Sandals, Shoes" Received: by 10.101.7.31 with SMTP id k31mr12342752ani.1.1335968972816; Wed, 02 May 2012 07:29:32 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: huaraches@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.236.73.226 with SMTP id v62ls793322yhd.7.gmail; Wed, 02 May 2012 07:29:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.77.9 with SMTP id c9mr888260yhe.2.1335968966145; Wed, 02 May 2012 07:29:26 -0700 (PDT) Authentication-Results: ls.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of gaj...@gmail.com designates internal as permitted sender) smtp.mail=gaj...@gmail.com; dkim=pass header...@gmail.com Received: by c4g2000yqj.googlegroups.com with HTTP; Wed, 2 May 2012 07:29:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 07:29:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <12e5f58b-c559-4d48-b1c9-b36cd3d89fa3@q13g2000vbd.googlegroups.com> References: <12e5f58b-c559-4d48-b1c9-b36cd3d89fa3@q13g2000vbd.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0,gzip(gfe) Message-ID: <87f0b526-3c37-4b4a-85e2-ea5f02ad19af@c4g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Foot Growth From: gordo To: "Minimalist Runner - Barefoot, Sandals, Shoes" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Feldenkrais is really good at eliminating compensation patterns. Give Ed Yu's book a try. There are also some free Feldenkrais audio files here: http://openatm.org/recordings.html Gordo On May 2, 8:18=A0am, jeeters wrote: > i broke my leg (full on broke the tibia, basically bent the fibula) 20 > years ago and since transitioning to barefoot/minimalist running, the > imbalance/compensation issues have become ridiculously obvious. =A0i've > been getting ART treatment for PF (and the tight calf that goes along > w/ it, and some ankle issues that seemed to be part of the problem, > etc etc. etc...) for something like 6mos now and during all this some > muscle imbalances have been identified and are in the process of being > remedied. =A0the sports doc was convinced my tight calf was not getting > better b/c i was running horribly asymmetrically, but after > videotaping myself on a treadmill from a bunch of diff angles, she's > no longer convinced that's the issue (yes, i realize watching me run > on a treadmill isn't a sure thing for identifying issues, but it at > least ruled out a blatant asymmetry between legs). > > point being: i do think "smaller" injuries from long ago can turn into > nagging issues down the line, given my "larger" injury is a royal pain > ITA. > > maybe i should switch from running to climbing trees. =A0that sounds way > more fun. > > On Apr 30, 2:51=A0pm, Tuck wrote: > > > > > > > > > I was hoping to put together a couple of posts at my blog with some > > thoughts on my experience in Costa Rica, and may yet get to it... > > > But I wanted to throw this idea out there. > > > My hypothesis about why my right foot and leg have been so troublesome = in > > this barefoot-style journey has been that I developed some bad movement > > patterns back when I was put in a cast for a broken toe when I was 11 (= 33 > > years ago...). > > > It sort of fit the evidence, but what are the odds that a broken toe co= uld > > lead to a lifelong infirmity? > > > Down in CR I saw a cool-looking banyan tree near the beach. =A0Since ba= nyan > > trees are pretty much the perfect climbing tree, =A0I gave it a go. > > Barefoot, of course. > > > I got about halfway up the buttress I was climbing a felt a shooting pa= in > > in my right foot. =A0I rebalanced my self and tried to weight the foot = again, > > same shooting pain. =A0I was putting my foot in such a way that my enti= re > > weight was on the foot, forcing it to spread out. =A0And the shooting p= ain > > was in the toe that I'd broken 33 years before. > > > It may have been an adhesion, or perhaps something I'm not aware of... = =A0But > > I've got a new project now. =A0I want to see if that shooting pain > > reoccurs... > > > -- > > _________________________________