The Power of Touch By Robert Kjemhus, Kinesiologist, BHKIN If you’ve watched the summer Olympics recently then you’ve already noticed the brightly coloured tape that seems to be on every athlete. I’ve recently had a few people ask me about its purpose and whether it was there to provide structural [...]
Practice Doesn’t Always Make Perfect By Robert Kjemhus, Kinesiologist, BHKIN How does your body choose to move? Consider the task of pushing a button in the elevator. The goal should be obvious, to position your finger over the correct button and push it with vigour (because you have places to be.) [...]
One Tip to Make Your Workout Stick By Robert Kjemhus, Kinesiologist, BHKIN To support the demands of a rigorous high school sports schedule, I started weight training over a decade ago. The plan was I would spend a few hours each day on the court and field practicing skills, followed [...]
Yoga for Upper Back and Neck Workshop The at Open Space Yoga was a great success! We had 15 students join us for an afternoon to learn about strategies to relieve upper back and neck pain as well as what causes it. Our next workshop will be for anyone suffering from shoulder pain or [...]
Running Exercises on our YouTube Channel! For those of you looking for some great exercises to help prevent injuries and help you run faster we have started a running exercise playlist on YouTube! Click on the videos below to watch and be sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel for our latest tips! [...]
Skiing Injuries - Aktiv Coast Healthcare, Tsawwassen, BC Suffering from knee pain while out on the mountain? If you ski long enough the chances are that yourself or someone you know will have a painful injury to this area of the body. The ligaments and capsule of the knee joint will only support [...]
Running Mechanics – Part 4 On my last post I finished by discussing a few common postural faults in running technique that may be caused by tightness and weakness around the hip. I finished by discussing the importance of leaning forward over the ankles in mid-stance to draw on the power of the [...]
Running Mechanics - Part 3 Having an understanding of knee, hip, and ankle mechanics will help you to run faster and prevent injury. As I spoke about in the last two previous posts there are two main phases of running gait. There is the swing phase, which takes place as the leg is lifted [...]
Running Mechanics – Part 2 In my last post I starting speaking about the two main phases of gait which are the stance and swing phases. In this post I'll discuss the different phases of the stance phase to give a reference as to what is going on with regards to the foot, [...]
Running Mechanics – Part 1 Having just signed up for the 2013 Toronto Waterfront Marathon I decided to spend the next month making blog posts on various running related topics. Subjects I'd like to discuss include run mechanics and form, effects of various shoe types on injury rates, stretching programs for runners, weight [...]
