but the reason why everyone uses proper resistance bands is because this is partly what they were designed for.

You could just take my word for it, the price difference isn't huge.
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i just dont want to buy both if i dont have to, if you know what i mean.

kill 2 birds with 1 stone deal. as i was going to get those anyway, they can be used to train practically every muscle on your body, when you cant get to a gym.

but if it cant be done with them then i'll look into proper resistance band then, cheers.
 
Ice I know you've mentioned before that you suffer from compartment syndrome in your lower legs and that you've been working on improving it, what sort of stuff have you been doing?
So far I've found that lifting plenty of volume and lots of calf work in my legs work outs seems to keep it away for a week or so.
 
Tom, it turns out it's all about releasing the fascias. This means stuff like:

- putting a ball behind your knee and putting weight on the foot of the same side and pushing your bum to your ankle (mentioned here: http://www.mobilitywod.com/2011/06/episode-267365-mobrx-for-lound-creaky-knees.html )
- generally smashing a ball into the affected areas
- putting your calf on foam roller and rotate your leg so your getting your muscles laterally. Works best if someone does it for your and puts their weight into it ( http://www.mobilitywod.com/2011/05/episode-258365-ankle-mobility-self-mulligan-technique.html )

Also, shin splints! http://www.mobilitywod.com/2011/06/episode-270365-mobrx-for-shin-splints.html


Good to see this is helping people :)
 
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